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| About to invest in room treatments; GIK, RealTraps, DIY -- what is your experience? bernardo, I have 3 Mondo Traps along the wall behind the speakers, an RFZ panel on each side wall which I put on stands so I can experiment with placement. Behind my chair I have a diffuser on top of a mini 2’x 2’ Mondo Trap. | |
| A question of loading... I have a Lyra kleos and an Ortofon Cadenza bronze and run those with no loading into a Herron VTPH-2A. Soon I’m going to try a Kiseki purple heart and the recommended loading is 400 ohms but I will try it without loading plugs.As I understand, loa... | |
| Looking For Established Person / Company That Repairs & Upgrades Amplifiers in the NY/NJ There’s also high end audio repair in Brooklyn | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? I once owned a pair of Rethm speakers with Lowther drivers. The problem was a thin sound with no bass. Adding a Rel subwoofer didn't help much. There was always a dip between where the driver left off and where the subwoofer picked up. Check out B... | |
| About to invest in room treatments; GIK, RealTraps, DIY -- what is your experience? I have used ASC products in my last room. In my current room I went with Real Traps. I get much better results with the Real Traps. The soundstage is enormous and the depth is just better. Both rooms are similar in shape and size. The Real Traps w... | |
| Ideas For Phono Cable For My Turntable. Check out Triode Wire Labs. I replaced all of my Silver Audio cables with TWL. Copper cables that are very smooth, open and transparent. Not colored or rolled off. Pete is a great guy and offers a trial period. | |
| Bache Audio - Home audition of Brooklyn made re-designed speakers Happy Tribeca owner here. Greg is an excellent designer and just a great person to deal with. I sold my rebuilt Quad ESL 57s as I find my Tribeca’s to be more engaging. The home audition is very important. I first heard a Bache speaker at a local ... | |
| Any US manufacturer of a 845 SET amplifier sorry for posting twice | |
| Any US manufacturer of a 845 SET amplifier Alexus Audio made in Brooklyn NY | |
| Any US manufacturer of a 845 SET amplifier Alexus Audio made in Brooklyn NY | |
| Warm romantic & detailed My advice is to check out Bache Audio. I have the latest Tribeca with the Eton woofers. Absolutely no fatigue, these babies have a big, smooth, coherent sound with a huge open soundstage. The 8” bamboo wide band driver is directly connected to the... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? I don't think I will ever part with my Emotive Audio Epifania preamp and Vita amps. I have owned them for over 15 years now (serial #2). Over the years some changes have been made. The original caps have been replaced with VH Audio copper teflon c... | |
| I knew room treatments were in my future. In my last house I used ASC tube traps. When I moved and built my current room I went with Real Traps. Both rooms are located in the basement and are basically the same size. I was able to try both in my current room and sold the ASC traps. The so... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Bache Audio in Brooklyn is about as small and boutique as you can get. Greg Belman is a one man operation who is very dedicated to his designs and his customers. I have owned speakers from Thiel, Verity, ProAc, Coincident, Rethm and a few others, ... | |
| Manufacturers To bad you didn’t demo any Bache speakers before getting the Harbeths. I demoed the M30.2’s twice before getting the Bache Audio Tribeca’s. |