chilli42
Responses from chilli42
| Top down or bottom up? Just asking... The answer will be different for each speaker company. Each company will have a different profit margin they determine to be acceptable for each product line/price tier. That profit margins is first determined by what price the company believes ... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? “There is. Unfortunately very hard to find. Fast as they build em, fanboys snap em up.”So now we have a good short list of dud’s. I”What are those speakers where everything just seems to fall into place? I am itching to replace my 20 year old Ava... | |
| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening I have a couple of REL subs and love them. The manufacturer is very specific about setup. The ideal setup (from their point of view) is the subs connected at high level (to the speakers .... they have slightly different ways to do this depending ... | |
| Gain Matching - need advice Thanks all for the advice. As a first step, I am going to try the Rothwell Attenuators. If they work that’s great, if not then I am not out that much $. I looked into having AR modify the preamp but they say this can only be done on older model... | |
| Tonearm Matching Lalikt. I was all set to pull the trigger on the SME V ... seemed like to choice of least resistance. To my dismay, there is no no SME dealer in Thailand (where I live). Importing here as a consumer is difficult. So I am a bit back to square 1 | |
| Subwoofer matching Room size:19’ 8” (wide)32’ 8” (long)9’ 6” (Tall)No DSP planned at this point. | |
| Do I need pre-amp? Upgrade amp or buy pre-amp? Audionote system You might consider buying an integrated amp. It will save money on interconnects and power cables and should be overall cheaper than a separate amp and preamp combination. Take the savings and use it to buy a DAC for your Tidal streaming. | |
| Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible. Just beginning in the hobby, I can’t tell you all how helpful it is to see the lack of agreement amongst those with years of experience in the hobby. It’s takes subject matter that is critical but confusing to impossible to comprehend. I am also... | |
| Speaker recommendation $10-20K (with some requirements!) I am looking to replace my current speakers. I also suffer from tinnitus. So far, I have been very impressed by the Focal Scala. They had a great natural high and mid range (not harsh or over detailed) Weakness (maybe not the correct word) was ... | |
| Do speaker wires matter When the time comes to upgrade your speaker cables try to use cables that are as short as you can. The 9ft cables are OK but I try to use speaker cable lengths much shorter than that. | |
| Do speaker wires matter When the time comes to upgrade your speaker cables try to use cables that are as short as you can. The 9ft cables are OK but I try to use speaker cable lengths much shorter than that. | |
| Rockport Atria II or Magico A5 I don’t own the Rockports but recently auditioned them. I did not like everything about them but I was very impressed with the separation of voices, imaging and coherence. The found them a bit thin and forward but my audition was at an audio show... | |
| Speaker Audition dodgealum, I attended the Bangkok International Audio show. I am an expat working in Thailand. To the credit of the authorities here, there have been just under 60 cases of Covid (out of 65 million people) since February so everything now is ba... | |
| Speakers suggestion help Auditioning speakers is not easy. I went to a dealer a few weeks ago and listened to a pair of Vivid Kaya 90’s. I was very impressed and identified them among the short list of speakers I might buy. I then asked the dealer for a second audition... | |
| Do Tonearms need servicing I had my SME V serviced by the manufacturer. Mainly they upgraded the wires and a few other tweaks. This was 3 years ago. They were happy to do the work for a price. I am not sure they still do this having moved to a place where they only sell... |