jchiappinelli
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| Break-in ? Not picking on Magico but I would think any company that is asking you to spend up the type of money they get for their products would do exactly that. Luxury products are high margin. Shouldn't it be something to expect from high end manufactures... | |
| Magico vs the world Stereo5As always, what works great in one system may not be as good in another. For me, the Triton 1r's are ideal. Their high sensitivity (92 spl) and the fact that they have their own powered bass drivers allows me to drive them effortlessly wit... | |
| Magico vs the world Yeah those GE speakers are so good that you can put them haphazardly anywhere in the room and achieve excellent sound. One right next to your chair and the other somewhere in front of you (location not important)............Not sure whether Ozzy w... | |
| Surge protector vs wall debate for amps I have a pair of Furmann SS-6B surge protectors that cost me about $60. I don't want or need conditioning, but I do want to protect my equipment from surges, spikes, and voltage dropouts. The SS-6B offers a slight degree of RFI and EMI filtering b... | |
| Lets talk dedicated lines It seems to me that the first thing you should do before incorporating any of the good suggestions mentioned above is determine if you really have a problem that needs fixing. If you do not hear any hum, noise, hash, RFI or other anomalies during ... | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power Erik (or anyone),You stated:So, if you have an 89 dB sensitive speaker, and apply 100 watts, the output at 1 meter will be 109 dB. What is the formula for calculating what the SPL would be at 3 meters (typical listening position) rather than 1 met... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Mofimadness,Of course PL's new line has the prescript EVO which includes amps, preamps, integrateds, etc but the OP's question was specifically in reference to the PL EVO 400 preamp which does not, as Millercarbon claimed, have a dedicated power a... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? "The best value in line stage tube preamps is a tie between Raven and Prima Luna. Both come with their own dedicated power amp included at no extra charge."No Millercarbon. The Pima Luna Evo 400 is strictly a preamp and does not include a power am... | |
| Any tweaks I'm missing? The J.C. Whitney syndrome at work. | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? surprised no mention of Martin Logan.J.Chip | |
| To power strip or not I use a pair of Furman 6B-SS power blocks simply for surge protection and convenience. Didn't notice any audio improvement or degradation but i have the comfort of protecting my gear and the added simplicity of disconnecting my whole system from p... | |
| Surely someone can weigh in Thanks Elizabeth,Since I live in a fairly rural area, my power is pretty clean and my noise floor is dead silent (at least to my tin ears). I do have a pair of Furmann power strips for surge protection which are supposed to also offer EMI/RFI prot... | |
| Surely someone can weigh in As indicated above, my source is the CD player in question.J.Chip | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jumping in midstream here so if you've covered him already, my apologies. I'm talking about Gato Barbieri. The tools of most great jazz musicians have a distinct voice regardless of what instrument they play. When you hear Miles, Coltrane, Jamal, ... | |
| Surely someone can weigh in Love how my system sounds but my source (the CD player) is probably my weakest link other than, of course, the limitations of my listening room. I'm running Cary Audio AES Six Pac tube mono blocks (50 w triode) with a Prima Luna Dialogue Premium p... |