fleschler
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| A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At @rauliruegas Absolutely incorrect. I have 11,500 CDs. I also use a digital recording deck and I have a DAT machine and tapes as well. It is wrong in my opinion (obviously) that manufacturers do not supply frequency response graphs. The risin... | |
| A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At Okay, I'll bite. I have a high system (room $150K, equipment $70K?, speakers $70K?) I purchased a VPI VI, super platter on a Townshend seismic sink, VPI power supply, 1989 highly modified SME IV arm, Dynavector 20XL2 L, Zesto Allesso SUT, Grover... | |
| Loudspeaker sensitivity and dynamics: are the two inexorably linked? I do not want to own speakers under 90 db efficiency with low impedances and sharp phase angles. The speakers I have considered have been the Von Schweikert Ultra 7, Zellaton Plural Evo, Acora Acoustics SC2, Aequo Adamantis, Rockport Orion. I cu... | |
| Warm sounding 6922 Type Tubes For 15 years, I preferred the large D and/or the large O getter Amperex bugle boys or equivalent. They tended to have a full bottom end, very sweet mids and slightly recessed highs. Lovely, just lovely. | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @kota1 and @lonemountain Wow, that first video looks like a cheapy build in a bad factory. The second video looks like the typical high end, high quality build, this from Paradigm. So glad about the second video. I saw a video of Cardas cabl... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? I tried over a dozen, from highly rated DVD players, inexpensive audio transports to the latest PS Audio expensive transport. I chose a fully upgraded/moded Arcam Delta with a new transport mechanism. I had to upgrade the resistor fuse twice and... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? Well, take a cheap cost but well built Emotiva XDA-1 DAC from 2010, it has a discrete audio board (no op-amps), replace the extremely low quality power regulators with 5 Sparkos ($47 apiece), Panasonic power caps, remove the cover and make a plexi... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @erik_squires The wall is sealed shut. Every orifice has sprayed Flex Seal. The walls are 16" thick (see my profile) The activated charcoal was recommended by J.Gordon Holt and implemented in a sealed design. Green glue is silly (2% vibration r... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @mijostyn J. Gordon Holt wrote about activated carbon in wall filtering in Stereophile. I built a custom listening room, four walls and floor (had to keep the ceiling without them due to thin 2X8 rafters). You can see a description on my profile... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @ditusa I read the too from 1962. 61 years later, how many companies use foam core drivers? Back then if was a handful. Also, comments concerning smaller boxes result in greater problems reproducing bass. Well, after hearing the Acora Acoustics pa... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @kota1 Why do you think the boutique (like Paradigm) and high end manufacturers make their own drivers? For quality control. When Accuton drivers are ordered by high enders they specify the parameters, have the drivers altered to meet their spec... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @kota1 I disagree. As to obtaining the true stereophonic sound of a recording based on a stereophonic mastered recording, only two speakers are required and only two speakers are generally used in mastering. The quality of the speakers, associa... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @ditusa Thank you. So it is rather rare to build foam core drivers then. That was my point rather than no one else does it. Maybe no one does it the same either as Zellaton uses Dr. Podszus method. As to why most speaker manufacturers use "... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @mijostyn I disagree concerning the statement drivers are a dime a dozen. Sure ,a field coil driver is so cheap everyone can use them. NOT! I’ve been investigating boutique (but not small) speakers which have unique design and fabricated in the sh... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often @kota1 Absolutely. The only reason I would need a center channel is if I was able to playback a R2R 3 channel recording, such as a Mercury Living Presence, DGG classical and a few other labels which put out Blu-ray 3 channel recordings. Otherwi... |