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| Balanced preamp with HT pass-thru needed $2K Yeah, that W4S model had hit my radar. It doesn't look very sexy, but if it sounds as good as they say, then I could live with it. I was worried about the output impedance in "passive" mode, but apparently the buffering tames that spec all the way... | |
| Balanced preamp with HT pass-thru needed $2K Thanks, RW. I actually owned that preamp a while back, and while it did meet my needs and sounded fine, I returned it because it was so garishly styled and visually "loud". Perhaps not the most rational decision, I admit, but especially when it wa... | |
| rear firing tweeters.... "If you want to hear just what's on the recording, no more no less, sit in the narrow sweet spot with nearfield monitors. If you want something that sounds like live music filling your listening area, go with omnis, bi-polars, or at least somethin... | |
| Dynaudio Pricing He didn't suggest selling at 60% off. He suggested selling at 52% off. 0.8 x 0.6 = 0.48 | |
| rear firing tweeters.... Your Maggies are dipoles. Not better, not worse, per se, but certainly different than a pair of tweeters separated by 12" or so and firing in or out of phase.One nice thing about dipoles is the null at 90 degrees, which can reduce sidewall effects... | |
| rear firing tweeters.... I had those Snells. E-IV, I believe? I liked them, but not necessarily because of the ambience tweeters. I think they were just good, high-value speakers.To me, it seems a rear-firing tweeter is basically a reverb unit. There will be some delayed ... | |
| LSA & Von Schweikert Larry Staples refers to himself as LSA's "designer". What changes did he make to the VS designs? He talks about different voicings -- same drivers, different crossovers? The cabinets are definitely different.To the best of my knowledge, most speak... | |
| Dynaudio Pricing Buconero117 is saying 48% of MSRP (with the caveat that it only applies to speakers less than 10 years old). Although the Dynaudios in question were released in 2000, his ballpark estimate is right on Bluebook for 2 models and WAY off on the 3rd. ... | |
| LSA & Von Schweikert Agreed that there could be many hidden differences. I would love to hear straight from Larry Staples what those might be. He doesn't need to disclose actual network details, but it would be nice if we could get a little more info regarding his sta... | |
| LSA & Von Schweikert Well, you'll see it stated in many forums on many websites, including audiogon. Hence, my post. I would like to know if in fact this is true. | |
| Subwoofer questions -- music only So far, so good. They are plenty quick and tight for my needs (2-channel music emphasis). I have them crossed over too high at the moment (125 Hz), but I haven't had the chance to shoot the room with my sound level meter and so I'm just playing by... | |
| How far can room treatments solve boomy bass? If one implements the wrong solution for an acoustic problem, then yeah, it's not going to work very well. But if I have a spike at (say) 43 Hz, and I install a tuned acoustic filter (Helmholz, etc.) designed for maximum absorption at 43 Hz, and t... | |
| How far can room treatments solve boomy bass? Any cable that corrects room response issues is seriously broken. Why do people fall for this crap? | |
| How far can room treatments solve boomy bass? Don't you agree that proper acoustic treatment reduces the amount of EQ required to bring the response into "flat" (or "desired") response?Also, can you elaborate on the specific quarter-wave effect you are seeing in rooms? Are you talking woofer-... | |
| How far can room treatments solve boomy bass? For those problems that are caused by uneven modal distrubtion . . . why not fix them where they live, which is in the acoustics? Trying to EQ out the lumpiness is just fighting the symptom, not the cause. |