elevick
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| Building an SET45 amp, need budget speakers A good enclosure should really reduce the need for woofers. Highs on the other hand may need the help of super tweeters? The Fostex's tend to roll off by 15khz (I think). I'm using Merrill Zigmahornets, simple enclosure and I'm sure it could be mo... | |
| Two Amps One Speaker Issue - Plinius & Rotel NIles makes a signal sensing box that will automatically switch them for you. | |
| How to test used / ex-demo speakers? I'd prefer to buy used/demo any time. So many speakers need several hundred hours to break in. Let the dealer do it for you and still give a warranty! | |
| Upgrade to Dedicated Preamp The Yamaha was never intended for high end 2 channel. Mediocre theater at best.A very simple unit with gold plated jacks and high end volume control should help. | |
| music hall 25.2 cd/amp + klipschorns = : I think the MH amp is the wrong choice for Khorns. A music hall Mambo is class A rated and will sound much better/warmer in this circumstance. The other option if you are sticking with MH is to get the amp modded. It will help tremendously.Persona... | |
| tube or ss tuner The only way I'd consider a tube tuner is if you got your hands on a vintage tuner such as scott or pilot with a multiplexer. That will allow you to play with separation and tube rolling. Otherwise, I totally agree with Pdreher. Check Mapleshade f... | |
| time for a change....any suggestions? With "low ceilings" I would stay away from anything too tall or pointing upwards. I love Vandersteens in a room with high ceilings but never with a low ceiling. How far away from the speakers will you be sitting? If you are 10-15 feet away, it sho... | |
| Help with used TT choices: Music Hall vs Thorens Don't forget to consider a cartridge and making sure it has a good stylus. An inexpensive cartridge will run you $90 or so and can easily go up from there.Do these tables include cartridges and arms? | |
| Power Amplifier conundrum. Could it be the Adcom? | |
| What if you designed your ultimate speaker? I recall some years back (I think he was in Italy?) a guy built his house around the speakers. He poured the foundation with horn loading for the woofers (kind of like giant Klipschorns).So, woofers built into the foundation would be first. I woul... | |
| The best tweeter design Realistic Lineaum Tweeter | |
| Single driver point source speakers vs. the world? cwlondon, I have the "matchstick" cabinets about 3 feet in front of my desk. The drivers are nearly at ear height even though the speakers are roughly 5 feet tall. See my virtual system on audiogon. My office is about 10 feet wide and only 7-8 fee... | |
| Inherent Difference - 12AU7 and a 12AT7 Just because the company switched from an au to an at doesn't mean that you can. I'd bet they changed something or determined that more gain was needed and made the modifications. As Hovland before you even consider it. As far as lasting 1 year, t... | |
| Tube amp on/off: best practice? The on/off is supposedly harder on the tubes than just leaving them on. However, a tube blowing is scary too. You are in a "no win" situation. For that same reason I went with solid state in my office. I just leave it on all week now. If that were... | |
| Need amplifier advice for my setup The Cambridge 640 is nice but the built in Denon may simply be a better match. Nothing wrong with that. As far as amps go, nice little speakers but fairly inefficient(86db). If your room is medium to large in size or you like to rock, stay at leas... |