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| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @hilde45In your state, hmmm. Custom speakers deserve nice custom stands. Deer Creek Audio Custom Steel Stands Hand Crafted by Master Artisans - Colorado USA h t t p s : // deercreekaudio .com/ p / custom-standssquish spaces back together, link s... | |
| Parasound A23+ vs. Emotiva XPA-DR2 A23+Got one? What did it replace?I am buying one to rotate in every once in a while to give my tube amps a rest, and for long-term low level listening, background music. Don’t need more than the first 3 watts of Class-A operation, for what I plan ... | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @hilde45@decooney Good advice. Not sure how to look that up, but surely it's a good way to proceed.---------------------------------------Local CL Craigslist > Services > type in Metal FabricationSeveral will pop up, checking your area. Dra... | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @hilde45With the above in mind, any opinions on modestly priced stands? Perhaps 20" - 22" high?(Again, I'm not in the market for expensive stands, right now.)-----------------------------------------------------------Yes. Support your local metal ... | |
| Cable comparison charts? You might miss out on a good cable looking at specs alone. Noting your question about Cardas and specs. They release some specs on a few cables, not all. They will tell you not to listen to their cables based on specs, and to work with a dealer on... | |
| Should I upgrade my Tubes @rodman99999 "...My new favorite 6550/KT88 tube is the Gold Lion KT88 repop, from Russia." During some of my own "KT88" replacement chats with a few colleagues and some tube resellers, the new Genelex Gold Lyon KT77 is mentioned quite often as wel... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Audio Mirror/ pick one for me please That's a good point about the small footprint Orchid. True. Nice. I too would not be able to use another DAC, mine sits on top of my rack next to a streamer. | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Sure thing @hilde45. Fwiw, maybe hold off on the resistors for a while, and a little more time on the speakers (drivers, and caps on x-over inside). And, the tube change on the DAC might get you one splitting hair closer to taking a tad bit of the... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Doing all of the up front evaluation work also allows one to appreciate the final decision that much more. Looks like the hard work paid off. Congrats! | |
| If you love big electrostatic panels, but have a small acoustic space-a speaker for you! There are different versions and materials of the diaphragm for the larger Heil. The early 1,1a,1b,1c, Monitor, 6 has a brighter sound and more brittle material too. Listening to both versions, yes they do sound different. The later diaphragm and... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) ex·pe·ri·ence "direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge". There are members on this forum with strong opinions back to early 2000s and now at "ten amps ago" or "twenty speakers ago". Some could afford to buy and ... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Audio Mirror/ pick one for me please MHDT Lab Orchid here. Several friends also run the Orchid and Pagoda. We like it, R2R ladder implementation and all. One buddy runs the Pagoda in a recording-master studio. I demo’d the highly regarded Benchmark Dac3 B myself. Preferred Orchid for... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @coltrane1 "Ha, why sample ML Motian’s. Hint: They’re not true ML’s. "Why not? A ML rep called me out of the blue this week, happened to mention Martin Logan sells Motion series all over the world with success. The original founder of Paradigm pur... | |
| If you love big electrostatic panels, but have a small acoustic space-a speaker for you! Nice. Great to see it! 40 years building with the Great Heil AMT. I worked at ESS building them on the assembly line. Built several custom versions since. Prefer crossing over at 1,200hz vs 2k to retain Heil midrange magic. Listening to my custom ... | |
| Sophia Electric EL34 or KT88 ?? @tuberistGold Lion KT77s are great tubes. Very detailed and dynamic top to bottom. Only shortcoming I experienced was in the mid bass department; a little lean for my taste. However they are really good tubes.Do you prefer the Genelex Gold Lyon KT... |