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| In-Depth Explanation of the Audio Term "Synergy" My man Bucky says it best!"Synergy means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken separately" from Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking by R. Buckminster FullerYou just cannot argue with the man who "invented"... | |
| Any thoughts on Music Reference RM200 I think the Soundlabs need voltage whereas the Scintillas need current and lots of it.Yes, that is why I stated "different animals". The Soundlabs have an impedence curve of about 40ohms in the bass and around 1(or less)ohms in the highs. The Scin... | |
| Any thoughts on Music Reference RM200 You might want to look at the Wolcott Presence 220 Mono's. (If you must have tubes) If they can drive Sound Lab A-1's, they more than likely can drive your Scintillas. (Yes, I know, different animals but both are extremely difficult loads.)Or,If y... | |
| documentary about man collecting old jazz music Tried to respond yesterday (OK at 1:00AM this morning). No posting as of 2:00PM today. This is the second try.Maybe:Desperate Man Blues about Joe Bussard.Joe Bussard's Vintage 78 web site. | |
| documentary about man collecting old jazz music Maybe:Desperate Man Blues about Joe Bussard?Joe Bussard's Vintage 78 web site. | |
| Huge sound stage Tgyeti,Congratulations on your system! It seems you have found your Audio Nirvana (at least for the moment!). As far as which component did what, I would not venture a guess (except that whatever components you replaced did not work in your system... | |
| Maggie 3.6 and Counterpoint NP-220 Your NP-220 should have 400W/ch @ 4ohms, plenty of juice for the 3.6's.Although two NP-220's in mono..... (aagghhhhhh NP-220 monos!; aka Homer) | |
| Question on testing a used Magnepan 2.6R Strooper,The ribbons are user replaceable. (should they ever need replacing) You just send back your old ones. As far as repairing the mid/woofer panel, go to Maggie Users Group click on tweeks and scroll down to repairs. You can judge for yoursel... | |
| I'm Looking for some great electronic music All the others plus:Walter/Wendy CarlosVangelis (get the BladeRunner Soundtrack!)Jan Hammer - "The First Seven Days" (incredible!)Jean Michel JarreIsao TomitaT.O.N.T.O. (The Original New Timbral Orchestra)Mike OldfieldDepeche Mode - (the early stu... | |
| eac vs itunes ripping For Bob and all Mac users:For the equivelent of EAC on Macintosh check out Max. It has a "full paranoia" setting plus it lets you select how many times you want the software to reread the problem bytes before it skips (plus a never skip checkbox) ... | |
| Translation Help The only one I have seen is here. You have to copy and paste and I do not know how much you can translate at a time, but it might be worth a shot. Looks like you can save the translation as a text file to your hard drive.Good luck! | |
| Saw in wall with ribbon an more what was it? Or,You might have seen the Starlet speakers from SpeakerCraft. There is a review of the smallest Starlet at Home Theater Magazine.BTW; I do not mind the typing. To me it is informative and entertaining! | |
| Leviton Hospital grade 20 amp outlets? The Leviton Industrial Receptacles PDF gives the catalog number as L8200 for 15amp and L8300 for 20amp Hospital Grade non-plated brass contacts. The mounting strap is also non-plated brass. | |
| Which Magnepans 3.5 or 1.6? PalDo yourself a favor and go for the 3.5's. Although I like the 1.6, I feel the 3.5 is the better speaker. True ribbon tweeter for those exquisite highs, a liquid midrange panel and a separate woofer panel giving deeper bass. Yes buying new will ... | |
| Holy Crap What have I done? If you have not already ordered the 85Hz modules, it might be beneficial to order a pair of 65Hz modules also. Why? Two reasons:1) With the 65Hz modules in place, run your speakers first straight from your pre. Then run the signal through the Marc... |