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| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE How long? 63 years? Only 30 years? In 1973 I inherited my uncle's Fisher President II console made in 1956. Awesome Speakers, I yanked and still have all the components, AM tuner, FM tuner, preamp control panel, with programmable clock, Viking ste... | |
| Our Responsibility Hello Quality ‘Originally’ it was listening in a fixed place in a room, dominated by someone, then your own room. Fixed place leads to a naturally improving system. You could bring your LP’s to any dedicated room. Reel to Reels, also portable, ... | |
| Sound quality vs. volume Let me say this about that. Once anyone gets a very satisfying balanced system and speaker/room setup, most often you will find you very rarely listen as loudly as you used to. You are busy being immersed, involved, hearing things previously undis... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? Absolutely no amp or any electronics on a speaker.An amp on a piano upsets my interior designer sensibilities, but can be done.speakers with strong bass, corner reinforcement, ports can/might get the piano strings vibrating, so 'never played' migh... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? do I now understand you don't already own the speakers? that room, only 10 feet wide, is not easy for any sound setup, the speakers are probably going to be in and stay in the corners.Cornwalls are not near corner speakers. And too big to move aro... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? They are terrific speakers, and high efficiency is what you want to use tubes. Their efficiency is 102db, which is far above most speakers. How much power ___wpc needed? I have very similar speakers, horns and 15 inch woofers, efficiency ove... | |
| Your favourite music movie? those were movies, these are Music DVDs. I have many, these are the ones I remember the sound being very goodAllison Krauss + Union Station, Live (2 discs)Appalachian Journey, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, several othersBob Dylan, MTV Unplugged, Sony Stu... | |
| Your favourite music movie? others have mentioned some good ones, here are a few I enjoy.Apocalypse Now, REDUX Version (incredibly better movie than chopped up original)Black Hawk Down, powerful soundBond moviesBourne moviesChicagoCrank, powerful sound*****Domino**** Incredi... | |
| Component Stacking Question these two specific pieces:I would put a 1" spacer in between them so the pre-amp rear vent could do it's job, then stack away. | |
| Sound quality vs. volume 3 wheels (move carefully) because they always self level themselves | |
| Sound quality vs. volume Nice looking speakers. I think your rear ports primarily, and speaker placement perhaps, combine to create your problem.Ports are simply to get some extended bass out of a smaller enclosure, not a lot, just a bit more audible extension. Let's the ... | |
| Is there such a thing??-- Tube Preamp Question IF you are driving low sensitivity speakers with tubes, probably not enough power, you will get noise, then perhaps no sound! | |
| Is there such a thing??-- Tube Preamp Question I have 30 wpc tube monoblocks made in 1956. I still have two 35 wpc fisher 500c, 1 35 wpc fisher 800c, have had other tube stuff, and friends with tube stuff. I just bought an old McIntosh tuner/preamp from the 60's. One of these https://www.ebay... | |
| Thoughts on extending speaker life. I should have said, 15" I replaced the coil, cone, surround12" I just replaced the surround, the cone and coil were fine, and getting the voice coil centered was easy after watching the video. | |
| Thoughts on extending speaker life. Age can deteriorate any part, cone, surround, you could burn a voice coil, ....I have speakers with drivers made in 1956. The tweeter horns and mid-range horns appear to be bulletproof, 63 years old, still sound terrific. I do have spare drivers w... |