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| Upgrading - Pls Suggest Speakers to Review Anything you specifically dislike about the Salons? They're nice spkrs AFAI remember...Anyway, back to other spkrs: *Genesis (new V & up). You'll probably like these.*new Piega 10 (I liked those; so did you)*Avalon Eidolon? Can't see why they'... | |
| 16 ohms speakers- 8 ohms output amp I second dekay's advice for a good, inexpensive, diy amp. Don;t fret too much over the impedance, tubes have high output impedance (hence the output trannies) and love high impedance loads. Also remember, if you're measuring the Fertins with a con... | |
| Anyone spend more on their system than their car? About as much if not more. I'd rather not think about it... | |
| Can a monitor sound like a floorstander?? Since you listen to classical (as I -- I also judge equip by it), and to paraphrase Nrchy you need a LOT of money (fullstop) to get the full orchestral spectrum fm one pair of spkrs.Alternatively, you can biamp using two pairs: the monitors & ... | |
| Lifespan of speaker crossover components & drivers You could search for info on the Avanti xover (i.e. a schematic); if I remember its mostly 1st order with a few notche filters however... Recapping is straightforward. Choosing the brand is less so. | |
| help hooking up electrostatics 2 sets at a time Agree with above, do NOT connect these two pairs in parallel UNLESS you talk to Rowland first and get their firm OK. Swampwalker explains why.If you much play 4 spkrs simultaneously you may have to choose an amp that provides for low impedance sta... | |
| Another sign SACD is dying If vinyl, SACD, DVD-A die, we audiophiles will die too. (...) So if you do care about quality recordings, you best support the efforts "our" labels are making to get recorded music betterWell put, JD, in a very direct and down to earth way, too. I... | |
| Lifespan of speaker crossover components & drivers The short answer is, you'll probably have changed spkrs a few times before anything needs looking at:)Electrolytic caps deteriorate, esp. the high voltage ones used in PS -- that's usually spec'd at 10yrs! (Yr spkrs don't have a PS.)Surrounds: the... | |
| Internal Speaker Cabling What is the use of Highend speaker cables,when the quality of our speakers internal cabling is inferior than the speaker cables used to connect our amps to our speakersThe following apply to any spkr cable -- not only expensive ones:a) Something i... | |
| old thorens 150 Sure it's worth fixing as long as you don't spend big $ on it. Check out the vinylenginefor info. There's also another place I can't remember now.Don't know what they are worth. | |
| How much is too much... The Triangle Antals are easy to drive well, and only draw a little extra current at the low end of the scale.So a well designed amp spec'd at 50-100W with a good PS should do famously.Symphonic Line is one amp that sounds excellent with these spkr... | |
| down to earth amp for Avalon Eidolon Since you mentioned the Gamut 200 -- I didn't like it (the previous model) with the Eidolons. It was one of the amps we played with.On the contrary the Passion stereo was exquisite, outstanding. But seriously expensive, so I didn't mention it. Whi... | |
| fertin 20EX- regulated power supply. They are very good drivers. Just don't overdrive them (i.e. don't throw 100W sinus at them). Cheers | |
| Major help needed in Input and output impeadance.. Matrix, unless you sense a slight loss of dynamics and/or softening or absence of low frequencies, you are driving yr amp ok.The matter of impedance "matching" Jeffreybehr refers to applies in cases where you need to transfer max energy -- in whic... | |
| Preamp with most dynamic contrast? Well that's a question that invites the invariable answer: "mine" (i.e. my preamp):)FWIW, I've liked the dynamics with a Goldmund 7(old model, within yr price range used) and CAT Ultimate (again an older used model would be within yr price range).... |