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My new B Stock speakers
@grislybutter  , you may be right.  The B&Ws, at the time I bought them, were replacing a way more affordable pair of NHT 2-way bookshelves that I had picked to pair with a M&K sub . . . this was my entry into HT back in the era of VHS and... 
Mood
I am moody, and when I am in a bad mood I don’t even want to listen to music. I found this an interesting:statement regarding near field listening: It kills the sound stage presentation - or something to that effect I listen in a small room i... 
My new B Stock speakers
@soix , thanks for the continued input. I do remember some posts a while ago in which you indicated that you felt the B&Ws could be bested easily by other monitors/bookshelves. I did used to like them a lot, though. The weird thing about the ... 
Listening Room
A five or 10 Watt tube rig, a couple of small spectacular monitors @gents  , if I could start over, especially given the room that my system now resides in (and perhaps if it was still in the living room) that is what I would want to try at thi... 
My new B Stock speakers
@dr-boop , thanks for the info on the Revel SNs. @mark200mph , on a good night, music makes me feel great. @grislybutter , ah yes. Different Drums . . . I can see that. I remember when I was in the Air Force back in the early ’80s, I had a bu... 
SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ?
@asvjerry (returning fistbump). This does remind me of the early spring of ’81 when I was in the USAF . . . I had ordered a mushroom growing kit from the back of "High Times’ . . . I was living in a trailer off of highway 50 between O’Fallon, Il.... 
My new B Stock speakers
The weather couldn’t make up its mind tonight--dark and nasty to almost clear to dark and nasty--but no electrical activity. So I finally said screw it & got back there & put 3.5 plus on ’em. I did what I told myself I wasn’t going to do (... 
Listening Room
I can see the virtue in both what @gents and ​​​​​@unreceivedogma are saying. I am not nearly as critical or scientific as @unreceivedogma is, and my listening room, such as it is, is not nearly as scientific or critical as his is, but my liste... 
My new B Stock speakers
What type of music impressed you most with the Revels? @grislybutter , sorry, I didn’t read that carefully before I replied. The type of music? Too early to say, I guess, I listened to an old test CD that had music tracks that were mostly inst... 
SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ?
didn't I once see something about playing Sabbath at 16rpm, drinking a bottle of Nyquil, and seeing god? I am not sure that it would be God that you would see under those circumstances.  
My new B Stock speakers
@grislybutter  , what I seem to pay attention to most is the vocal work.  There were inflections in Linda Ronstadt's voice that were brought out more than what I had noticed with the B&Ws. Also, before I settled down in my chair in my room, I... 
My new B Stock speakers
Thanks @ghdprentice  !  I am going back in! Thanks, @mikhailark  for the explanation.  
Unplugging power cords from amps/ pre amps
Not sure lightning will be stopped by a 6mm gap in a breaker.  IF your system is plugged into separate circuit(s), (as it should be) simply turn the breaker(s) off, back on after storm passes.   There is an extended surge protector thread g... 
My new B Stock speakers
@elliottbnewcombjr , B-Stock. Hmmm, what I would want to check/know is how well the drivers are matched/balanced, from low frequencies up to high frequencies, midrange the most important. I’d like to know even if they were not B-stock. I am g... 
My new B Stock speakers
86 Db is not sensitive at all. @mikhailark  , I realize that.  That was why after I typed the rating for sensitivity I then typed that the reviews I read called the speaker an easy load to drive.  I had my reservations about a sensitivity ratin...