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| Wilson Watt 3/Puppy 2 Loudspeaker I’m going to give a different spin of an answer. I will harmonize with @deep_333 that this is not a good loudspeaker by today’s standards. There are many modern speakers at this price point that will sound better. It is a product of the time wh... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? I will no longer consider a speaker that has not been independently measured. It is not that a good set of measurements guarantee a good sounding speaker. I am looking at the measurements to understand the designer's background and motivation. ... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? I would quote Darko… there isn’t bad audio gear, just mis-priced gear. I like deep_333’s philosophy, an exceptional price requires exceptional novelty on the part of the designer / manufacturer. My experience is loudspeakers sound like their def... | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. If you can find one, McCormick TLC-1 | |
| Ayre v Hegel sound @dbphd If what you are missing is streaming, consider adding a pure streamer such as the iFi Zen Stream or similar to your Ayre stack. | |
| How do you high pass your main speakers? @tony1954 I would try the ATC speakers crossed over between 65-75 Hz with a 2nd order Butterworth filter on the miniDSP. The sub should be crossed over at 65-75 Hz with a 4th order Linkwitz-Riley type crossover.- either in the miniDSP, or using... | |
| Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED) Are you a DIY type? Nelson Pass has provided many amplifier designs to the DIY community. Anything from 5 W/ch up to 100 W/ch, all biased into Class A. I have built the Aleph-J (25 W/ch) which is based on the original Aleph series of amplifiers wi... | |
| What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned? Over-rated:Red Rose R3. Very colored sound due to suck-out between mid-range and ribbon tweeter. Did not sound natural or musical.Polk RTi4. Rave Stereophile review, typical mid-if high frequency emphasis. Fatiguing to listen to without equali... | |
| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. A random thought on why the % correction goes up when speakers are placed against a wall. Most speakers are designed to perform flat when in room. Putting them against the wall will lift the bass and some mid-bass some 3 to 6 dB. RP is simply r... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @erik_squires wrote:One really interesting thing about the Technics however is the heavy DSP processing they rely on to flatten the electrical amplitude and phase response. I'm tempted to do this with a miniDSP to see if I hear any benefits. I ha... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Erik said: REW is great, but measuring the speakers adds a ton of confounds. I say this as a speaker maker and integrator. And that's fine, but what I'm personally after is to understand how well these amps do electrically, as that will be the mo... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Kenny Unfortunately, I am not very well equipped with instruments to perform such tasks. Do you have a computer / laptop with audio out? Then all you need is REW (Room Equalization Wizard) which is free and a mic. You can get a USB mic with a ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Henry It is very rare to find a Scintillas owner. Are you located in Texas? Former owner I'm afraid. Parted with them many years ago - the original owner wanted them back. Today I have a system based on the BG72 ribbon and 6 Carver hex cone ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! George, Not only is it 1ohm @100hz, but it has a massive -90 degree phase shift at 100hz also, these two together mean almost a dead short as see by the amp. Where do you get your data on the Scintillas? I owned a pair and measured the impedance... |