ezmeralda11
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| what's so special about center speaker ? Ya, jd said it right. Horizontal MTM configurations run into horrible/massive cancellations/nulls as you move off-axis to the left or right, since now one of the mid/woofer drivers is closer to the listener than the other. Ironically the whole poi... | |
| Non Audiophiles are funny people Ohhhh, I see. Well, that slip mat is a good idea. I would've just been trying to pull the platter back when the motor wanted to go the other direction (at least for awhile). | |
| Non Audiophiles are funny people That is kind of amusing/funny. I guess some of the technics are the ones the DJ's go for/use. With yours you'd just about have to tap into the motor system and throw the command/switch from some other device to get you record to instantly start/st... | |
| my girlfriend & I tried over 10 diff positions To kind of go on aroc's story, I was having my little sister listen to my Roger Waters' "Amused to Death" on some Thiels I had years ago, just to confirm what I was hearing, that I wasn't imagining things. It was hear first experience with the sou... | |
| What is stopping the ultimate? I'm still brainstorming on a "full-range" plasma driver without the ozone problems or paying $2-$5 an hour to run pressurized gas tanks. If I could get one of those down to 100hz-step aside ribbons, electrostats, electrodynamics, and bending wave ... | |
| Best match electrostats for Jadis JA-30 Here's a good link with more links: http://www.amasci.com/esloud/eslhwto.htmlTubes are really only best with electrostats once the transformers are removed. I.e. no impedence matching transformer on the panels and no transformer on the tube amp. T... | |
| Magnum or Fanfare Tuner. Which Sounds the Best? One thing you do want to keep in mind that no matter how good the tuner may be, the antenna can make or break it. If memory servers, its been awhile, there are $20,000 bows to go with the 6 figur priced violins or bass'. In fact, a lesser tuner wi... | |
| Need remote control advice Even crutchfield carries those little pyramid infra-red relay devices. As bob said they're designed to control components from another room altogether, but if you got one of those it wouldn't matter what remote you got then (as long as its not an ... | |
| Recommended Component Cable The Belden 1505A is a good 75 ohm cable available from radio shack online for less than $1 foot. Its a solid copper center with teflon dielectic. Sheilding and then a white jacket thrown on. You could use that max rochlin cable that others have an... | |
| Any tricks to keep cats away from speaker grills? Try urinating on the grills, that way they'll know its someone else's territory (you've marked it). | |
| what is the best speaker for a flea power amp The welbourne labs link is about the most complete for low powered tube stuff I've seen. The fostex and lowther drivers are efficient and have had a loyal following for years, although I don't know how high-fidelity they are. The only other compan... | |
| Newbie needing experts' advice I've owned my Biro L/1's for 4 years now and love'em. $1,600 factory direct, so they would cost about twice that in the regular circuit after dealer mark up. They're an easy "8 ohm" load so your amp should be ok with them. They're 87db efficient/s... | |
| Can anyone tell me what happened? I believe the Regent ? ( a D'appolito configured floorstander w/ some weird "hourglass" cuts to minimize diffraction around the tweeter) was reviewed in a stereophile issue from the early 90's and also on the recommended components list somewhere.... | |
| Component with most effect on soundstage/imaging? You might want to find a technical book that describes how the soundstage illusion is actually created. Its something I should do. I don't know if the Audio Cyclopedia actually covers it some. I rememeber way back when, and I believe it was ambiso... | |
| Garage Sale Steals - What to look for? I believe one guy over on audioreview.com found (and bought)a pair of B&W Matrix 804's (maybe higher, but not 801's) at a garage sale for $125--not bad. |