gregm
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| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Detlof, now that you mention the side walls issue, I remember that the narrow stats were standing ~10 ft apart centre-to-centre and two ft from the side walls. Eight ft into the ~23ft room -- i.e. not far from your present set-up (between 1/3 &... | |
| Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke? Sean, Duke, I listened to a huge, Avanguarde model, quite a few times last year. The horns are polymer?, vinyl? (not metallic, anyway). Sound was ecstatic when listening to jazz or other SMALL ensembles. Female vocals also great (jazz & classi... | |
| Manger speakers ??? Since A-Physics uses these, you might try www.immediasound.com. Also, Manger have their own site which has an english version, if I'm not mistaken: www.manger-msw.com / or a US site (haven't checked this one) www.mangerusa.comI had Manger loaded s... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Sean: having lived with planars & e-stats for 12 yrs, I too would dare advise against yr having expectations from the highs -- especially as new media can go well over 20kHz. The mids& mid-highs are very fast, granted, but until two yrs ag... | |
| Better Quality CD's EMI's "Recordings of the Century", Decca's "Legends", Sony Music's 20bit re-issues, and DG's "The Originals" sound pretty good (DG is variable). But that's classical. What do you listen to? | |
| Interest in an interconnect Following up on Sd above, I would also suggest you run this idea by cable manufacturers, both mega and small, with an objective to obtaining the matl for free. The library could be be a one-to-one marketing place for them... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? Well, Detlof, beat me to it on the question of stators' bass directionality!!! Fortunately, for I couldn't have put it better; my experience is identical (down to the police visit).Another small point: I had good dispersion in the mid-highs but al... | |
| How often do you listen to live music? Not often enough, alas! Lately, twice a month for classical and once for jazz, blues etc. Offerings and also office hours are a set-back. I cannot just hit a concert at short notice: must plan my schedule well in advance. I miss having the opportu... | |
| Floor Resonance and Full Range Speaker Stands Concrete slabs may "ring" while granite can absorb -- so probably better. I beleive the best solution would be to use granite sized slightly larger than your speakers, and decouple the granite from the floor with the likes of Audiopros or even che... | |
| Clearaudio Reference Mistracking Lowering the arm to bring the stylus to a ~15 degrees angle and checking that the cantilever is 90 deg vertical to the arm's tracking line, helped -- i.e. there were FEWER occasions of sticking. Although this was with a clearaudio cartridge (can't... | |
| Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke? I was impressed by Living Voice and Acapella horns, driven by Atmasphere & 300B SE's (can't remember which). Acapella use composite matl for the horn, so no metalic ringing. The midrange, the sense of space the holographic imaging were outstan... | |
| The infamous I have to step in with Detlof's post above -- and with Albert's numbers. I have failed to get a "lower-cost" system transport me with the sound, say, of a symphony orchestra... Furthermore, my experience has been that, over a certain level of spea... | |
| Bass in my room isn't good? Help Adding to Edle's to-the-point words, the 40Hz/ 160Hz "anomalies" could be due to speaker placement vs. room acoustics.Is your JM the Mini Utopia? If so, roll-off should be sharp @ a little over 70Hz -- so play with the sub accordingly, as Edle sug... | |
| Ever add a Aftermarket Cord to a TV? Ditto, Praudio, with my TV & vcr (home-made cords). Also cleaned contacts b/tween TV, vcr, & antenna -- with positive results!Cheers! | |
| Is a 12' X 16' room big enough for stereo? Francis, while you're at it (building, I mean), do consider getting some dedicated power lines for that room.Cheers & good luck! |