jgandy
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| Have you ever tried a pair of speakers and said this Is the last thing I will ever need. Looking to replace my aging B&W 801 Nautilus speakers, I did a little research and discovered that Vandersteen 7, Revel Salon 2, 802 B&W D3 or the Kef Blade would be very good contenders. I even toyed with Magnepans. That is, until I ca... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings I have 3 Crown I-Tech 5000 HD stereo Class I amps driving JBL M2 Reference Monitors and a JBL Sub18. The speakers are active with the dsp controlled crossover in the amps sending 2250 watts into each horn loaded compression driver tweeter and 225... | |
| Wilson Audio Haters When I saw a picture of the $650,000 speakers in Wilson's living room without an ounce of room acoustical treatment, it told me everything I needed to know. | |
| Active studio monitors anyone? Recently purchased JBL M2 studio monitors driven by Crown amps with built in DSP. The quality of the sound is superior to anything I have ever owned or auditioned during the 50+ years I have been in this hobby which I began in the 60's with a AR... | |
| Outside the box SPL 127 is the system capability. I typically keep listening below SPL 75 to preserve hearing. | |
| Review: DCM TimeWindow 1 Speaker Still have and use a pair of the original Time Windows that replaced my AR3a's 35 years ago. They sounded so much better than the ARs way back then. Have them set up in my exercise room driven by an old NAD integrated. They sound so nice I hav... | |
| Marantz SA11S3 How do you tell if the standby mode is in effect on the S11S3. I have activated it according to instructions but the display shows as if totally turned off. | |
| Why should i be a fan of Revel speakers? Research Floyd Toole, Sean Olive, Kevin Voecks all who were/are associated with Harman. Research Harman/JBL and their exhaustive listening tests that they correlate with exhaustive speaker testing. Do this and you will discover the intelligence... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive I have been an audiophile for 50 years and have purchased a lot of very good equipment in those years. Motivated by awareness of Floyd Toole's work at JBL/Harman, I just purchased a JBL M2 Master Reference Monitor/Crown I-Tech 5000 system consist... | |
| JBL M2 speaker system .... The program can be downloaded from the JBL Pro website onto a thumb drive and then directly into the Crowns. This is a sort of default program to make the speakers generally perform. There is further programming that can be done thru a PC and o... | |
| JBL M2 speaker system .... Just installed in my living room and the M2 are sublime. Had to run new elec. circuit with true 20 amp capacity to feed the Crowns and had to install the amps remotely to avoid fan noise. If you research these speakers in depth you will find the... |