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| Bosendoefer speakers Beautiful finish, nice sound, unfriendly pricing (expensive). Very rich sounding, as in harmonics... I heard them with A-Note electronics (quite good) a class A SS (better). Unusual design. | |
| Heard the $325000 Acapella's Sphaeron excaliburs? Friend of mine once said, "A poor consumer is fortunate because he/she has nothing to lose because he/she has nothing to buy (with). A man on a budget is ultimately limited by that budget..." Which is one way of looking at this tantalising product... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone I only met Pat briefly and virtually... after reading the news I have a feeling of irretrievable loss and yet, I also feel a (frightening for me) sense of calm; Pat's new life will be good and peacefulThank you Pat and Barb for coming into our liv... | |
| What to put under Avalon speakers? Glai: Of course there's a difference intreatment between bottom ported and sealed spkr designs... In the first place, the bottom ported model (should) have factored the distance between port & floor into the spkr design -- hence, for example A... | |
| Velodyne DD: 10 or 12? 80 Hz is a good point because it's around there that we start losing localisation making the blending with the main spkrs easier. Also the high frequency sound fm a 12' subwoof driver is not linear (that driver wasn't made to tackle midbass).As to... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone God bless you Pat, Barb, and all the tubes operating, and the musical tunes and yr love for one another... | |
| Good Tube amp to drive B&W Matrix 801's As above, you'll need extremely high energy amps to do the job well -- tube or ss. As noted above, you'll be easier off with a transistor than a tube -- if only considering the cost of tube watts.Is there a conversion factor for tube watts vs sold... | |
| 10k 300B single ended amp, what should I choose? Indeed, you'll need a very hefty 300B to reproduce large orchestral works with ease especially if you want one amp to drive the spkrs full-range (I would suggest you use another amp for the bass).DIYing is an excellent option, as suggested above. ... | |
| 300B tube recommendation for SET amp? Dogpile, you might want to consult Thorsten Loesch'scomparison, another comparison by an audio mag (worldaudiodesign) hereand finally, an overview by enjoythemusic here.Cheers | |
| Vibration control question.... OK, Muskrat, good point. I would try placing the cdp directly on the granite; I wouldn't decouple the granite from its support with vibras. I'd try the vibras under the cdp and compare to cdp direct (above).Given its mass, the granite's resonance ... | |
| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx It's too easy to criticise any spkr based on some (often incomplete) data as it's easy to condone a spkr because "I like it" and use the same data to support that view. In reading Mr Hardesty's article it seems to me that, in part, there is an att... | |
| Vibration control question.... Why not try jadem6 directly (sorry jd)? We've all played around with vibration & its control -- BUT I believe jadem6 is one who has reached PhD status on the matter:) | |
| Upgrading Preamp - How About Some Suggestions I would also see the CAT as an option for punchy sound. A used one of course -- the CAT is expensive new.Another alternative is to borrow a transformer volume control and try that out (with a line source). Check if that rocks yr boat... | |
| Single Driver Horn vs Multi driver efficient spker Gmood1 I have "auditioned" a pair of Orions someone made. They were in a largish room ~300sq.In short they do sound a lot like planars with dynamics as you say. In fact they were outstanding. The ones I heard were driven by 8 channels of amplifica... | |
| Any experience with Troels Gravesen's DIY designs? I have. The 2.5 & the Acapella. The second I liked enormously. I didn't diy these myself, so I can't give inside info. ASAIK, the Acapella guy followed instructions to the letter (using the scan tweet).What would you like to know. |