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| Question for classical lovers Rotarius,First of all, I'm using Magnepan 1.6QR's in my living room which is 16' x 20' x 8', carpeted, and has a fairly plush sofa and love seat. The speakers are located 4' out from the short wall and 34" from the side walls. I'm not at all sure ... | |
| Question for classical lovers Rotarius, I keep thinking about this post and some of the insightful responses. I've got a few additional thoughts. First of all, let me say that I've gone to quite a few live performances over the last 20 years. I've heard some live performances ... | |
| Any good pointers for room treatments with maggies Simon,I've got 1.6 QRs. In my old house, they were in a great room with cathedral ceilings and irregular room dimensions. No treatments, just great maggie sound. In my new house they are in a rectangular room with 8 ft ceilings. Yikes, purely awfu... | |
| Question for classical lovers Rotarius-I feel your pain! I loved my vinyl, and refused to even consider buying a cassette or even a reel to reel. When CD's came along, I was taken by the great S/N ratio, dynamic range, etc, but--- something wasn't right!I bought my first CD pl... | |
| audio mirror dac Vlad sold out his stock, which is probably why his add has not been renued. You can contact him through his website and reserve one of the current production DACs by prepaying. He told me they would be ready to ship in about a week. | |
| what made you get into high end gear. 1971 - I was a freshman at Ohio University and walked into an audio boutique on Union Street in Athens Ohio. Anyone else out there remember that store? The owner had a Beethoven piano concerto playing on some JBL L100's. First time I ever heard a ... | |
| You might be an audiophile if... Not tonight Honey, I'm still burning in my cable. | |
| Buget system idea? I urge you to reconsider selling the 2.7's, at least until after you try to make them work for you. You don't give much detail about what you don't like about the sound of your current system, or what you want to find in a new system. I think you ... | |
| Where do you start? Is there any hope? Chadnliz, Aw shucks! | |
| Where do you start? Is there any hope? How about this approach? Try to find an old Denon CD player or something similar with a variable volume output, so you can attenuate the volume without a preamp. You can probably pick up something decent sounding for pretty cheap. Then look for an... | |
| Classical music - starting points How about starting with a live performance! The vast majority of classical music was written before Edison was a gleem in anyone's eye. I've got cheap tickets in the front row,(the ones everyone hates)right in front of the cellos. Watch the drops ... | |
| new at this...which amp? I think you are approaching this in a wise fashion. Here is a summary of what I did with the auralex pannels. After I determined the corners behind the speakers were the main culprets, I bought two 2x4 pannels and glued the pannels to a 2x8 foam i... | |
| Magnepan evaluation I am currently using a McCormack DNA 0.5 DLX with Maggie 1.6 QR's. I love this combination. I'd say don't be afraid to go with your McCormack until it proves itself not up to the task for your room and listening preferrences. My room size is about... | |
| new at this...which amp? I recently got pretty tired of dealing with harsh and strident highs with my system. In my case, it was pretty easy to narrow the cause down to room resonances in my new house, since I had recently moved and had not made any equipment changes. Bef... | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener I used AG type 4 for several years with good results. I bought it locally from a dealer who was selling from a spool and ran a full shotgun biwire, spades to bananas.(cheap! I think I did the whole job for about $ 69, including termination) They a... |