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| Speaker size and soundstage In The Absolute Sound Issue 317Jonathan Valin wrote a book review. On page 25 he recalled experiencing Magnaplanar I-U loudspeakers with Audio Research amplification. The year was 1973-1974. He said the system sounded just like the grand piano in ... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. My Berning EA 230 sounds a little better than my McIntosh 2105, even with a pair of Velodyne subs. The Mac does play a little louder, though. It is too much work to switch back to the Bernings.I am referring to Magnepan 1.7i speakers. Frank | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? I have two pairs of Magnepan MG 1.7i speakers. Since they are about 4 ohms I hooked these up in series to make an easier load for the amp, The room is about 20'x27'. Side by side on the narrow end of the room sounded about the same as one pair hoo... | |
| Is HD Radio okay compared with FM? Thank you yyzsantabarbara and stereo5 for your posts. Long ago I bought a Marantz 20 tuner. It was solid state and not as good as a Model 10 tube unit (no longer available then), I am told. It has a multi-path scope. I still have it. It gave a gre... | |
| Is HD Radio okay compared with FM? My tuner is a Sony FM AM Digital Tuner XDR-F1HD (I think I can read the tiny print). The FM signal is probably limited by the antenna that came with the tuner. I am comparing the two signals in Glen Carbon, IL.The HD signal does sound better than ... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? What is your take on HD Radio? In St. Louis, WFUN classical on HD Radio seems to sound better than the same station's 107.3 MHz FM playing the same material. WFUN classical has a pretty big variation in sound quality depending on the recording, fr... | |
| Are there speakers with cloth/soft enclosures instead of wood? Back in 1980 I made speakers for my basement, one of many systems I have. The tweeters and mid-ranges drivers were placed in spherical polystyrene bead board enclosures. The eight-inch woofers were in hollow spherical enclosures made from particle... | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? The Sony HD Radio tuner I got new for under $100 is still in heavy use. Of course, Sony no longer makes these. They were going for about $500 on the used market last time I looked. | |
| Wall mounting on studs I know an audiophile in St. Louis who went all out and sank shafts all the way to the bedrock below his house for his turntable. I am amazed by his dedication. Feedback from ones speakers into the turntable is a problem. I usually played the LP on... | |
| I blew up my receiver. Now what? I hate it when that happens. I know an audio technician in St. Louis who is apparently able to fix almost anything. I visit him often, because sometimes things break, especially if you have ten systems. I hesitate to give his name, because if he i... | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? AR Turntable as I recall it was about $80, Dyna Mark III 60 watt power amps as a kit they were $80. I got two of them. The two used McIntosh 240 amps I got later, sounded a little better but cost about $400 each. I also bought two McIntosh 225s fo... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? I should have said "Another good one..." | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? Back in 1977 I read spherical enclosures have lower diffraction. So I made spherical enclosures for my tweeters and mid-ranges out of polystyrene bead-board. For the 8" woofers I made hollow spheres out of particle board. I covered the woofer encl... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? My biggest mistake was trading in my tube McIntosh C-22 preamp for a solid state McIntosh C-28 preamp. I got $140 trade-in. My wife said I could not keep both. The dealer promptly sold the C-22 to a person in Japan for $800. This was long ago. I ... | |
| How far away from your speakers are you? Once I read that a good way to find a place to put your speakers is to put one of the speakers in the chair where you sit (if they are small enough) and to move around the room with music going in the chair and find a spot where the music sounds b... |