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| Crossover-less Speakers Tbj, let us know how like like the Feastrex thanks."Different parts of the cone respond at different frequency,"Assuming the cone is not behaving like a piston. But you don't know that. Even multi-way speakers, 1st order x-over included, can exhib... | |
| opinions on Clayton amps ? "The S40 is now a 50 watt class A amp"So what is the differenced between this class A amp and Cairn, Sugden, Musical Fidelity, Monarchy, etc?Is the bigger difference between class A amps as a group and other amps or between individual class A amps... | |
| Crossover-less Speakers I did but have not heard any single driver that I could unconditionally recommend. All are idiosyncratic and you have to accept each's limitation, just like any speaker.I am now leaning to 2 way / no x-over like Epos, Andra I, etc. or Shadorne's s... | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker Ozzy, tell me about it. I am also looking into Dynaudio MC15 active speakers too. They use A/b amps. No Flying Mole digital stuff. Then all I would need is to build a dual mono motorized Alps pot volume control. The Marantz CDP is sort of harsh al... | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker Thanks fro the suggestions. I forgot about Spendor. Roman Audio looks interesting but their site:http://www.romanaudio.com/does not work. | |
| isolation Isolation; or are you really tuning the system to resonate at a particular frequency which you find pleasing- ie maple?The exception being a Vibraplane. | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Ghastley, if you're going to spend $8,000 you should also consider these:http://mixguides.com/studiomonitors/newproducts/klein-hummel-audio-monitors/and these;Klein + Hummel O500C digital active studio monitors | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Ghastley, what are you using for a preamp? | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? $95 Insignia mini-systemSilly good for $95. Just wonder what they could do for $200. | |
| Speakers for $140 or less Atoms are $249.I just checked and those Primus 152 were $99 each. | |
| Speakers for $140 or less Crutchfield has the new Primus 152 for $99 I think. | |
| Why so expensive?? I've had 2 mfgr's say they charge outrageous prices because people will pay it. One said he was charging double what he considered a fair price. If he sold for 1/2 his current price people would not take his product seriously.Why sell 100 of somet... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? AGGHHHHHHH!!!Anyhow this is why:1) You need a wall outlet for each speaker - any active speaker.2) As someone mentioned I think, most are voiced to be listened to in the direct field as near or close-field monitors. I do not know how much the desi... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Would a $20,000 ATC active 100 system be considered "good"? | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Good concept / bad implementation is the usual problem. |