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| Anyone familiar with the Manger driver? Sbfx -- the diy you present reminds me of the those Audio Physic Medea I had many years ago.The diyer probably achieved better implementation I assume... | |
| Kharma Midi vs. Sonus Faber Stradivari Amati Larryi sez (Having) heard Kharma speakers in two home systems (the result was) a strange combination of dry, antiseptic sound and dynamic lifelessnessActually, my experience in a nutshell with all but the "Grand" with the diamond THiel & partn... | |
| Cartridge come from the new school that continues to believe that a resaonably priced TT will play well with a similarly priced cartridge -- anything more is a waste of money.Viridian's vhoices are fine. I would add another one: the cartridge the TT came wi... | |
| Speaker cables from same brand as interconnects? Jwp: Sean - transfer speed of an analog audio cable has to do with ALL of the factors in the cable- overall design, conductor materials( and size, shape, and number of conductors, etc), dielectic materialYes, many factors do inluence signal transf... | |
| Why Tube Pre-SS amp over SS Pre- Tube amp? Adcom sez: The preamp signal is smaller,more delicate and fragileNo it isn't. Although yr thinking *should* be logical, it so happens that the line signal is usually higher than what goes into the amp. There's attenuation involved in the preamp, r... | |
| Greek Audiophile - Documentary Video Hi Bombay: Busted! I have actually met some of these people, and listened to their systems. However, I think the film is more than a display of systems.I actually found this little film moving in certain ways. Nicely made; the editing, the music a... | |
| Bi-amping???? Passive biamping means that you still use the speaker's "passive" crossover. The amps receive the full-range of the signal from the preamp and feed this to either the mid-high or the woofer section of the speaker. The spkrs' internal crossover the... | |
| Electrical issue Mab33 -- I haven't seen the schematics, I'm afraid, so there is little I can actually say about the circuit.It was made by an acquiaintance and its intended use is for medical diagnostic equip -- not hi-fi.The net result is to lower the noise floo... | |
| Second round of auditions under my belt Hmmm, I beg to differ slightly vs Herman above. Despite the somewhat negative commentary. The commentary can be seen as a desrciption of the listener's experience and the writer doesn't seem to claim anything more than that.Indeed, midbass is a cr... | |
| How can I reach vinyl nirvana with my setup? you need to have a VPI or better TT to just get decent vinyl soundAFAIK yr TT AND yr cartridge, both, are fine. You SHOULD be enjoying good sound -- at least, I've heard the TT and found it great.Check all the cartridge connections; borrow another... | |
| Electrical issue I have given up trying to figure out why and have happily accepted the result.Noise is probably coming from the mains and the pre has a serious grounding scheme on it (finally!). Balanced helps with common mode rejection.I had a similar problem an... | |
| How can I reach vinyl nirvana with my setup? Place yr TT on suitable support, as above. "Neuance" shelves are a good and reasonably priced option ($~200). With the rest of the money, you may want to look for a used phono.Before you do that, check out yr phono chain: "It lacks the power, pres... | |
| Recommend digital source for opera & classical? As I listen to identical music (in inverted order: orchestral & opera), here are some thoughts. These are heardly the last word on the subject, of course: (in no order)*Burmester 001 -- this is very good and provides powerful output & an a... | |
| kronzilla who listened? Excellent sounding amps: i've listened to two models, both confusingly referred to as Kronzilla -- or so I think.In all cases, the spkrs were dipole -- "planar" & electrostatic. Blanket statement is, the resulting sound reproduction in these a... | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers The speakers are a choice that is left up to a persons own earFor that matter, so are all other components. I'd add the "eye" as well as the ear.In practical terms, however, the above statement indicates absolute precedence to the speakers: speake... |