jhills
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| Magnepan, Best midrange? I think a lot of the point was lost throughout most of this thread. The OP was originally referring to the quality of midrange in the little, less than $1K, Maggie LRS and we end up talking about $8K - $25K speakers. In my opinion, for less than a... | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? @zlone Vibration - What are the Main Sources?On a professional level, a large part of my training and job was to identify and eliminate destructive vibrations in industrial machinery. Aside from the out of balance of any of the machinery's rotatin... | |
| Lay Off the Newbies! +1 realworldaudioMakes me think of many years back, just starting in home audio. I found an audio dealer (sad there are so few now) about 90 miles away. Even though they carried some very expensive stuff, they were more interested in working with ... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! I have much enjoyed the reliable performance and clean open sound of my (now 30+years old) Audible Illusions Modulus II, tubed pre amp. Over the years It has been paired with PSE, Bryston, Adcom, Krell and Ayre, SS power amps and with a VAC Phi 20... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. Important to note that, to the human ear, high frequencies up to about 16K Hz, balance out at about 60db while bass below 50 Hz is up near and over 100db. so a good sub with an adjustable volume control is helpful to add fullness and weight to any... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. Most of my listening now is in the late evenings or early mornings, at low to moderate volumes. The good thing about that is less competition from outside noise (less outside traffic noise, no TV going in the other room, cleaner air ways, less lin... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt One of my all time favorites was the old mid 80s PSE Studio II (80/150W) paired with my Audible Illusions - Modulus II Pre. driving Vandi 2Cis and then in the early 90s upgraded to the Studio IV. (100/195W) driving my Quad ESL 63s. Incredible sou... | |
| How much reality do you really need? As far as live performances, most often, I have no desire to re-create a live performance in my home. My old ears no longer tolerate 85-110db of loud and most of the pop and rock concerts I went to over the years, while engaging and enjoyable, the... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. I am driving my 1.7 Maggies with a Rogue Cronus Mag II and have no problem at all. I no longer feel the need for loud and head pounding, so I seldom turn the volume nob beyond 25%. At moderate levels, maybe 65-80 db. the combination of the 100W Ro... | |
| So done with audiophile fuses @sugabooger The job of a safety fuse in a component is to protect the cord that is connected to that unit ???The current is flowing from the input end of the fuse to the output end of the fuse. When there is a problem or a short in the component i... | |
| So done with audiophile fuses @molingus My point being, the danger of fire is in or at the component itself not wether or not it causes enough overload at the outlet or anyplace in the circuit to trip the breaker before causing a fire in the wall.I agree, at any rate, if your ... | |
| So done with audiophile fuses @molingus Ahem. In what 3rd world country do you all live where shorting a fuse in an audio amp starts your hovel on fire? Move into the modern world, where our buildings have code, and our breaker boxes have, uhhh, breakers installed.It is a mis ... | |
| So done with audiophile fuses @ antigrunge2 Very Good! :-) :-) :-) | |
| So done with audiophile fuses Wow! Really, oldhvymec, a peanut or dried TURD in place of a recommended, properly rated fuse is OK if it gets you Better sound. I just went back through all my old notes, the current UBC, NEC and NFPA 70 and nowhere does it say or imply that it i... | |
| So done with audiophile fuses Not that I use, would use or advocate the use of expensive boutique fuses, under the pretense of getting superior sound - I do not; but here's the deal: Never should a dealer or a fuse manufacture recommend using a higher rated fuse than recommend... |