dekay
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| Tang Band 2145 in action "WOW I was listening to the bass YT vid only via the top FR section of my $20 computer speakers,,,I decided to flip over the down firing sub portion, which houses a 3 inch woofer. Now we are talkingPlease do the same to REALLY hear these guys... | |
| Need help buying new speaker cable "I compared Monolith by Monoprice 14AWG Oxygen Free Copper Multi-Strand Conductors PE Insulated Speaker Wire with Gold Plated Spade Connectors, 6ft - Pair $50 to Audioquest Rocket 88 $500. Parasound Hint Original with Forte 3’s. Music source Blue... | |
| Tang Band 2145 in action "There is no discussion of wide bands on this site, Its almost like a low sens xover cult religion around this forum."Learn to use the seach feature as I've been posting about single driver speakers here since 2002, and I'm hardly the first to do... | |
| Heat If you have ever tried to cool a hot food liquid in a spoon (in order to taste it) inhaling the steam/heat is much more effective/faster than blowing on it.Because of this in the few instances where I've used fans to cool tube gear I implemented t... | |
| Tang Band 2145 in action mozartfan:Is this your new place to come to and decompress after a hard day of being schooled @ Diyaudio?DeKay | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? Speaker placement...Wasn't your last sonic dilemma due to moving the speakers a few (not noticed previously) inches?DeKay | |
| Ella This is a really good one...https://www.discogs.com/Ella-Fitzgerald-Mel-Tormé-Anita-ODay-June-Christy-The-Great-Singers/release/...Think mine is mono, but can't pull it out right now to check.DeKaY | |
| Referent point 20' x 20' room with a 10' ceiling...Please stop - my side hurts.DeKay | |
| Referent point I have been using single driver speakers for 20 years now.I next plan on building Baltic Birch Ply cabinets in the shape of a Crow, and doing so will then end my journey.DeKay | |
| Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table? I use MG Chemicals Electrosolve.Prior to the MG I used Kontak (sp?), Flitz polish (mainly on vintage gear), 99%+ Isopropyl alcohol and Cramolin (sp?).The ISO should not be used on gold plated parts (including tube pins).I've also read that the 99%... | |
| Raising standmount speakers "The main difference is that the music gets a tiny bit more immersive and the soundstage gets a bit taller when I lower my head."Yes, that's what happens when you add a slight uptilt to many speakers.Now try it by actually raising the front of the... | |
| Raising standmount speakers Tilt the fronts of the speakers up a tiny tad.If the footers on your stands are adjustable just raise the front, or lower the back (footers).DeKay | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope "3 strands of 14 gauge aluminum wire, wrapped in Glad’s saran-wrap"I use Glad brand BPA-FREE plastic wrap and freezer bags exculsively.Never tried them in a High-Fi setup though.Also curious as to why you are using $3,500+ of power conditioning an... | |
| Small Room... Big Stereo What I gather from a review of your speakers is that the low frequency driver is crossed over @ 150Hz (no slope mentioned) and it's compartmentalized and rear ported).Not certain if you have one or two REL's, but regardless it would seem that you ... | |
| GaN by GaN Class-D with SMP complete for $940, ready to go just put in a box. But George...RH67 has tried 95% of the Class D amps offered to the public (per his/her own words).Seems that the amp you mentioned is in the remaining 5%.DeKay |