douglas_schroeder
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| What makes a $20,000 cd player cost 20,000? Pertaining largely to the question of who would buy such a cd player, read "The Millionaire Next Door"; most persons with net worth wealth (not just high income coupled with high expenses and low net worth) would never dream of spending so much on... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-VIIa Nealhood, No, there's no inverting these puppies. You'll see why instantly if you glance at a picture of them. They have large bass modules at the bottom, and the planar portion of the speaker is a panel which rises from the bass module. They woul... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-VIIa Did it; set up the 'stacked' or twin pair LFT-8A configuration in my system! I a word, wondrous! I give more thorough review in my notes on my Virtual system. I saw on Audioreview that another individual had tried this; he suggested the stacked LF... | |
| I want profoundly better bass I don't know that your prejudice against subwoofers is warranted. In order to fill your huge room subwoofers might be the best option. Not all subs are created equal. Vandersteen subs and REL subs seem to be highly musical (i.e. fit for the most c... | |
| Meadowlark Shearwater vertical orientation. Tim, yes, looked at the Vandersteen pics and it shows the midrange on the slant. Looks like the tweeter is more upright. It would be interesting to hear from someone who can explain why this is supposed to be preferable to facing the driver straig... | |
| Meadowlark Shearwater vertical orientation. Tim, Yes, I'll definitely look at those other systems for their sound treatments...Yes, I get the time alignment thing, but Vandersteen doesn't tilt the axis of the driver like Shearwaters. If you did tilt the speakers forward but brought them bac... | |
| Meadowlark Shearwater vertical orientation. Got the Owens Corning fiberglass panels for $5.50 per! Found rich looking acoustically transparent fabric today at $2/yard. So far, panel cost is $7.50/panel! Now THAT's a deal! With decent but not too expensive wood trim, I should be able to buil... | |
| Meadowlark Shearwater vertical orientation. Tim, greetings, been a while since we conversed...We all need projects, eh? Regarding room tuning, I'm now endeavoring to create my own sound panels. Just picked up 10 Owens Corning 2'x4' panels of 700 series insulation. They're firm 1 to 4" thick... | |
| HZ.....How low for full range music??? You may want to conduct a simple test. Go to an audio salon, and listen to whichever speakers you like, both with and without a subwoofer. You may notice quite a discernable difference when the subwoofer plays.I heard a REL subwoofer in such a dem... | |
| Can you ever go back and be happy? I did a box vs. planar showdown in my dedicated room a few weeks ago. In my economical fashion, I always said I liked certain aspects of the Vandersteens, and certain qualities of the Magnepans. If only someone made a speaker that combined the bes... | |
| VMPS RM2 or Eminent Technology V111a??? Sorry, Chadnliz, I was assuming a physical/wheelchair-type disability. I may be way off...No need to clarify for me. Hope the info I posted is helpful. | |
| Sunfire Receiver or Separates and Magneplanar Spea Seems like Macdadtexas and Chadnliz and I follow each other around these threads on planars. I've used both the Maggie 1.6s as well as the Eminent Technology LFt-8's. If you use smaller Maggies, you'll want a subwoofer (preferably a fast one with ... | |
| Solid 2-chanel amp to drive rear speakers? Pair of Outlaw Audio M200 monoblocs at @$300.00 tons of power, clean sound, auto signal on. | |
| Maggies 3.6 vs 20.1 Greetings, I'm the Agoner that Sedona spoke of, the one who switched to Eminent Technology speakers from the Maggie 1.6's. Right now I'm running twin pairs of LFT-8's with 8 channels of amplification. You can see this in my virtual system. I have ... | |
| Poor Man's "Super-Speaker" System chad, I'm using the LFT's both for music and movies. My philosopy is to get the best sound for two channel, and the audio in movies will take care of itself. So, yes, these are amazing for movies.The LFT is a terrific speaker period. They sound gr... |