erik_squires
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| Speaker's amplifer minimum power recommedation @testpilot I've always assumed the minimum power was the 8 Ohm rating, since that's typically what's sold, but of course, if your speakers are 4 Ohms or less you also wan to make sure that amp has the current drive for it. Ideally find the minimum... | |
| Rigid outlets for Heavy cables @testpilot Oh yes!! I can’t tell you how many of those Hubbell 3 packs I bought in this 17 year old home. I wish I had learned about the plastic one’s earlier as they are more economical and very good for light switches and my "normal" outlets. T... | |
| Not enough outlets Alternatively, replace one or both with a Leviton Hospital Grade 90 degree plug. Very well made, very tight, and you can turn the exit around to any angle. Setting it to be 45 degrees will allow for two. Now that I think about it you don’t have t... | |
| Fritz Carrera 7 Be and 300B power amp? My one bit of advice, having heard Fritz in hotels and owning similar sized 2-way speakers is that they really bloom in well treated rooms. Excess reflections will really make these speakers sound a lot smaller and less powerful. | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble Really kind of surprised at some of the nay-sayers on this thread. I may need to reword some of my original points. Point 1: The room and speaker placement choices act like tone controls. That's not all they do, but this is a very important po... | |
| Improving a stone rack +1 on IsoAcoustics under your gear. Probably the easiest and most effective solution for any vibration issues your gear may be subject to. Next, I agree that if your rack is between the speakers it can contribute negatively to the sound. Consid... | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble @audiokinesis My favorite all time speakers, the Snell A/IIIs used that trick, also contributed significantly to imaging. | |
| Subwoofer - is there one that would work in this situation? I just read the measurements in Stereophile. This is a speaker which you want to put a DSP crossover in front of your amp. You need to tame it’s peaky behavior around 70 Hz and the location of your sub will also cause you some further issues. A D... | |
| External XO Question Yeah, you'd be better off and get better sound with a miniDSP HD. | |
| New Audiogon URL restrictions are too much @hgeifman Yep, as I noted above, embedded URLs in text work fine. It is only bare URLs that won't work. | |
| Giving Advice without recommending your own equipment I actually think the OP mistaking us for professional reviewers speaks volumes about the quality of replies so often given here. OP: We don’t get paid for giving advice, and don’t personally benefit from it. If you want to hold us to some sort of... | |
| What’s wrong with these McIntosh Monoblocks? Hi OP: Variacs are used to gently turn amplifiers on, letting you turn the power off before really major damage/fire has occurred. Technicians use them both for recently repaired gear as well as for amps like the one’s you are describing, which m... | |
| full range or mini's and a sub I'd forget about what people talk about reference systems and think about your own situation. How much space do you have? How much are you able to change the room? Do you have a good place for the sub? How do you listen? The truth is that get... | |
| Upmixing 2 channel If you have access to the Neo modes I find them superior to Dolby Surround. Also, there are now Dolby Music modes which I haven’t played with very much. | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble Oops, my bad, the extra energy I noted is ultrasonic. |