drbarney1
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| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts Has anyone tried Rythmik subwoofers? They use servos to make them fast and clean. In my little room I use a sealed unit and I cound an out of the way place where it fits in with my Magnepans. | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? The most fun speakers I owned were a pair of G. R. Research OB7's. I did many experiments with them to test the orthodoxies extolled in audio magazines and books on how to create the ultimate stereo system. I tried bi-amplification with the tweete... | |
| diy tangential tonearms I have not made any hasty decisions on this, but here is what I conclude so far: I am not interested in air bearings because they are too complicated and too given to maintenance requirements and the noise they make diminishes the signal to noise ... | |
| Suggestions for getting a commission to custom build tube amps I was motivated by a combination of what many people who seem too stuffy inspiring me to rebel against oppressively bland contemporary tastes and I wanted to build something that is more fun than any amplifier I could afford to buy if I were a tel... | |
| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? I have a suggestion. Does the insulator on a speaker cable store and re-release an electric field capable of doing something to the sound? A way to find out is connect one cable pair to an amplifier but not to a speaker. If you use tube amplifiers... | |
| Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference? Has anyone calculated what difference such things done to make cables unreasonably expensive makes? Let us take an example. Many cable manufacturers warn us of high frequency rolloff caused by skin effect. They make cables like ribbons or bundle t... | |
| Best integrated tube amplifier, under $3,000.00. No phono needed. Could be used, too.d Consider building one from a kit If you can get someone to mentor you if you wonder whether you will get it right. Everything you will solder together is large and easy to get to and there are many fewer parts. You will have freedom to make the ch... | |
| Cat jumped on turntable I would modify the way the turntable is placed, having an enclosure to protect it from a cat who could not understand this mechanics. | |
| Noob, need help please The answers here are excellent. If you want really sweet sound you should take advantage of the sensitivity of the Klipsch speakers by powering them with a single ended triode amplifier, some of which you can buy in kit form for under $1000. The 4... | |
| What do you say to your audiophile friends who say you just listen to your equipment more Eventually you will run out of upgrades in your system which will be as good as you could ever desire and listening to what the equipment can do will fade away so you can just listen to the music. It has been over a year since this happened to me ... | |
| 30 Amplifiers Totaling $428,740.00 In Search of Audio Nirvana You could spend $350,000 if the price has not gone up since it listed at this price in 2003, but for that kind of money use it to pay off your mortgage and build your own using most of the same parts for under a couple of thousand dollars. Or hire... | |
| Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen I liked the speed and clarity of the Magnepan 0.7's when I auditioned several speakers in the store. But they need some power. I also like the single-ended triode sound which is not enough for Magnepans. Magnepans cost less but the amplifiers avai... | |
| Amps with meters ... For an admittedly prototype 833-A SET and a GM70 SET for the center channel I put in milliampere meters between one side of the cathode and ground to know what kind of condition the tubes are in. This is simpler than power output meters the McInto... | |
| Most annoying song, period. I vote "You light up my life," a holy roller song written by a serial rapist. I also hate all Steven Foster songs because they are so spectacularly inane. | |
| Amps I Like While I do not subscribe to any debate of what kind of amplifier or speaker is the one true faith and all others are infidels, I have my personal favorite, but I enjoy hearing other. I will never forget Listener Magazine, which I miss terribly alo... |