jdoris
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| Is my listeng room too small?? I'm one of the people who would kill for that room. Look at it this way: you could run your speakers 5-6 ft. from the front wall (I bet few speakers need more, and many less) still be listening 9-10 ft. away (for many speakers, maybe closer), and ... | |
| What speaker for being close to rear wall? There have been numerous threads on this in the past. If you search "north creek" (which I own and enjoy) and "guru" I expect you will get several of them. John | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers North Creek, using Lee Taylor cabinet work, is one option of the semi-DIY kind. Assembly is work of a few hours for reasonably handy person. Don't know if the savings would be 2/3, but value is good. John | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers Hey Jarrett, if you are a minimalist, here's a thought: A Morrison ELAD linestage (400 used, 700 or so new). I've not heard it, but it is very well regarded. Morrrison says it mates well with Odyssey amps (starting at 600-800 used); like many othe... | |
| How to divide up $4,500, Amp/Speakers I'm with Tom. I'm guessing patience and around a grand could get you a pretty nice amp used, and at 3500 (or maybe 4000k) makes for a lot of speaker options, new or used. I don't know enough about Zu to say if the house sound fits your taste in mu... | |
| Which attributes do you value most? Involving (period) | |
| USB cable..what do you have. I have the LOcus Designs "Polestar" cable which Jb might be refering to: I think it retails for 249. I did not compare a bunch of cords, but found it to be a noticable improvement over the "stock" cable I had connecting my MAC to DAC. It was recom... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound I have no problem with philosophical discussions but this poor guy asked our opinions on TAS.Aww Rja, come on, both Mrtennis and I expressed views about TAS. Mrtennis is skeptical of the Mags value, while I, for the sort of reasons described in d... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound truth without certainty seems contradictory Mrtennis: I might have lots of true beliefs, without being certain of them; e.g., I might make an educated guess about what floor of the garage I parked my car on, and be right. Indeed, there might be a... | |
| Is it okay to talk around your speakers? Well done, everybody! Lately, this site has been the best it's been in the five years I've been coming. Maybe it's the economy, giving us all a little more perspective . . . . | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound Timrhu's right, Mrtennis. Never too late to pursue study of philosophy, or anything else. Change happens!But for most people, it is probably unwise to pursue college teaching as a vocation, esp. later in life. The current economic malaise seems to... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound Blkadr: Note that I'm not the one who used "tautological." ;) I think a little epistemology makes a nice counterpart to "the best speaker", and of course, toothpaste.Mrtennis: Glad to see you biting the bullet on the impossibility of scientific kn... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound knowledge can only be established using mathematics and/or logic, both absent in your statement(s).Mrtennis: is your contention that there is no observational/empirical knowledge? Might make it difficult to explain scientific discovery.Yours in ep... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound Seems appropriate to ask opinions on an audio mag here.I prefer Stereophile, for the measurements and the detailed set-up information, both of which AS lacks. I think these omissions contribute to the slightly lightweight vibe of AS, since the (al... | |
| Need a speaker for the blues lover... Sufentanil:Maybe there is an air of paradox: To my ear, "studio" suggests any apartment without a a separate bedroom (though I might have some hesitation about calling a really large bedroom-less loft a "studio"). To my ear, "apartment" suggests a... |