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| Environmental Potentials whole house surge protection, can I get your opinions? Thanks everyone, it looks like this is more complicated than I thought.Eric- your Home Depot link list many different units, did you have one in particular that you would recommend?Jea48, thanks for the links, though they seem more geared to an in... | |
| Help, My Vandies Sizzle Wow, great!I am surprised (and, happy) you are getting such a defined change. | |
| Help, My Vandies Sizzle Those speakers are definitely 'long in the tooth' if they were built in 1980.So, it wouldn't be a bad idea to check the drivers. Vandy has some videos on how to remove the top plate and sock on their website. It only takes a delicate pry bar and s... | |
| Help, My Vandies Sizzle I should also add Audioquest Rocket 88's are recommended by Johnny R. of Audioconnection for use on Vandersteen speakers.Hmmm,thinking again on this....Maybe a set of Transparent speaker cables would soothe your treble woes? I could loan you a pai... | |
| Help, My Vandies Sizzle Vandy 2's ( the originals) were my grail speaker from the '80's. In no way would I describe them as 'bright' or 'hot'. As Maplegrove suggested, I would change your amp. Many of the later Krell's tended to be a bit harsh.If you are so inclined, get... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers Ron,If you want tubes, have you considered Atma-Sphere?A quick Google shows the Decware speakers priced at $2,500, the Vandy's are half that price. If the Vandy's win then they really are 'Dragon slayers'. Like the Spatial's, the design of the Dec... | |
| Filter tweak for digital backwash? Georgelofi, smp meaning ' Symmetric multiprocessing', or am I missing something?Bob | |
| What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz? Wow, those Ohm speakers remind me of my old BIC Soundspan 600 speakers. | |
| Hypothetical' Zu Omens or Definitions.+1 for Atma-Sphere amps | |
| Periodic noise I recall a post where someone realized that a neon sign downstairs was causing the periodic noise. YMMV.Bob | |
| Clean away old CD treatments Rfprice, I bought the Hifi tuning demagnitizer. As I said, I was skeptical, but thought 'What the heck'. Well, I was surprised when I and my friend noticed a significant difference when comparing the discs before and after.If you want, you can bor... | |
| Clean away old CD treatments Geoffkait, the OP wanted to remove old cleaners, for which I suggested Dawn. Introducing magnetism and static charge to the conversation seems a bit off field. In any case, the OP can get a demagnitizer, which I would endorse, as I have noticed a ... | |
| Magnepans Though I am a Vandersteen fanboy, I do like the sound of Maggies.+1 Ahendler, I too think 100 watts should be sufficient.Here is a link to Atma-sphere and his endorsement for the Zero:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Support#FAQ- it is on the right side... | |
| SVS Speakers or Something Else? Absolutely Newbie. Since you are on Agon, I think you are aware that buying used will save you lots of money through depreciation- kind of like buying a new car vs. a used one.That being said, a pair of Vandersteen VSM or bookshelf speakers or even a pair of Vandy 1... | |
| SVS Speakers or Something Else? Absolutely Newbie. I have never heard the SVS, so I can't comment on their sound quality.But, I would consider some of the Vandersteen bookshelf or on wall speakers. It would be hard to go wrong with them, though anything in the bookshelf/small form speaker would be... |