erik_squires
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| Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce? I can think of a few things.1 - Microphone placement - Audience, stage or in the case? This all affects what is in the recording to begin with. 2 - Bass - This is why so many feel subwoofers can add so much to music. 3 - Radiating patterns. Piano'... | |
| Speaker Cable Upgrade... Advice Please So, my previous reply was predicated on the understanding that your room acoustics were already well taken care of? If not, absolutely seek out GIK Acoustics first. In general, brightness can also be helped by adding floor coverings and absorbers ... | |
| Speaker Cable Upgrade... Advice Please Wireworld. Pretty dark cables, but great imaging. | |
| vandersteen 2w subwoofer Also, I"m not sure what your preamp is. The Parasound P5 and P7 have integrated bass management. That's how I roll. Best,E | |
| vandersteen 2w subwoofer Hi Dainotto,You can’t damage a subwoofer by feeding it too much high frequencies. :) Yes, you can use your own DSP / EQ to act as the HP filter for your main speakers. Vandersteen is a 1st order fanatic, but THX usually uses sealed satellites with... | |
| Y No YG ? @timlub Erik, You consistently come up with great conversational ideas. Thanks Tim!Erik | |
| Hafler DH500 I think you should listen to Bryston, but I prefer Parasound. The A21 and A23 are superb. To your own ear and heart be true though! Erik | |
| Hafler DH500 Something did just occur to me. These older amps often benefit a great deal from re-capping. However, in practice most people recap, like the changes, and then end up selling the amp anyway. :) Best,E | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? I should point out that this idea of taste applies only when we're talking about reasonably well matched impedances. If you have a low impedance amplifier input a preamp may indeed be needed.However given the modern high-current op amps in most DA... | |
| Hafler DH500 Why do you need 500 Watts? I can think of a number of sub-500 watt amplifiers which would sound magnificent. Hafler amps often sounded under powered to my ear, if that's how you are basing your needs, Bryston, Parasound, and older CJ amps would to... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Um, this is very very much a matter of personal taste. I don't think no preamp is necessarily the golden standard. I buy for pleasure, not specs or measurements.Sometimes a juicy, colorful preamp can be fun as hell. :) Best,E | |
| Is the 2.5 way speaker the ideal home speaker? @timlub Everything that Erik has quoted throughout this thread is correct. Thank you kindly. @marqmike This has been a great thread for me to understand a little bit better about something I enjoy. Thanks Eric for the thread Glad to be of servic... | |
| Going Back To A Bi-Amp Setup...Need Advice The issue with the Schiit passive is the (relatively) low impedance, only 10 kOhms. Put in parallel with say, 20kOhms of another device and you are looking at a very low impedance. If you were running a solid state preamp with 2 outputs, no proble... | |
| Folded tweeters vs. dome? Hi Tute! The Triton one's are awful. My main speakers use hyper-expensiv Mundorf AMT's and they are superb. I do not know if it is the quality of the tuning, but the Tritons were so terrible I never ever listened to another GE speaker again. Best,E | |
| New system! Glad you found what you needed.If you haven't already, I strongly suggest you talk to GIK Acoustics to help you with your room. Great products, inexpensive and high value.Best,E |