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| Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently Despite the fevered claims of some tubaholics, there is a definite advantage to be had by using tubes above 50 Hz and solid stste below that point. This certainly works well for me (presently) and has worked well in the past as well. I'm currently... | |
| New Product......Intelligent Box I'll be offering an "Intelligent Perch" coming up real soon. The "Intelligent Perch" takes advantage of the same quantum material that Kait uses for his Intelligent Box to enhance your listening experience from the inside out. Look for it at your ... | |
| 400W amp under $2000 BelCanto Ref1000's are 500W into 8ohms. You can find them on the used market for just above the $2k mark. They worked superbly well in my system, and I heard them in several of the systems at RMAF doing the same. YMMV. There are other class D amps... | |
| Best Small budget speakers for girlfriend I'll add a tic to the Spica TC50 votes, and will add to your list the Era Design 4's (great sounding little speakers), and Silverline SR11's. You didn't mention a budget. The Spica's would be the least expensive options, but OTOH have no replaceme... | |
| Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently If you scroll down the page on the Classic Audio Reproductions Contemporary Line page, you will see the T5. These look like traditional box speakers, yet they are 94dB and 16 ohms. I don't believe the T5 use a horn, although the T3 do...and they d... | |
| Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently FWIW, Classic Audio Reproductions loudspeakers utilize TAD/Pioneer drivers.I didn't know that, but they sounded quite good with Ralph's amps at RMAF. I didn't go there because of Springbok10's comment about his wife's distaste for the appearance o... | |
| Which speakers will fill 5,000 cubic ft coherently One of the best rooms at RMAF to my ears was quite large and was filled effortlessly by the TAD/Pioneer speakers. They sounded superb and were one of the few rooms there that had me wanting to go back to listen to more. I believe they demand some ... | |
| SET friendly speakers w/ slam? Research these:Classic Audio Reproductions. I do know they have a very tube friendly impedance curve, and they are very sensitive (over 100dB).I think those are the horns Ralph shared the room with at RMAF... If so, very impressive large-scale, hu... | |
| SET friendly speakers w/ slam? Hey Grant - I'm guessing from his current choice of speakers, that the poster might be considering the more substantially endowed Silveline offerings (Grandeur II, LaFolia II). On my Sonatina's, though I'd give the nod to SS amps I've tried (Odyss... | |
| SET friendly speakers w/ slam? Seems to me to get slam, you need some powered subwoofers (either separate or built-in as offered in the speakers mentioned above).Hmmm, I wouldn't associate subwoofers with "slam" necessarily. Visceral, absolutely yes! But I'd put "slam" into a r... | |
| Ripping CD Question Download a copy of iTunes. It's pretty intuitive and allows you to RIP files in either WAV or Apple Lossless and then burn a CD. I'm pretty sure it's available for Windows (I'm a Mac guy myself) for free. You'll be able to do exactly what you have... | |
| Equipment: To Hide or not to Hide I tried hiding my speakers in the basement, but I had to turn them up really loud to even hear them upstairs. So they're out in the open now. Everything else is behind doors in a cabinet. I like to look at it but find it a bit distracting when I'm... | |
| Silliest audiophile equipment of all time? Rocket man - if you're serious about writing this article you describe you should try to find some audiophiles, with various levels of investment and obsession, who are local to you and actually experience what it is that is so important to them i... | |
| Silliest audiophile equipment of all time? I just ordered the "Machina dynamica Brilliant Pebbles large size" (one only) and i would like some suggestions on what speakers I should get in order to best hear the pebble. Budget is about 10K. Any help from those who have heard the pebble? Tha... | |
| Silliest audiophile equipment of all time? Reference Audio used to distribute replacement wooden knobs for your favorite audiophile components. They were imported from a company in Switzerland, I think called "Silver Rock". One volume control knob was $500. I guess they didn't find enough ... |