jhills
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| Changes that made a difference (in order of effect). With the help of my most wonderful and patient wife, I hung heavy sun block drapes across the front wall, behind my Maggie 1.7s and the slight edginess and annoying bit of harshness, disappeared. I was to able to once more put my favorite, most re... | |
| Missing the Old Days Here's a thought - a used pair of PSB Stratus Gold i. At 4 ohm and only 87 db efficient, they need a bit of good power to rock. Not only can they rock, but their detail and imaging, when pulled out from the front wall 3 to 4 ft and a couple of ft ... | |
| Would you change your amp selection knowing...? @cheeg While I’m not an expert by any means, I have been an audio enthusiast for more than 35 years and have had the opportunity of owning or extensively auditioning some very nice equipment - speakers, amps, cables and accessories - some combinat... | |
| Would you change your amp selection knowing...? In my last sentence, I meant to say - high speed data transfer. Regards, Jim | |
| Would you change your amp selection knowing...? I tend to agree with anhwy61, shadome, almarg and others that feel there is no reason for high capacitance in a cable. To Al's statement "A cable having extreme and/or unusual parameters would be a non-starter for me" - I say "DITTO". The amps men... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? A bit perplexed at the OP's presumption that those who prefer a musical sounding system, don't also appreciate a large deep and accurate sound stage, dynamics and musical detail, or that their systems are, somehow, lacking those qualities. One of ... | |
| Now, I'm confused. I have an ADCOM, GFA-5500 and run it with a vintage Audible Illusions, Modules II, tubed, pre amp. The combination, for the $, presents a very nice - wide, deep and detailed - sound stage. One thing to note - the ADCOMs, like many other SS amps, n... | |
| Naim and Elac Adante, Wow Audiotroy seems to ridicule speakers such as the Vandies, Magies, Harbeths and others, for being musical. Interesting to learn, after 40+ years as an audio enthusiast, that fine audio is not about being musical. That’s OK, I’ll stick with musical.... | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive As has been mentioned, connectors do not share the same characteristics as speaker cables or interconnects. As long as there is a secure and clean connection, wither using quality spades or pins or just direct connect with the cable, IMO and exper... | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! @hevreman If you don't have something helpful or constructive to add and just enjoy being snide - do it someplace else....just sayn...Jim | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! +psMy first love for speakers was a pair of Quad ESL 63s. Nothing before and not much since has satisfied me as much as the Quads. I had to give them up when moving to a sum-what smaller living space. Now back to a larger listening environment, Fi... | |
| Shopping at Goodwill anyone? My wife works at the local Goodwill and her family and known friends are not allowed to shop there, on the days that she works and employees are not allowed to hold items - so a great find there is pretty rare for me. I got very lucky a short time... | |
| I need some advise on a shipping disaster. Several years ago, I bought a large pair of B&W speakers on ebay. I paid for professional packaging and full insurance - total of $2,200.00 . When I received them, both speakers were totally destroyed - boxes and top drivers of both speakers t... | |
| Putting your components inbetween your speakers. I have a set of magie i.7s in my fairly lg.dedicated listening room and have them just shy of 4' from the front wall and 5' apart. With my 4'w x 4'h cabinet between the speakers, even though back against the wall and some two ft. behind the plane ... | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Still have and love my 30+ year old Audible Illusions Modulus II pre-amp.I believe it was about $450.00 new. Still going strong and sounding good...Jim |