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| Which amplifier to drive B&W Nautilus 802? Rahter than name specific amps, I'll describe the TYPE you need IMO: a good voltage provider, with good engineering for impedance tolerance from the amp. This means a very hefty power supply. So, an expensive amp:( As to the watt rating... assumin... | |
| Full range or sub/sat ? Ditto above, Ritteri, when speaking about "normally" priced speakers. Either that, or stratospherically priced full-ranges (i.e. $+25k). | |
| energy veritas 2.4i I would suggest that, Yes, it's worth waiting for 300 hrs break-in -- just to be on the safe side.While the Shanling did seem to be the ultimate in detail extraction (pleasant, articulate, and "musical" though!),I suggest you also TRY (i.e. borrow... | |
| Best SACD for under $1200 An even lower-cost alternative to the above is the Philips 963SA multi player (cd-sacd-dvd). For $~400 you get direct audio out, gold-plated rca's et alia audiophool approved gadgets. You'll have to get s/one to modd the analogue section however... | |
| Looking for a guide to best classical recordings The BBC guide is quite nice -- so is the OLD Gramophone (i.e. from until ~15yrs ago). ALthough the latter will not have the latest recordings, I find the comments consistent. Not so, in the later versions.If you read french: "Le Guide Diapason" (o... | |
| Quad 12L or Rogers LS3/5A 11Ohms I would buy the Rogers because it's a legendary speaker and soemwhat rare nowadays (whereas the Quad is more "run of the mill"), because it has an excellent design concept behind it (high system Q, conceived to operate even in small spaces...), be... | |
| Driver suggestions for DIY project Bennett -- the Hiquphon's a marvellous tweet and, on the drawing board, there is an endless line of mids that you could use (limited somewhat by the Hiquphon's medium sensitivity of 89-90db). (I have no Hiquphon project in mind -- but a search cou... | |
| Which Golden Ratio??? .......Help The golden ratio is 1:1,618. It was used, it seems, in ancient Greece and Egypt.I don't know about its applicability to room dimensions (assuming that's what you want it for). If that's the case, why not ask Rives about the text-book dimensions of... | |
| Minor phase plate incident with midrange of Hales You can't be seriously worrying...:) This should hardly make a measurable difference in an anechoic chamber, let alone a perceptible one in a normal listening room! (IMO, of course) | |
| Dynaudio S5.4 and ML No.436? I'd review speaker placement before changing amps (the 350X is a good amp).If you feel that the music is "forward" you may have peaks in 2kHz upwards region due to early room reflections.Try taming 1st reflections & see what happens. | |
| Best amp for Audio Physic Avanti III Other than the OTL as above, the absolute best sound-matching I got was with an outrageously expensive Symphonic Line "Kraft 250 class A". This combo managed to "equalise" the low-bass output with the highs (i.e. bring the <100Hz in line with t... | |
| Gilmore Audio planars revealed I'm still perplex. And we ARE a civilised group here, I've been around long enough to know -- but I think the speaker presentation took a wrong turn s/where, despite Sellerwithintegrity's kind efforts:Steved and Planar make excellent points about ... | |
| speaker placement help Since you enjoy sound in this position (at least for now) why not stop worrying and listen to music!The most "correct", as in reproduction of the original, is when you are away from room boundaries & thereby reduce the effects of wall reflecti... | |
| Your ''best kept secret'' speaker choice ? When talking of full-range, world class speakers, DIY must be the only secret for the mediocre wallet; there are many choices. Here are but a few, and I strongly urge a visit: http://www.linkwitzlab.com/ The incontestable magician of open baffle s... | |
| My wife is so uncool! Mpoulos, can I file for "ex girl-friend" status too??? |