erik_squires
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| Just how much do speakers suppose to vibrate? In a well treated room, the sides and rear aren't as important as the doppler effect of the speaker itself actually moving back and forth. Adding weights is the best thing you can do. :) But it only matters if you can hear it. Best,Erik | |
| Are all resistors the same for tweeter attenuation on Maggies? Hi Thxbest, Not sure what comes with Maggies, but I usually use Mills. 12 Watts are around $6. Mundorf wire wounds are very popular, and if you want to try something truly essoteric, the Caddock MP with the right heat sinks are available, and pric... | |
| Tweaks for a new ARC preamp? Have you listened to PrimaLuna? Also, have you listened to the newest ARC? It's not the same. :) Best,Erik | |
| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? @oleschool is right, but I think the issue isn’t small vs. large, it’s more about bass limiting. I can set up 15" subs with any planar speaker and make them sound lightning fast. They will have measurably deeper bass, lower distortion and less com... | |
| Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed? There is always "different" but "better" is harder to come by. :) What is it you are missing? Is your imaging, sound stage what you want? Do you care about air and space around notes of more intimate music? It’s a great thing to be happy with what... | |
| MQA - One Filter to Rule them All? OK, I just gave up on MQA. Stereophile's latest article starts with such shameless hyperbole that it's gone off into the land of cold-fusion, dark energy reactors, and healing cancer with magnets.It's not like I didn't know Stereophile has to make... | |
| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? @oleschool Not sure what you are differing to. ;) I was making two different statements. One, noting that we didn't really discuss transmission lines yet as another way to get more out of smaller drivers. All things being equal, 2 drivers does no... | |
| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? We never did discuss Transmission Line enclosures either, or dual woofer scenarios. Dual woofer's aren't quite as good as more diameter inches, but they don't hurt. :) | |
| Phono/preamp/amp chain. One of them tube the others SS. Which one? Not all devices, and not all systems are equal, of course. Some only listen to vinyl "seriously" others like me are all about music that fits on a memory device somewhere.However, based on past experience, I'd say the preamp should be tube, and I ... | |
| Does a sub need to be on the floor? Doh, I meant to type:"Quick answer, sure, you can raise it off the floor or even put it on furniture." Best,Erik | |
| Would owning Hoover Dam improve the midrange? I actually would like to see the rest of his system actually. I wonder if he's another of these Japanese fans with a closet sized listening room with giant JBL monitors in them? :) Best,Erik | |
| Does a sub need to be on the floor? Quick answer, sure, just make sure it's not going to rattle the furniture.But before you worry about that, look at the discussion about whether anyone needs more than an 8" woofer. :)I think you are putting the carriage before the horse here. :) G... | |
| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? Here by the way is a really good 2 way speaker kit with a 10" woofer, would run you around $1k to build it yourself.https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/seas-a26-10-2-way-kit-pair-based-on-the-cla...I have no financial interest... | |
| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? @james633 Show me music that has that much content below 40 Hz. Show me an affordable speaker that goes down to 20 Hz with measured low distortion. Show me a modest living room that doesn’t have significant room modes below 80 Hz. So, I think for ... | |
| Subwoofer hunt When comparing subs, the total system cost is important. For $4k do you get 1 sub, or a pair of subs and $1,500 worth of acoustic treatment and a high quality digital equalizer? I've yet to see or hear a sub that is better in this regard than a H... |