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| $10,000 Speaker Recommendations? For my very personal taste (and given that I listen & judge by classical), I prefer the Guarneri to all the others listed.Although the Guarneri can fill yr room with music (I listened to them playing Mahler 8 in a big room), they will probably... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Pat you have been teaching me (all of us, no doubt) about life in an unprecedented way, without prompting, just by being Patrick aka Lugnut.Just by being Patrick aka Lugnut (:)) I know you'll always be there for everyone...My words are poor and I ... | |
| Difficult Choice Acapella Campanile, no doubt. However, I've heard that the ion tweet needs to be replaced every 10 yrs or so -- this could be just rumour. Also note that these are big speakers. OTOH, despite their unusual styling, they seemed quite acceptable to ... | |
| What preamp would work well with an Odyssey Strato Andy, passives DO have an ohm rating. A transformer volume control has a STEADY ohm rating in & of itself. Volume pots have a rating that may vary with frequency. Usually one checks impedance at a reference 1kHz frequency.However, all that nee... | |
| How do I go backwards? Well, another chapter from the author of "Winters Lessons"... I just now caught on to this thread.JD, your latest post is a joy -- it's full of enthusiasm and positive energy...May God bless you with an endless supply of such energy! And may the G... | |
| Green Mountain Audio at RMAF Just a quick note to say that IMO Tlday's phrasing is very interesting as it describes HIS experience in a revelatory way and THIS experience is intriguing:Tlday's description would seem to indicate that either the speakers OR the amp OR both, wer... | |
| Interesting paper on deep bass perception... All you basically need is a cheap dsp like a behringer, a pair of "main" spkrs (that you have) and two preferably identical subs.The only reason we used three stereo channels is that we didn't really have a bass unit: the Lowther only gave us midb... | |
| What preamp would work well with an Odyssey Strato With a budget of $200 and a line source, I would suggest you opt for a volume cotrol rather than an active pre. People like goldpoints offer such products and you can contact them (or Odyssey) for the right ohm rating for yr amp.Cheers | |
| Historical look at amps Horn speakers, ESLs and magnetic planar speakers all operate according to the power paradigm... another manufacturer (Mr Pass) also expressed an interest in this and actually played with a number of amp-spkr applications. The spkr units used were ... | |
| 12au7 tube questions Interesting & informative post, Oscar (El34eh)! | |
| Interesting paper on deep bass perception... I was interested by this paper and had discussed it some time ago with a friend (mathematician). We made a VERY approximative experiment trying to apply the model.Of course, our room was irregular: floor had/has two levels, ceiling is roof with be... | |
| Difficult Choice No doubt, the big Tannoys are exquisite; the Acapella not sensitive enough (the big ones are, but very expensive as mentioned). I too prefer Acapella to Avant garde (which are very good, in & of themselves. They're BIG, BTW). Other than the br... | |
| Difficult Choice Similarly, & if you are still reading this thread: *do check out Supravox (driver manufacturers) and arrange to listen to some of their speaker designs.* Tidal (you mentioned above) are German and use hard ceramic drivers from Thiel & part... | |
| Beginning the Analog Adventure I second the advice above: Wait & meanwhile play with yr present rig. Improvements are plentiful when you optimise the cartridge loading and the signal transimission from TT to pre.THEN, go for upgrades (that will invariably include a phono st... | |
| which of you uses JADIS Amp with Magnepan 3.6R ? As above. IF you really want to use those Jadis, you'll be better off changing spkrs (or seriously modding the xover with uncertain results). BTW, I love Jadis, but the Plinius you already have is a very good amp.Cheers! |