fsonicsmith
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| Talk but not walk? Mapman, trust me. I know. I let him get under my skin once but never again. He reminds me of an alien creature discovered by Mulder and Scully. If captured, restrained, and secreted off to a special laboratory, the scientists would be befuddled an... | |
| Talk but not walk? Why wouldn’t car stereos sound very good? They are battery powered, the speakers have no complex crossovers, there are no real “room acoustics issues,” the car is isolated from seismic vibrations by a pneumatic isolation system (shock absorbers)... | |
| Talk but not walk? Michael;Many years ago I called you on the phone and we spoke. I found you incredibly intelligent, articulate, and generous with your time. But I also thought you were way out on the fringe-and I say this with no malice-I like people on the fringe... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers But when I do posts like this it's more of a stream of consciousness. I'm typing so quickly, not nearly as concerned with a precise goal in my descriptions. But if they are interesting for you, I'm glad to hear that.My comment was in the context... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Prof;As an owner of O/93’s, having read your description above, I can only say that you are truly gifted at describing the qualities of speakers. On this Board and most other audio boards, it is rare to read intelligent, well-written, accurate des... | |
| Wow moments while listening to vinyl records Replacements' Pleased To Meet Me; the song "Alex Chilton" gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. And I am glad someone mentioned Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' The Harrow and the Harvest. It does not have goosebump inducing effects on me, bu... | |
| Can interconnect cables improve sound stage height, width, and depth? The correct answer is that it all depends. The effect of cabling choice is system-dependant. At the risk of poking the bear, I have a theory that the naysayers who claim "wire is wire" or "assuming capacitance and resistance are within a certain r... | |
| Electrical - Romex Wiring and Other Recommended Enhancements I'm being told by someone I trust that 15A breakers are far more advisable to avoid the chance of frying wire and house fires. I'm no EE but think that it is true that just because an amp or preamp has a 20A IEC receptacle does not mean you need t... | |
| Help: Devore O/96 Integrated Amp + DAC suggestion Lemme ax yu sumtin'. How many hours do you have on the O/96's? While it is fairly obvious that you would benefit from a good tube amp with at least 30 watts, be aware that placement and break-in are vital with the O series, and we're talking 600 h... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers The Devores are an excellent speaker, but if you really want to hear what they do, use a tube amplifier. They are a great load for tube amps and they don't need a lot of power- I recommend 30-60 watts as a minimum in most average rooms. I do. ... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers I agree that the O/96's are the better looking speaker. My dealer, Don Better, told me that the O/96 outsells the O/93 by a large margin and yet he personally felt that the O/93 was the better speaker. Perhaps there was an element of salesmanship ... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Prof, looking through your post history, it seems that you had zeroed in on the JA Perspectives almost a year ago. Why are you posting this now? Or put differently, why did you not pull the trigger on the Perspectives? Did you just discover DeVore... | |
| Audio-Technica ART 7 s it really true that 2juki products are "gray market"? What does that mean, in this context? The phrase arose back in the 80s, when certain foreign cars could not be imported into the US, because they did not meet our then new requirements for e... | |
| Compare Large Advent? IMHO the newer large Advent was and remains a great speaker. I had the surrounds of mine replaced by John of VanL Speakerworks in Chicago. He upgraded my crossovers and internal wiring too. They are in my basement and I play rock while I work out ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? It's the riddle for which there is no answer, the corollary to "not all things that can be measured count and not all things that count can be measured". System dependent, but in many cases, a great preamp creates the "jump factor" that turns a bo... |