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| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) "Try before you buy" sure is a nice option to have. And "One and Done" is no fun. :) | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @b_limo The issue you have with those bright sounding speakers is that they are bright sounding speakers! Seems so. Following some test results data, found a ramping response at 10k-15k with a notable peak. On to the Salks and others I gather. | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Agree with other posters about relocating the audio system and speakers to the bed location area, lengthwise. Even for a short term period, with hefty AC romex extension cables - if required. Should help gain further insight to that room and what ... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @b_limo ..The rest of your system is either neutral or warm, as stated by another member earlier. This may all be solved once you get your Salks. They should be the ticket!Kinda what I was thinking now too, particularly after recapping what’s been... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @audioconnection I feel your pain because many of my customers complain about the same thing....Hi John, ProAcs like tube amps, noting you also sell ProAc too, and Quicksilver amps. Perhaps something like a Proac D20 type smallish 2-way 8ohm floor... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) @auxinputsorry, but I disagree here in burn in. I have burned in so many different cables, capacitors, power cords, equipment, speakers. They all require burn in. Some more than others. I know that tweeters could have a slight bright edge when the... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Hilde45,A quick and dirty test to do and report back. Sounds really stupid and crude, no cost, but it works as another method for process of elimination and targeting some things with a particular speaker to get some ideas. Quick to try. 1. Put gr... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Trying to help and chatting with Hilde45, here is what I’ve gathered since his speaker demo startup. May help for anyone assisting to analyze the gaps and opportunities. Hopefully these notes (or assumptions) might save some time for those chiming... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) For the Salk 6M SS, it's said to be the same Be tweeter used in the Salk 9.5, and the "b" is a 4 ohm, and the "bn" is the 8 ohm version -and- also 1.5db higher sensitivity too. With woofer and tweeters in the 92/93 range and the end result of 87d... | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) The room is the speaker :) | |
| Speaker shootout update; aggressive treble eliminating some (fairly?) Rolled off is rolled off. Old trick. Works but you can build $500 kit speakers that do this. Low ceilings pressure loads high frequency. Really good AMTs are magical in the right room and source/cable combos. AMT size is key too. A larger footprin... | |
| Seeking tales of speaker demos @b_limo Good to know on all fronts. While I've had a long exposure to AMTs since their original design in the 1970s, some material changes too. Along with variations of AMTs from different manufacturers available on the market now all sound diffe... | |
| Threshold, Levinson, Bryston, Krell, ?others? used amps @mjt_tx "I currently own a Nakamichi PA-7 (Nelson Pass Stasis design). Looking for an amp that is great at doing the disappearing act, smooth sounding, but not colored, and with lots of authority". What do you not like about the Nak PA-7?Has it b... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? Yes, the difference is in the fullness of the sound, only after fully burned in - yet I added the smaller White non-evo version to my input devices (DAC, pre) and use the larger black EVO Supreme Silver Gold only on my amplifiers fwiw. YMMV. | |
| signs that tubes need to be replaced The same exact same Ruby EL34-BSTR (formerly Shuguang Factory made for Ruby batches), same tubes in the Cary SixPacs were also used in my Cary V12R amp. Don’t underestimate these particular -bstr tubes due to the lower price point. These amps were... |