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| How LONG have you been an AUDIOGONER'? On & off since 2000 or 2001.There are many old timers who have disappeared in the past two years.I wonder where they moved to... | |
| The "Spoiler" with "Pace Car" I have been delving a little in computer-based data stream + external dac systems and my little experience confirms what Detlof put very aptly above:...the (dac) renders large orchestral music beautifully with the right kind of SOFTWARE on the lap... | |
| Buying a 10 years old loudspeaker Its (not "it's"=it is) life expectation is infinite -- within scientific limits of error.Assuming the speaker has been well treated up till now, that is: check the drive units, their surrounds, the sound (is there homogeneity between the two spkrs... | |
| Speaker's efficiency, sensitivity and impedance Is it safe to conclude that the impedance of a speaker gives an indication of the current demand on the ampThat would be very safe! That IS what the impedance actually tells you. It just doesn't tell you the whole story -- but it's a good part of ... | |
| If money is not a problem I'd simply choose a talent to design and build the spkrs for me to my specs. I know what I want, I just don't know how to do all of it and can't afford what I DO know... | |
| Would I gain anything? Would it improve the performance SIGNIFICANTLY to remove the crossover and rewire the system using good quality speaker wire and new binding posts and then bi-amping with an external active crossover?Yes it would, although "significantly" is a rel... | |
| Speaker's efficiency, sensitivity and impedance Chris Efficiency is related to Watts, and Sensitivity is related to Volts.To supplement Duke, if I may,here are some semantics. Basically,* efficiency is a measure of how much electrical energy the spkr converts into acoustic energy (very little).... | |
| digital combos, help, EMM labs, MBL, Weiss, Metron Weiss is a lot better with it's own transport than notThis is a good, if expensive, option. By the way, "Weiss is better with ITS transport"; it's= it isI would also audition the Metronome etc, first. The sound from these two differs distinctly, s... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? Gawdbless, most breasts, at least the ones I've seen, provide only one button per unit.LOL!Apart from sympathising with yr multi-button plight, I forgot to admit that I rarely use the remote volume control anyway.OTOH, I live in Yourp, use blue to... | |
| speakers for classical music it reminds me of the guy who was so enthralled by his girlfriend's amorous enthusiasms, that he always remembered to take along a digital multimeter to measure sceintifically the peak levels of various electrochemical responses during all their ov... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? Morgenholz, begging to differ with most above, the subject as well as your humorous prose touched a soft spot.I assume the 56 button remote is there to outdo its neighbour, sporting a now insufficient 54 buttons...There is, however, ONE near-indis... | |
| Goldmund Meta Laser One Transport Long time ago... The Meta transport was a very good machine. Easily among the best transports made.It was manufactured by Micromega (and looked like one, too). It uses a Philips cd9 pro mechanism which has been out of print so to speak for ages.SO... | |
| speakers for classical music Atma notes above20db BTW is a 100:1 difference in power.by which cryptic remark, he means: it takes one HUNDRED TIMES the power to yield an increase of 20dB in spl. (Btw 20dB in spl is 10x louder.)This went unnoticed; how many low sensitivity spkr... | |
| Table/Cartridge price ratio Would you get the same result from a cartridge that is in the $800 range with one that is in the $1200 rangeAssuming the cartridges match the arm specs, of course the two cartridges will sound different!As a rule, using a good cheap cartridge on a... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? 1&1: easy, just attenuate over 8kHz2: easy with SS -- but difficult to achieve with above & below. You just need high frequency extension3: Dunno probably 1&1 above.4: A US made product. The Euro has reached $1,55.Seriously, while you'... |