fleschler
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| Speaker Positioning My new listening room is 100% symmetrical. I found a space closer together and further from the rear wall with the help of two friends as the Focuses weigh 185 lbs. I use Hallographs to fine tune the focus of the speakers (funny, Focuses need to... | |
| $10K Budget for Speakers: Martin Logan Masterpiece vs Tannoy I like the Harbeths 40s as well but their looks are so plain that they may offend. I also like the Magnepan 3.7i but it lacks the deep punchy bass and wide seating area (Tekton has the bass but not the wide seating area either). I've also heard t... | |
| $10K Budget for Speakers: Martin Logan Masterpiece vs Tannoy I have a higher end system and still have my 20+ year old Legacy Focus speakers. Although I intend to upgrade to Von Schweikert VR9 MkII, the Focuses can be purchased at $2500 to $3000 used. They have ample deep bass, smooth frequency response, wi... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker Is it just a coincidence that the prior Saturday roundup forum has an owner of Focals who complains that his speakers are too bright. Most people claimed it was the beryllium tweeter and design. Opposite sound of the Golden Ears. | |
| Denafrips Avatar looks the goods The only, single thing I don't love is that if you hit Play on the Jay's AUdio transport is that after pausing a song, it starts the song over instead of resuming from the paused position. The pause problem will be a problem for me as I often list... | |
| Springs under turntable I chose the easy way out for my full size, 185 lb. speakers using spikes. I have a custom listening room with 12" thick, steel rebar reinforced, 3000 lb psi poured slab. At least no vibrations are going from the floor up, possibly only the speak... | |
| Advice on CD transport @scothurwitz I will be using it in conjunction with the COS Engineering DV2v, the same as in one reviewer's system. Apparently, a great match using SPDIF connection per video review https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Jays+Audio+CDT2+MKII+review... | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money Someone mentioned obtaining better sound using an isolation transformer. I will be using it with a Bryston Bit-20 I.T. | |
| Desire to try tubes Grover Huffman of GroverHuffman.com He is a cable manufacturer. I also have another Dynaco waiting for him to remodel. His Pharoah cables are SOTA quality at hugely lower prices. I also changed the RCAs and speaker terminals which were inexpen... | |
| Desire to try tubes @jjss49 My Dynaco ST70 has been redesigned with an SS rectifier stage, huge storage cap located in the bottom of the case and voltage regulated operation, using the center taps on the transformer so that it is no longer an ultralinear design. Th... | |
| Desire to try tubes I suggest used VAC amps, either old triode or recently deleted 200 phi. The latter was replaced at $14k with auto biasing circuitry, like Prima Luna uses but the used unit I've seen in the $4k range for similar sound and uses fewer, easy to repla... | |
| Advice on CD transport @scothurwitz Thanks for the information on Jays Audio CDT2 MKII. I am looking for a near SOTA transport that will improve on the already good sound I am getting using the EAR Acute as a transport, but for a reasonable price. I doubt that a $1,000 ... | |
| Tweaks you got rid of because they were not effective (enough)? Number 1 tweak for analog since 2011-2, Magic Eraser for cleaning the stylus. I suspect I have doubled the life of my Benz Ruby3 making sure to use this free tweak for almost a decade. Better than the Onzow. Use Disc Doctor stylus cleaner once... | |
| Tweaks you got rid of because they were not effective (enough)? If it wasn't for the SR HFTs (32X), I would have had to buy expensive quadradic diffusion paneling from front and rear walls. If it wasn't for the two pairs of Hallographs, my Legacy Focuses would have remained unfocused sounding. Those are my ... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? @tyray Yes, she was a phenomenal singer. Marian Anderson was comparable as a Black spirituals singer (American folk) as well as an outstanding opera and classical recital singer. @whatjd I have 7 LPs and 11 CDs (some double LP sets) of June Chr... |