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| Best next step to upgrade sound? Bradio7 have you listened to Snell D7 or Snell K7?I think the K7 is about a grand, not sure about D7. I was very impressed, albeit in dealers showroom. Sounded much, much better than KEF's. | |
| battery powered with 'vivid' sound Shazam, buy any amp you want and run it with this power inverter.However, I spoke with an amp mfg recently and he told me sealed lead acid batteries are notoriously noisy FWIW. | |
| volume vs presence "to gain more presence and percussive attack."I think the presence region is around 3,000 Hz. People here can correct me if this is wrong.Which is near the x-over region of your speaker Sometimes they put a dip in that region to cover up the blend... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and IME the recipe for success is find a speaker you like first and THEN make it active. Just because a speaker is active only gives the POTENTIAL for better performance, doesn't guarantee it. | |
| Remote controlled pre-amp for gainclone? Looks nice but sold already. | |
| Small Single Driver Speakers - Help Right on Marty:Carolina AudioBut you may like Role Audio better. | |
| You can't have too many apostrophe's Is that what happened? Anothr tme savr is ommitng certan leters and stll be undrstod. Ths ws publish'd a'whil ago. Driv's my spllchek crzy thogh. | |
| How did you discover audiogon? I was on the best chat site on the 'net at the time, audioreview.com, with Haoleb etc. and then they went commercial. It was all down hill from there. Audioasylum was too far out back then so people were moving to A-gon. Also, Audiogon had some re... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Wear some earmuffs for about 1/2 hour before listening to your stereo. When you take them off, your ears will be super-sensitized, at least for a little while, as your brain has adjusted by "turning up the gain" of the input from your ears. | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Mapman, the Ohms look like a better value. I would like to try them at home once I come up with a worthy contender. Question is, will the micro talls (my room is 13' x 15') run on only 22 wpc? How about a 50 wpc gainclone? | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Atmasphere, which High Emotion speaker are you talking about? The "S" or Pipedreams? Not real big on woven cones though. Funny, but tonight I was just trying to think of ANY speaker that I actually liked. One without some type of compromised sound... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Axelwahl, I think you are starting to "get" what hi-end audio is largely about. Manipulate the sound into something larger than life. So many components I listen to "do" something to the sound. Maybe that's a preference, which is okay, but I find ... | |
| Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication And who's to say the so called "side-effects" aren't the primary effect while the advertised "primary effect" isn't just a side effect?Because no one would buy a pill whose main effect is stomach lining destruction with a side effect of reduced in... | |
| Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication If you want REAL health care and have more than the run of the mill muscle pull, you will have to start paying the doc directly - out of pocket. The good ones don't take insurance. They don't have to as they have enough referrals to stay in busine... | |
| The reviewer's role--comparative reviews? Reviewers goal is to get you to buy something. In the corrupt, concocted world of hi-end audio there can be no losers. Common sense left hi-end audio long ago.The average consumer is not stupid. Most pass on the hi-end audio nonsense. Hi-end audio... |