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| Totem Staff or Pro Ac d15 While I haven't heard that many speakers, I have had the opportunity to hear many different Totems. In my opinion, you're better off spending less and getting Arros or spending more and getting Hawks. While the Sttafs are nice sounding speakers, t... | |
| Crossovers So again, "it depends," right? At least now I have a little better understand of what's going on, which is really all that I wanted. I guess no one's going to come down definitively on one side or the order? It seems as if the complication of the ... | |
| Crossovers Actually, I would have no intentions of altering a speaker's crossover, or even basing speaker choice on the crossover type. Ultimately, I'm asking more out of general curiosity, given that there's so many different setups out there.In the end, I'... | |
| Crossovers Okay, well that was all pretty helpful. In any case, it helped answer my underlying question. It seems that many people feel that lower order xovers are the "purest" method, in that due to their simplicity, they "color" the sound the least. Less c... | |
| Big Stupid Warm Speakers While they're not "high-end," you might try Definitive Technology. If you want tons of "big-woofer" bass, they certainly deliver. Great for HT duty too. | |
| dbx Home Speakers Hmm...not familiar with that model. These are basicially big square boxes, with the outer corner of each tower cut at a 45 degree angle, leaving a flat face instead of coming to a 90 degree right angle corner. Hard to describe in print... | |
| dbx Home Speakers That seems odd for a rear-firing 15" driver, though. I don't believe they're ported in any way. I wonder what the reasoning would be for having them positioned that way. Seems to run contrary to everything I've ever heard about placement... | |
| dbx Home Speakers Listener57,Yeah, DAK had a lot of cool stuff. I was pretty young at the time, and I remember being wowed by just about everything they sold. Do you remember the turntable that used some sort of laser tracking system so you could select each "track... | |
| Looking for an acoustic guitar recording.. If you're in to more rock-oriented stuff, you might try J Mascis' "Martin & Me." He's typically a loud heavily-distorted indie rocker, but that album is just him and an acoustic guitar, live. You might want to listen to some samples on cdnow.c... | |
| Computer interferance-how close is too close? It just seems to depend. We have a PC that we're using as a multi-media server located right next to the equipment rack. No problems whatsoever. Same when we line-in our laptops for MP3 playback. On the other hand, when our neighbor places his lap... | |
| How do you fix an ''out of print'' scratched CD ? This thread has been inactive for a while, but here's a trick I've used with moderate sucess.Polish the disc using a soft cloth and a spray furniture polish like Pledge. The wax gets into the scratches and fills them in. It's hit or miss, but it's... | |
| Old Classic Receivers: A Mistake to Buy? There's yet another reason to buy an old receiver that no one's mentioned...or maybe I missed it. Beyond getting near-modern performance on the cheap, and beyond the nostalgia factor, there's the notion of lineage.Everything we have today in terms... | |
| tube gear for rock and techno I've been asking the same question as of late. Someone suggested a hybrid integrated, which I'm now considering. Check out the Audio Aero Prima, which is definitly in your price range. Jolida makes 'em too, as do tons of other companies that I can... | |
| Prima Luna Owners I'm interested as well. They seem good on paper at least, and I prefer the look to that of the Bizzy Bee's. Anyone actually have one? | |
| New Medeski Martin & Wood album Phasecorrect, which albums are you talking about? I'll agree about the recording quality on The Dropper, Uninvisible and End of World. They ARE really muddy. Uninvisible is probably the worst, in terms of recording AND music. It sounds like the ba... |