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| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Greg you are right about the toe-in, with stators on the long side of "shoe-box" like rooms. I am just using a very tiny amount of it and another thing should be mentioned, that with stators the distance to the side walls is uncritical for all int... | |
| How often do you listen to live music? WOW, thanks so far for all your responses. A special bow to Frogman for his understanding of my intentions and for his kind words.I see how rich,alive and vibrant the musical culture in all its ramifications and tongues seems to be in your country... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Tubegroover you've hit the nail on the head. I too love this thread and I'm learning from it.Sean, I'm surprised that you think of using electrostatic panels just for the highs. An interesting thought. In my practical experience, I've found ALL ES... | |
| How often do you listen to live music? Yes, you are indeed fortunate. I fantasize often about a vacation in NYC just going to concerts , however steering free of Lyrics and Mr. Singer's. They would probably not even let me in. Zurich is not too bad. Our opera has become very good in th... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" I had great difficulty in blending bass and midrange in my admittedly complex system. I got most of it right by experimenting with speaker placement and room treatment but the final touches on bass rendering were only achieved by finding the right... | |
| The infamous Well spoken Slawney! Luckily my system only grew slowly through the years and always in reference (and reverence!)to live music as I percieved it. | |
| Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke? Frap and Sean are right! For another manufacturer who has licked all the problems, Sean mentions in his post, take a look at www.acapella.de/english and click on "exalibur" on the left of the page. What they have to say of this speaker is no hype.... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Audiokinesis point, that the bass of dipoles is NOT omnidirectional as well as the reasons he gave for it, (cancellation of out of phase front and rear waves) is common knowledge here in Europe. The reason for that may possibly be, that electrosta... | |
| The infamous Plato, to my mind you plead your case very well and I have no reason to argue the point, that for the amount you've mentioned, you can have a high degree of musical enjoyment in your home and can even forget about the system and just listen to the... | |
| ultimate interconnect recommendations I would consult with the Cable Company. They are patient, knowledgeable and if you live in the States, thes will send you cables to try out at home in your rig. (www.fatwyre.com) | |
| Need a quality Y-adapter for bi-amping I've used the Audioquests mentioned above, as well as those, which XLO used to market and some made for me by the Cable Company, also mentioned above. I also tried home brewed ones, which I soldered myself. None of them degraded the sound in any n... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Sean, don't you think that most good planars today have a fairly decent bass response well under 100hz? Just think of the new Quads or the bigger Sound Labs. Also the more expensive Maggies are no slouch in this regard at all. So I find your remar... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Sean, kudos to you. You definitely have had the final word on this topic. Your thread, no, your essay is well considered and right to the point. I use a wall of stators, carefully selected and even more carefully placed, reinforced by plasma tweet... | |
| Has Any One Heard............ Vott is wiz you Amoricanns? I untershtand notting at all?Vhy must I kick mein nuts 42 times, iff I haff a nutkracker to play ze diablo shpeakers? Pleez explain!Yoodle greetings from ze Sviss Alps! | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Edle, to what kind of stators, if at all, have you listened to? They clobber almost anything on earth in transient speed, they can carry quite a wallop and with modern stators, dynamics are very good, if the stator is large enough. On the other ha... |