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| Blown CS7.2 Tweeter/midrange 90 db peaks is not overly loud in my opinion. The fact that you blew a tweater at this level is in my mind an indication that there is something wrong somewhere. This assumes that your amps are good amplifiers and not clipping when driving these T... | |
| Will adding a preamp dramatically change my sound? I agree with the other posters that for the most part one cannot make a blanket statement that an active vs. passive vs. no preamp is always best. Unfotunately, like most all suggestions, there are just too many variables. One must try different a... | |
| New transport for my audio aero?? Reason why I ask, is that I sent in my AA Capitole for check up and new tubes. Came back with problems due to shipping. Problem did't sound too different than yours. Powered up, put the disc in closed the top and nothing. No spin, no sound, just l... | |
| Will adding a preamp dramatically change my sound? I have tried several CDP's direct to amps with various results. First was an Audio Aero Capitole direct to ML amp which was very good. I tried (at the same time) a Wadia direct and did not like this. At the time that I ran both of these units both... | |
| CD Player with digital input? From my experience: The Wadia's are pretty good and if you get the i versions (this means they have the inputs) then mission accomplished. They are a bit dryer in my opinion than either of the other two. Audio Aero Capitole, this is a beautiful so... | |
| Soundstage wide and deep but not at all tall. . . If you lay on the floor when you listen, the sound stage will sound much taller!Seriously though, I would play around some more with tilting the speakers back at various angles until you get it right (ie. to your satisfaction). I had the hawks (al... | |
| What is the ideal High Freq extension? Real/live music extends well past 20K HZ. While some claim this is not audible I suspect it has an impact on the overall presentation. If you look at some of the finest components on the market, many exceed well past what has become the standard 2... | |
| New transport for my audio aero?? Why do you think it is broken? What is it doing or not doing? Are you just not getting any sound or is it something else? | |
| New to the game. Please help with set up. For the surround speakers, in my opinion, you can get away running non-matching (to the front speakers) without really a big deal at all (with movies surround sound, not necessarily as true to with multi-channel audio). I think it is more importan... | |
| Theta Compli vs Wadia Along with the other considerations, I would definately replace the Dreadnaught for two channel listening. The Dreadnaught is just not a very good amplifier for two channel performance. Add a dedicated 2-channel amplifier and your performance on t... | |
| Best DAC for under $1500 I very much enjoyed my (formerly owned) Kora Hermes DAC. This is a tubed based DAC which provides lots of flexibility in adjusting the sound by swapping out tubes. I have owned a couple of DACs and this would be on the high side of such a list for... | |
| Great systems in butt-ugly rooms Ryder, You can get great sound in a small room, I have done so myself in about the size of yours. The small room does not dictate that good sound can't be achieved and you are correct in your statements in my mind as well.It is the 10 foot wide ro... | |
| Calypso owners, what did you trade up to? While I still own my Calypso, the preamp I would take over it would be the Ref 3. With the right tubes in the Calypso, I have not found another preamp in the ballpark that I prefer (not having tried them all - obviously), but the one that I have t... | |
| Help: getting around balanced inputs on pre/pro? A pre/pro does not have 2 channel bypass (unless you mean it is bypassing any processing within the pre/pro, which is what I will assume you are refering to).I may be mistaken on this, but I have not seen many pre/pos that don't offer the compatib... | |
| how do you deal with heavy power cords? Only thing that I have found that works for me is to cut out a piece of wood (but any other materials would probably work too, even found around the house) and prop up the cable. I use blueTack then to prevent this piece from moving. Since I am no... |