fleschler
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| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @tektondesign You did not answer my question how you can design (redesign) a speaker to behave optimally at three different impedences. I would not compare your Ulfberht to Focals as I have heard neither of them and my friends and I are not part... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @tektondesign I never said that the Pendragon wasn't a good buy for most listeners. It's price as most Tekton speakers are in the more affordable to even inexpensive range. That Albert Von Schweikert complimented your design does not indicate t... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers The video of the Pendragon's is from a very reputable reviewer. I don't doubt that the Pendragon's sound is very good and are really inexpensive. However, the caveat is that despite a benign impedance curve, they require a very stable and high q... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @jayctoy Regardless of looks and cost, there are numerous other used choices for floorstanders that provide great bass, ample dynamics and adequate resolution to satisfy most listeners. I used Legacy Focus and Signature IIIs (still use Sig IIIs ... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I never considered a Tekton speaker as I already have a Legacy Signature III which out performs the Moab, especially in dispersion. The B&W 801 D4 is a serious speaker for the price made in huge quantities by a very careful major manufacturer... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers My friends and I have through decades, chosen mostly used pre-amps, amps and speakers to attain a "system" sound. I have have the advantage now of upgrading to higher resolution/still highly musical sounding speakers and eventually pre-amps and am... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps @carlsbad2 Hi, no it’s Class A, NOT Class B. Maybe 95F rather than frying an egg on my output transformer of my Class A tube EAR 890s. The Rei amplifier distinguishes itself through the implementation of WestminsterLab’s proprietary iBias and CCS... | |
| Improving a stone rack @o_holter Is your phono pre also solid state like my EAR 324? When I used the EAR 864 and the 912 which are both tubed phono and preamp combo, they sound best on the granite on their own feet. My HW19-4 is used for 78s now and it has a superio... | |
| Improving a stone rack I have a very dead/dense/heavy pair of hand crafted steel framed stands (filled with sand/shot 50/50). The top has 1" thick non-Gabbro granite shelves/plates (polished and beveled) mounted on silicone footers. I have no problems with various rubbe... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps How about 30 lb. monoblocks that will power (beautifully) nearly every speaker. Westminster Labs REI 100/200/400 into 8/4/2 ohms, sliding Class A design, cool running and low power drain when in standby mode. They aren't inexpensive at $33K a p... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms I am not an expert, but in 1989, I purchased an SME IV. Brooks Berdan, an analog equipment expert, removed the wiring, installed the finest Cardas phono cable (and I also mean the absolute hairlike finest thin cable), shot closed end foam into the... | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? My new Von Schweikert VR9 SE MK2 speakers REQUIRE listening adjustments. They have 7 adjustments per speaker and are independent (very different in the highs in particular from one another). One for each tweeter/supertweeter and four for the sub... | |
| vibration control - cd player While I tried Stillpoints to rubber footers (half a dozen footers) under the Shanling ET3 Transport, it’s own solid rubberized footers worked best. The Topping D70s DAC sounded superior with very small half round rubber footers. I put nothing un... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers As a beta tester for a boutique cable manufacturer, I wouldn't listen to a cable without 24 hours of break-in. Certainly significant differences can be heard immediately. There was often a significant change of character between new and broken-i... | |
| Volume levels First, the ability to compress volume but not dynamic contrasts is somewhat dependent on one’s audio system. My Von Schweikert VR9 SE mk2 speakers and my higher end equipment in a superior listening room permit me to achieve great dynamic contrast... |