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| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Detlof, I dont know if you are aware of it, but the great tonearm owner/designer of SME (Alistair Aikman)(dont know if thats the correct spelling),runs 2 pair of ESL-63, not stacked, but just as you described above. It seems that the right angles ... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? You folks mentioning the proper toe in angle might be interested in my findings.On running the ESLs along the long wall of a 23'X 14' room, I find the best compromise to be 36 inches off the wall minimum, with a slight toe-in. Roughly halfway to t... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Duke, nice post. Nothing to add, except to remind you that even though a large panel does manage to "shake the walls" at 28cps, they still do not have the piston action of a great 12 or 15" woofer system, to give the "slam in your gut" bass delive... | |
| Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke? Edle, Since the Japanesee and the rest of the Asian world, has embraced this type of transducer, as well as being the first culture to recognise and endorse the return of vacume tubed equipment, I can assure you horns are no joke. When my Japanese... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Hello Herve, The truth of the matter is, once you live with a good Electrostatic or Planer, the midrange of conventional drivers may be hard to return to. Certainly ESL dynamics are constricted, as well as the bottom octaves lacking in weight and ... | |
| Most Honest Audio Magazine? The three most powerful mags, Tommy, that mostly set the standard for the entire (*2nd Golden Era) of high end (72 thru 84)were:The Absolute SoundIARThe Audio CriticPeter Aczel may deny that he hears differences in gear today, but in the 77-81 era... | |
| help me select a single tube to "calm down" a preamp? Although I am a full tube circuit (including power supply) person, I must say that my original LS-2 (1992), in the Direct mode only, with CD playback, and with MIT Cables to the Amp, did NOT exhibit any of the nasties that have been described abov... | |
| dbx Noise Reduction Units Detlof you have it right on the money regarding the DBX scene. The very best cassette decks ever made (Tandberg 3004 and Nak 1000ZXL), were always best with the Dolby left off no matter what tape formula was used I, II, or IV. There was degredatio... | |
| the who The MCA 180 Gram version released a few years ago, of Who's Next, on LP, was the best sounding version I heard. Better than the Decca "Rainbow" original and subsequent MCA remasters. Other than that, Greg is right, the original is still best......... | |
| Phono section of ARC Sp6b went dead.What is the reason No Sc53, there are six 12AX7 tubes in there, with a SS power supply. The SP-6B is one of ARC's best and it would be wise for you to troubleshoot the problem. Line stage is very good with CD playback. Call Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound........ | |
| why is belt drive better than direct drive? Yeah Psychicanimal, I would love to have kept my Denon DP-80 direct drive motor installed in my Mitchell Cotter B-1 Isolation base; the speed accuracy and looks alone were spectacular. The mass of the setup enabled me to drop the stylus in the gro... | |
| why is belt drive better than direct drive? The direct drive principle should have been the best, just as CD should have smoked LP. There has never been a Direct Drive TT, that I have heard, in the last 30 or so yrs, except the Goldmund Studio that has ever touched, even mediocre belt drive... | |
| ARC Support I really could not imagine an "audiophile" life without ARC equipment. I have used ARC as my reference equipment forever. This company is truly one of the industry leaders and rarely have they not lead in the best sound category. As for Leonard Gu... | |
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| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" Whoa Ezmerelda, Since scientists cannot explain all phenominon that occur, why deny the possibility of their existence. As far as these wires being overpriced and the money better spent on amplification, I am in your camp on that, if you have read... |