jaytor
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| Parasound JC-1 - How old is too old? I've owned the JC-5 for about five months now. Very nice sounding and way more power than I need with my efficient speakers. I had a chance to listen to the JC-5 and an older pair of JC-1s on the same system. I thought they had a very similar soni... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations in my budget Actually, the Dueland cable you linked to is $10/meter, not /ft. I agree that this would make good speaker cable, although you probably want to double or triple up on this wire, depending on how long a cable you need and how efficient your speaker... | |
| DIY cables I'm a fan of DIY cables. I think you can build quality cables if you use high quality raw materials, careful construction including high pressure crimping of connections, and good design. That said, building a speaker cable using cheap copper wire... | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? @berber99 - Yes, they are sold as a kit, and need subs to be full range. They were not difficult to build, but took about 50 hours including building the stereo open baffle subs. See my post https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/gr-research-nx-ot... | |
| Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies? I haven't heard the Spatials, but I have owned four sets of Magnepans (MG1, MG2, Tympani IV, MG3.6r) and now own a set of GR Research NX-Oticas. Over the years, I went back and forth between Maggies and dynamic box speakers. Each time I owned the ... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs @sortner Hi Steve - I'm glad to hear you liked them enough to build your own set. It was fun to show them off to you and the rest of the group. Good luck with your project! | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs Don - I had five people come over last weekend for a listening session. Everyone seemed to be very impressed with the sound from the NX-Oticas and subs. A couple of them commented that they had never heard bass that sounded so natural, and everyon... | |
| Looking for a plenum-rated balanced cable that won't require a second mortgage I've been using DH Labs Pro Studio bulk interconnect. I needed a 5m balanced connection between my preamp and poweramp, and this works well and sounds great. $11/ft, but they'll email you a discount code for 10% off. I'm not sure if it is plenum r... | |
| GR Research NX-Extreme I guess it depends on what you are looking for. I find the bass to sound very natural sounding and extremely dynamic, as if you were listening to acoustic instruments in the room. You can still feel the bass, but it's probably a bit closer to what... | |
| RS7 ROON ROCK MUSIC SERVER Seems liked you are paying a lot to get all the pieces preconfigured.I just built a Roon ROCK server based on a NUC8i7. All the parts including a 2TB SSD were under $1000 and it took me about 2 hours to assemble and configure. The only downside of... | |
| Suggestions to replace Aurender A10 with something Roon compatible. Bryston Bdp-2 or Bdp-3 is also worth a look as a streamer. Similar functionality as the M5. If you're using it as just a Roon endpoint, the two are essentially equivalent as long as the BDP-2 has the upgraded audio board. The BDP-2 is available us... | |
| Accounting for slight hearing loss How about putting an acoustic absorption panel on the right wall, but not the left. You'll get a bit more reflected energy from the left which might provide a better balance. | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs To answer your second question, I haven’t personally tried my system in a room like this, but others have indicated that open baffle speakers, particular OB subs, have worked much better than traditional speakers in this kind of environment. I sug... | |
| GR Research NX-Otica and Servo OB Subs I haven’t listened to either these, but according to Danny Ritchie, the designer:The Super Mini is not available, is a little faster and more articulate. The NX-Otica MTM is available, plays down lower, has more body and weight. And they sound mo... | |
| GR Research NX-Extreme I built the OB subs with three 12" drivers for each channel. Danny's design can be built with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 drivers per sub, and flat packed are available for all configurations. The more drivers you have, the less each driver has to work and t... |