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| Pro or hi-fi amp, which one would you choose? Thanks Sean, I agree on the active speaker vs. passive. | |
| Good, warm, musical, under $500 used monitor 2nd the JM Reynaud or you could try Spendors.If your system is bright may be your electronics too. | |
| Pro or hi-fi amp, which one would you choose? Sean, have you heard some type of a transformer placed between high output impedance amp and speaker. Audio Asylum had a thread on this maybe 2 weeks ago. Looked like a good way to improve damping factor. Any thoughts?I will try to find the thread... | |
| If your CD's are harsh, try this Thank you Sc53 and Danvetc. On my girlfriend's Marantz CDB, when making a copy of a copy, "analog recording" lights up on the display. It only allows a digital copy for the first generation. Although on one CD it did unlimited digital. I guess tha... | |
| What is pink noise? Thanks Alcides, this sounds too expensive / complicated for me. The more I get into this stereo stuff the more I realize it's practically impossible to figure it out - at least for me.Anyhow I think I'll be getting a Tenma SPL meter, $119 from mcm... | |
| Jumper Cables. Sugarbrie, why would you connect the wire to the tweeter? Wouldn't the bass need more power so better to get the power where it's needed most? | |
| Round Two: Best Speakers for LOUD music and rock?? Mackie HR-824 active studio monitors. | |
| New Speakers 1k gr-research has a new Lucidity (criterion?)seriesgr-researchNot a lot of bass however. | |
| Pro or hi-fi amp, which one would you choose? Here's a pro audio guy who tried an "audiophile" Pass power amp. He was "astounded"pass amp in a "pro" audio review | |
| Need amp match advice to drive Eggleston Andras Could also try Nu-vista 300 power amp. Kevin at Upscale Audio has one at Audiogon. Latest Stereophile compared Parasound Halo JC1 (also a great amp) to the Nu-vista and describes the differences. | |
| Best line conditioner??? Audio Magic mini stealth is $500. Used for $375.Also Exact-power used to be sold be www.av123.com. | |
| any new Quad 11/12L owners? Thought they were fatiguing in dealers show room with new arcam DIVA amp. Don't know which 65 /75 / 85. | |
| Speaker tweak BrianW, I'll make you some for $50. Or try www.mcmaster.com P/N 9050k11 for premade 8" x 8" x 1" thick aluminum plates. Also P/N 89155K72 $38.76 each. | |
| Speakers that sound like Thiels on steroids. Third the ATC active 100's. Or try the active 150's or 200's. You will be doing yourself a disservice if you don't take the time to find these speakers (my opinion). | |
| What is pink noise? So if you were going to measure in-room frequency response, would you use white noise or pink noise?And how do you measure sound at any particular frequency? Rat Shack SPL meter and Stereophile test tones miss a large part of the frequency spectru... |