holmz
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| Importing from Japan Importing to where? I got some gear from Japan to Au, and it showed up sitting at the door. (No tariffs) I was a bit upset that they could have been stolen. I did get 4 specialty screws stolen out of the mail box a year or two ago. 10$ screws an... | |
| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? As far as a more ‘modern sound’, maybe not if you want absolute clarity and detail, but regardless, to me, Vandy’s just sound ‘right’ to my ears. Well said @bkeske I am not sure how much more modern it gets? most of the “modern stuff” appears... | |
| Tube Amp settings: Triode vs UL; 8 ohm vs. 4 ohm ? Simply not true. There is no way this is a universal decision. You have to take time and actually listen to all of the various setting options. Charles I read it more like start with UL and 8 ohm. I tried both UL and Triode and 4 and 8 ohm. T... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @bondmanp Not really. Rythmiks also have the connection to feed off the amp taps, have phase and Q adjustments. But having more variables, hence options, also introduces more uncertainties, which is why sub integration is such a difficult tas... | |
| Question about Bi-Wiring This is very funny. How would someone, anyone, would get advice from a Sherlock Holmes with lamp cord as speaker cables in the profile picture? 😂😂😂🤦♂️ Have you A/B’ed you cables against lamp cord? @thyname (You should also have noticed that t... | |
| Soundsmith Strain Gauge @retipper (sir) I tried emailing the company, but maybe it got spam/junk-mailed on one of our ends, so I’ll try here. I am running: Sota Safire SEAC WE317 arm (blue point special replaced with a Garrott-bros p77i) ARC PH2 phonoamp. To go ... | |
| March Audio Sointuva Another listen yesterday. Yeah they are still good. Objective testing score was very high, and distortion was very low It is similar to some other high end speakers that I have heard where they sound a bit quiet, but the SPL is so h... | |
| About users with hidden agendas @holmz me no remove any thread ever, directly or indirectly - for the record. Only ONE person did. u have big imagination, should be novelist... I was not talking about you @pesky_wabbit . And I don’t think it was in one your threads that th... | |
| About users with hidden agendas There are likely a few areas to offer criticism. Personally I find that having posts deleted for no reason makes it hard to trust in the integrity of the whole site. It is either puppet strings being pulled, or something else… but it is an unattr... | |
| Tube Amp settings: Triode vs UL; 8 ohm vs. 4 ohm ? A lot of people prefer triode operation over ultralinear for sound quality (smoother, less brittle sound), but the cost is lower output. I have only heard a few amps where such a switch can be made for a direct comparison and I don’t recall liki... | |
| Question about Bi-Wiring Go straight to bi-wiring. And it doesn’t need to be cables that are more expensive than the speakers. But the ends that attach to the speaker and amp, are usually a good place for quality to ensure a nice connection. And if you looked inside most... | |
| About users with hidden agendas Well said @rixthetrick I'm going to quibble with this because the self-described "objectivists" here are often anything but. I think it is more accurate to call them measurementalists. They pretend to know how things sound without ever actua... | |
| Making speakers sound tonally similar with an equalizer Let’s take the same drivers, in the same box, and change only the passive XO. Those two speakers will sound different. But the on axis FR can likely be made to be similar with a DSP. However they cans still sound different due to the XO freqs an... | |
| About users with hidden agendas `When get caught in lie always make other people work harder to supply proof. Next deny proof, next say it not like that in your screen, etc, etc. this thread make me tired but different way from when I meet with smoking guy daughter for six hour... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? Mind blowing. First your grasp or lack thereof of basic English. You misspelled "to" and "too" twice in a row. Zero for two. Or "too" in your world. Second, making such a bold statement about components you have never heard. The use of “Too”, ... |