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| Pathos Classic One with Sonus Faber Amator 2 The old Classic was a bit small in output for the SF load. You may want to consider an integrated ss (say, a used: YBA, symphonic line...). Very nice sound from these and many others too, surely. Also, probably less expensive than their medium-to-... | |
| Budget amp for Dahlquist DQ-10's These are very good speakers with an airy midrange. They're only "dated" in their need for lots of power (mainly to move bass driver). So, I second and third the comments above | |
| Pathos Classic One with Sonus Faber Amator 2 Well, I've listened to Amator & GUarneri driven by the Pathos old integrated, and by their monos ("in power"). Nice, "creamy" sound, very convincing/ satisfying musically.... This oesn't help much, I know -- but what are your sonic criteria / ... | |
| I auditioned SACD today An interesting (if not very fresh) discussion on cd/sacd/dvd-a can be found here. This site is also a magnificent treasure of information on our hobby! | |
| Metal speakers. How are they? Sorry Eldartford, I missed yr question. I meant the frequency where cone break-up occurs. That doesn't seem an issue in your case as you can easily play the seas in its optimum range, crossing to the tweet above that.Mr Linkwitz's site is, indeed,... | |
| Metal speakers. How are they? I respectfully submit that materials DO matter. Metal cones can and do ring and have harsher break-up than (conventional) treated paper. This said, there are excellent metal performers -- the "21" Seas are amongst the best. Best, | |
| Subwoofer Question: Active or Passive? Definitely take Ktsteamer's advice AND look up Mara's ref before you take the plunge. Building a sub with pre-cut parts will only take a few hours and is lots of fun -- one of the best ways to spend an afternoon! | |
| B&W Nautilus 800's vs my Tannoy D-700's ??? IMO of course, but why on earth change from Tannoys??? Why not upgrade to another Tannoy range, say to a GRF Memory, or save up further for the Kingdom range?The sound is excellent on all accounts -- particularly, I find dynamics and imaging and t... | |
| Clearaudio Emotion turntable Well, the phono stage is not quite in the same league as the rest of the system above. The TT/arm is the entry level package from clearaudio. It's not bad -- it's simple and, like many reasonably priced offerings, sounds good (i.e. more than its p... | |
| Should Genesis V's be toed-in? Controls: set the midrange at 2' (i.e. midway) and the front tweet at 12". The tweet setting is room dependent; so, choose a recording that is reputedly good and has natural sounds you recognise. Listen, then turn up the tweets on both speakers by... | |
| what pre amp for my setup, LONG: Hoping I won't disillusion you, here goes. Last WE I was frustrated with my tube pre (and too lazy to check what was going on)& bored of my ss pre. Amazingly, I had never tried the present system passive -- so with a friend we found a sm... | |
| Should Genesis V's be toed-in? I have Gen V's and they are (now) toed in -- about 55-60 degrees apart. I found that this position gave the best (i.e. most balanced / +-9db /) in room response at MY listening position. Keeping them straight ahead achieves a laid-back presentatio... | |
| what pre amp for my setup, A recent "passive" experiment brought a completely different result to Stehno's above. I tried a 100kOhm pot on my 47kOhm /50kOhm power amps and.. the dynamics are stunning. The b/ground detail is good, too -- OTOH, the difference b/ween loud and ... | |
| Can you switch out drivers from another company??? At least TWO reasons why exchanging the tweet is tricky (but hardly inpossible): mechanical & electricalMechanical: does the new tweet fit, are the mechanical properties similar b/ween the two tweets?Electrical: (more tricky) the Thiele-Small ... | |
| Full range or sub/sat ? Sorry Ritteri, I just got on to yr post. "Normally" priced commercial speakers are under the 22-25K mark. Indeed, these prices are anything BUT normal, but given the proliferation of full-range models OVER and above these prices, I chose this leve... |