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| Maggie 3.6R performance dilemma.. Roose...Seems like most people think you room is too big, and/or you need different speakers. Perhaps they are right, although my view is otherwise. Just one final suggestion...don't give up the ship without at least actually trying a powerful (no... | |
| Modified Adcom 5400 or Stock 5500? I use the 5503 (3-channel version of the 5500) with MG1.6 that are crossed over from subwoofers at 90 Hz. Results are excellent. The difference vs a well-regarded low power Adcom amp with similar specs (100 watts vs 350 watts at 4 ohms) is dramati... | |
| Maggie 3.6R performance dilemma.. And I say again...GET MORE WATTS. Just as an experiment, try an Adcom amp,5500, 350 watts into 4 ohms. Use that as a basis for comparison with multikilobuck amps. You may be surprised. | |
| New system too bright.Will different cables help ? That's why tone controls were invented. | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? Those who look inside high end speakers are often surprised by what they see. Not only are the cones sometimes paper, but the entire driver may be elcheapo. Wires too. I hasten to add that not every manufacturer is like this, but more than you wou... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Tubegroover...I agree that "piano as a litmus test" is good, but I have never heard a recorded piano that sounds exactly right (and I know what it should sound like because we have a Steinway grand piano in the house). Do you have any suggestion a... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Johnk...It has long been recognized that the fact that tube amplifiers characteristly produce even harmonics, and that even harmonics are typically part of musical instrument sounds, makes their distortion relatively unobjectionable. A violin, for... | |
| Should I Biamp Drrdiamond...Thanks for the info. Your reason #2 is really just an extension of the biwire argument. Reason#1 means that the amps can be located right at the speaker (like monoblocks), and with the price that people pay for speaker wires you could... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Tubegroover...A slight correction..I am not "hung up" about high distortion as you might note from my remark: "I know that distortion specs are not the whole story, but when THD gets over 1 percent it becomes a big obstacle to overcome by other vi... | |
| Electronic crossover recommendations For DIY experiments you need easy adjustment of crossover frequency and gains. Take a look at ART 310. See www.partsexpress.com item 245-880. | |
| Should I Biamp 1. True biamp configuration requires a low level crossover. If you drive both amps full range, why bother.2. Hook up one channel one way, and the other channel the other way. Feed all the amps the same (monaural) signal. Compare the two channels. ... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Twl...Digital PWM switching amps are a long way from tubes! Interesting just the same. I am contemplating the Spectron unit, if they agree to put out a 3-channel version.I gather from the link, that the adverse specs result from aberations which a... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Sean...About the pop music performers using tube gear..if the naturally-produced distortion isn't enough, they have a gadget that makes more!About the RF application...My hearing range does not extend to RF. But, seriously, when Transponders for l... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Twl...In a nutshell, you say that errors of the amp and a particular type of speaker are "correlated". (That's the word we academic types use for this well-known situation). Could be so. Thanks for the logical explanation instead of just the usual... | |
| Why Does A Concrete Floor/Spiked Metal Rack... Stehno...Cables to the ceiling provide a rigid path to structure: it's just that the structure is rafters instead of joists. Either one could be stable or vibrating.Airborne vibration, which I find to be my only significant problem, is absorbed by... |