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| Speaker configuration Marantz 2270 Small speakers are not necessarily more efficient. Klipschorns for example are amazingly efficient and don't lack bass at all.Passive subs will not reduce the load on your receiver and will lack a crossover with controls to help blend with the spe... | |
| 60s console amps good and bad... Pilot is by far worth it over motorola & magnavox. There's a lot of nice fishers, scotts & lafayettes as well. Figure that most of them will need work. If it's equal cost to recap and retube a Pilot vs a Magnavox, what would you chose? | |
| Help Me Save A Few Bucks On New Amp Purchase 1 watt = 90db2 watts= 93db4 watts= 96db16 watts= 99db32 watts= 102dbEvery 10db will double your perceived volume.Keep in mind that dynamic headroom is what needs the most power. | |
| Tube preamp and mp3 player It can work fine, just stay away from full volume on the MP3. | |
| Using Professional Amps On Home Theater Speakers I totally forgot about Carver. 7 old Carver cubes will blow your roof off-sound like crap but wow will it be loud! | |
| What would you upgrade next if you had my hifi ? Wow, that's a lot of wood. If your system isn't adversely affected by it (bright?), then leave it. Someone above mentioned buying a table, I totally agree. | |
| Using Professional Amps On Home Theater Speakers Loud isn't everything. The extra volume won't help with clarity. You have to compromise somewhere on quality vs quantity. I've owned clubs and tried those amps at home. YUK!Keep in mind that bass and the center channel count the most in a theater.... | |
| What is the best sounding QSC power amp qsc is built like a tank. They can take a huge beating but will never match the sound quality of even a mid-fi amp. | |
| Starting Over I use a Musiland MD-10 with a Music Hall Trio for my office to keep it simple. However, if I did it again, I'd go with a Peachtree and nothing else. It's an office, all of your music will be streaming from a PC, including radio. A quality DAC and ... | |
| CONUNDRUM For fun, do you have any 12au7's around? The PH-7 uses 12ax7's, correct? Try the lower gain tube? If not 12ax7's, which tube does it use? | |
| What would you upgrade next if you had my hifi ? Lose the paneling. I'm not saying this because paneling went out in the 70's...acoustically it stinks. Seriously, paneling does nothing but vibrate. If it is installed over drywall or plaster, it can be nailed like mad or glued to eliminate any re... | |
| How do you know when to replace a tube? I disagree with tube replacement. As said by Philjolet old tubes will get "boring", not bright. New tubes may actually make your system sound even worse, depending on what you buy.2 things I can think of:First-Klipsch can be fatiguing after a whil... | |
| French Doors We just added false walls on a duplex. The noise to/from the attached house was tremendous. It worked amazingly well. Very simple 2 day job and you would never be able to tell that it was done at all. We just lost 6 inches of space. 1 inch air gap... | |
| French Doors Rdavwhitaker-my thoughts exactly. He can actually order a custome size that will work fine. Double doors with side glass? It's gonna be pricey. My guess is 1-2k plus install. They don't need to be wood either. Vinyl comes in many colors. | |
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