hilde45
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| D'agostino amplifiers: where's the beef? One can critique the price-to-value ratio of an expensive product on an audiophile forum, right? That’s not ad hominem; that’s what is supposed to happen on an audiophile forum. No need to defend rich people’s “right” to waste their money. They al... | |
| Musical Fidelity, Hegel, Intoll amps suggestion? Lots of Hegel dealers in the US compared with Atoll. Atoll has a nice history. Good luck! | |
| Musical Fidelity, Hegel, Intoll amps suggestion? I assume you mean the Atoll amps. I have the IN200 and it works really well as an amp, only, and delivers nice power. Dual mono power transformers in side. Very beefy. No experience with the others, but I can tell you that a tube preamp plus the A... | |
| Dynaudio Special 40 FWIW, I've heard this is an especially difficult speaker to drive well. I know it's not all about wpc, but I have a suspicion that 85wpc will make it loud enough but won't make them sing. | |
| Speakers suggestion help Sticking within the choices you mention (which I presume what you want us to do), I think the room dimensions could matter a lot. If you have a sub, one of the Focals might conflict with your sub -- the Focal Electra 1038 BE. Figuring out which wi... | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? Very tempted by Deer Creek Audio stuff, too. Simplicity. | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @twoleftears Chris from Kemala called me at home and we had a really nice conversation about this stand:http://customdesign.kemela.com/prod-pages/spk-fs106.phpThanks for the tip. | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? Thanks for the suggestion. One member on this forum suggested a fairly inexpensive way to make rollers with furniture cups and ball bearings which could decouple any number of things, including speakers. I'm kind of suspended in indecision at this... | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @twoleftears Thanks! Quite an array of options! | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @mesch The only issue is that the Pangea stands won't fit my speaker base very well. The 20" Pangea has a 6" x 9" steel top plate and my speaker has a 10" x 14" base. That's a lot hanging off there. The Skylan base could be custom sized. | |
| Room size for hi end speakers. Too small?? You might look up some of my recent posts "hilde45"I think that I had a lot of trouble because of ceiling height. | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? Thanks @djones. I really do wish for a report. They’re on my short list. The Timbernation folks do similar stands, all wood, for a similar price. I know that "everything resonates" (and of course "everything matters", cough cough), but I like the ... | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? I’ll be curious. I balk a bit at paying hundreds for MDF. But perhaps the end product is worth it. It seems that D&D make a stand for your speaker, too. | |
| If a speaker stand is mass-loading, how much does it matter what they're made of? @djones I’m interested in your opinions. Didn’t you have a stand already? | |
| Upgrade Question I went with a transport so (a) the money paid for it would go just into those components and not (b) a DAC in the unit. I wanted a separate DAC because I imagined it would likely be better and it could evolve or change without affecting the reliab... |