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| What exactly is PRaT??? While I understand where our friend, above, "actor, singer, stage director and audiobook narrator" is coming from, the acronym’s origins are different. They were brilliantly marketed (perhaps coined, I don’t know) many decades ago by the owner of... | |
| Bookshelf or stand mount help please Why not offer your duahgter s/thing that can sonically challenge your own system and look good (it is your daughter, after all): Cabasse -- if you can, the Akoya. They are active, include a DAC & room correction s/ware, they sound excellent (e... | |
| CD Player: Vintage or modern ones? The only old CDP's worth considering AS TRANSPORTS are the TEACs, as in the VRDS mentioned above. TEAC had excellent transport mechanisms, even in their less fancy models (they still do, but it's now called "esoteric" and costs a fortune). Digita... | |
| new member, some questions, need help please Do speakers lose their magic to an extent that renders them less capable to a significant extent after 15-18 years Hardly - people use speakers from the ’40s with great success. The question is, are you STILL captivated by the sound of these sp... | |
| Sound insulation advice for home theater room in middle of the house? An alternative to the above, try these people Generally speaking, however, you will have a hard time taming bass resonances in that smallish room! Mass behind the couch is one way -- but you don;t seem to have much room there either | |
| Proac Response 3.8 stereo imaging is not centered Presumably you have listened to the tweeter, putting your hand over the mid-bass unit that follows jsut to check? Likewise with the top mid-bass unit? This might help you single out which unit has lower amplitude. Otherwise (assuming it's not ju... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? I suggest you upgrade your DAC before you sacrifice the Thiels. The 7.2 are good speakers and I have never heard them sound too bright. The Lamm is an excellent amp (my subjective opinion) and I’ve never heard it sound harsh / bright either... Wh... | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway Hi - the response to your question re, "intrusive to the original signal" is to use a passive ("line-level") or active, analogue xover. The passive is the easiest implementation, all you need are the electronic characteristics of the source & ... | |
| Digital vs Analog experiment The issue is not that analog is inherently better. The recording is actually different. Agreed - although I would suggest "the source material is better". That said, may people actually like the analogue sound, in and of itself (I do too). No ... | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300 or Vitus SIA-025mk2 / RI-101mk2 Not knowing your tastes, speakers, musical preferences etc, here goes: if you want ultra high resolution, Vitus. If you like tonal accuracy and musical flow and more power, Diablo. That said, either of them can drive most if not all contemporary... | |
| exploring DACs Am I barking up the wrong tree if I preferred the sound of the Delta Sigma DAC in the Chord? Or is there some flavor of r2r that I might like? The simple answer is no or, I doubt it. I had a MSB Select II (ladder) and loved it, but ultimately ... | |
| darTZeel Agree with the above. Any speaker you like with 90+ sensitivity would do fine. The MBLs are not among these Given the voicing of the amp, I would go for speakers with a flat and extended high frequency. One "point source" type of speaker I woul... | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? Try optimising speaker placement. Then, try some room treatment (diffusers, absorbers, etc) - As other have noted above, you might find the bass magically appears! Following the above you may wish to bi-amp -- or not, as it were. OTOH, if you li... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? Hi - I assume you are not out to take the mickey out of the rest of us so, It’s about a really nice system in a room and you should be able to discern the qualities of a really nice system in room. in order to do that, you have to hear the qua... | |
| Heavy speakers: How to be able to reposition? One way is to place them on a small mat or carpet. The you slide the mat /rug/ carpet. |