cardani
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| Subwoofers I own 2 vandy 2wq subs, and I,m very satisfaied with them, Their pro,s : -Integrate really well with your mains , as long as your mains go down to 40 hz easily. -They use unique Vandersteen passive x-over before the preamp which cuts at 80 hz -6db... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Sirspeedy: Somewhere you mention that you weren,t able to get down to Mexico city to listen to Raul,s because you weresaving $ for family vacation. Why not accept Raul,s invitation and do both: You can fly with the family down to Mexico city, you ... | |
| Mac 402 & Audio Research LS25MKl ? Seems to me that you have a heck of a good system. you didn,t described your room or your room treatment. But having that nice pieces of gear and not having attention as to the best in room acoustics would be a waste. I would have an acoustical ex... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Dear Raul: I might not explained myself but my second subwoofer its already ordered but coming on its way from Vandersteen. I have not receive it yet. So far with 1 sub (2wq) I have placed a few centimeters ahead and to the side all from my right ... | |
| Sibelius Symphonies Check out Paavo Berglund complete sibielius symph. with the chamber orch. of Europe on the FINLANDIA label. Very good readings by top notch players. And very well recorded by Tony Faulkners and Onno ?( whats his lastname). | |
| Owners: How do you like your Vandersteen Quatros? Mike: Do you have a link or website to BEL. Looking at your system I noticed that you are trying out some BEL high pass filters. Although I just ordered a set of x-2,s for my 2wq sub, i like to know other options and your updated comments for thos... | |
| What is the quietest preamp you've used? The quietest amp I,ve ever heard was an old APT Holman that a friend of mine had dumped years ago and want it to sell it to me. When we tried out it didn,t worked at all, so yeah I guess thats the quietest preamp I,ve ever heard in my life. | |
| Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-III Speaker Jack: The 48 hz spec you mention I,m sure refers to a + -1.5 db flat freq. respose all the way up. I,m sure they would go down to around 35 hz -3db or so which is still usable bass. I own the sc II,s and they are specd. at + -1.5 db from 55-20k; I... | |
| Ear 834 P, ortofon kontrapunk A, Rega P9 Why don,t you look at a used ARCph3, now that Audio Research came up with the ph5 i,m sure you could get a good deal for even less money than the ear834. I personally use the tubed ph3 which has 54db gain and its no problem with my kontrapunkt A, ... | |
| Front- vs. Down-Firing Subs and Amp Issue Aggielaw: And back to the original post, ...Where does R. Hardesty states the quote you wrote "that down-firing subs should never be used for high-end two channel audio..Only front firing subs are suitable for this application". I tried to find th... | |
| New Amplifier: Bryston 4B ST or Pass Aleph 5 As far as i know the LS-3 is a solid state pre, i would suggest looking for tubed ARC ls-7, I,ve seen them hero go for around 700 dlls., Good luck Carlos | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? Thanks Raul for posting the exerpts from the review of the Vandersteen 2wq for fellow audiogoners; As you know i,m already getting the 2wq and i hope its somehow a poorman version of the velodyne,s you recomended me. I,m really looking forward to ... | |
| Does anyone know about Sphinx amplifiers? As far as I know the US importer is Mayaudio.com , I,ve heard them at my country sphinx dealer(mexico) and they were really astouding. Very black background, Exelent dynamics et all...Probably the best solid state gear I,ve heard. I,m not sure if ... | |
| McIntosh MC402 sphinx project 2 mark2 goes for around 3000.oo dlls. and itssupposed to be really good. It has balanced outs. | |
| T-7000 didn't work out, now what? The T-7000 is a great sounding transport, unfortunatly is extremly delicate specially since its production ended about 10 years ago. I own myself one and yeah , there are always issues , but when it tracks the disc it sounds comparable to anything... |