danvignau
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| Anyone know what these are That is not, but looks like a BMW car speaker crossover. My 528 has the wire wrapped around the woofer magnet to save parts and space. The tweeter connects to the wire where it exits from the wooder magnet. The swithch probably offers a rooloff ch... | |
| My personal experience with Direct Drive versus Belt Drive Arguing whethet belt drive or direct drive is better, without multiple double blind comparisons on several systems, is akin to arguing whether one prefers blonds or brunettes, but only while feeling their hair in a dark forest. | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is In the 1970's I silver wired my first B&W's. Sincr I eas able to figure this out way back then, I would becquite disappointed if a manufacturer og quarter millin dollar speakers did not understand this. I would be highly suspect of anything th... | |
| How do I power my 800D(3)s I had Classe equipment. It was really good, but I prefer what I have. Unfortunately, you can' t have it. The company belongs to an Apollo rocket scientist who retired. If you really want to splurge and have a really good A/C system, check out Jam... | |
| How do I power my 800D(3)s I wish I had your problem. The speakers you bought are argueably as good as are made. Don't listen to cry babies who say something is better. They are jealous. BTW, B&W owns Classe. That is why you se them together. I personally prefer other b... | |
| Best standalone music server? My experience has been that they are all quite sonically lacking, even B&W's and the new one. I've tried about everything, and truly believe it is not the equipment, but the terrible mixes available for mass consumption. | |
| Why does bi-amping speakers sound better? You are doubling not only your watts, but your power supply and head room. Addind a second, identical preamp has also made a difference in my system, because I can now have a bass control without changing any phasing through crosdovers. Since my a... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? It is quite revealing how many of you guys support your self-fulling prophesy of vinyl adoration. The most revealing are the ones who denigrate cheap 1980's and 1990's CD players, as compared to your Koetsu's etc. Jeez! Get real. How many of you h... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Duffy Bishop. Gene Harris. Oscar Peterson Trio plus 1. Diana Kroll with Maynard Ferguson at Montreaux. The SteppinStones.The Wall with a cover band plus Ian Anderson and Rick Wakeman. Hollywood Vampires with Alice Kooper, the core of the Warlocks,... | |
| What drugs do you use to enhance your listening experience? Here is the logic behind the false assumption that pot is a gateway drug: Potatoes make you rob banks. How do we know? By asking bank robbers if the ate potatoes before they robbed banks. Both potatoes and pot are plentiful; ERGO!, their use in ou... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Freddy Hubbard sounds really good on plain old generic vinyl, but my standby is the Dixie Direct studio's Live at Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium. On apex enhanced Direct to Disc. Get a low serial number. | |
| Heard the B&W N804d3s ... Just never spend more than you can easily afford. I have heard better speakers, but my trusty old 803's with subs keep me happy enough. If I wanted to have ecstatic listening experiences. I would go see Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper, Pink floyd, Heifi... | |
| What do you think of soundbars compared to speakers? Base had the original sterne sound bars, the 901 series. Each cabinet had one crappy three inch driver aimed at you. Gratefully, the other eight crappy speakers per cabinet faces back toward the rear wall to mute the sound. Sound bars are cheap 90... | |
| Interconnects, some have directional indicators, why? Atmosphere's quote above perfectly explains how directional wiring would hurt the sound. The current is alternating back and forth, not flowing downstream. His diode analogy is spot on: if the current flows better in one direction, it is restricte... | |
| What drugs do you use to enhance your listening experience? Am I the only peyote user here? |