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| AXPONA anyone? We have some unusual restaurants, but many are quite distant from AXPONA. A good Vietnamese restaurant that's not too far is Dung Gia in Des Plaines (http://dunggiarestaurant.com).Kabul House is a good Afghan restaurant in Skokie (http://kabulhous... | |
| Building a listening room in new house; Texas? There are several concrete construction systems available, and they should all provide much better acoustic isolation than most other designs.http://www.cement.org/homes/ch_buildsys.aspJan | |
| managable and affordable indoor FM antenna I use a small outdoor antenna indoors. The Winegard HD6000 (Prostar 1000) is 65.5" x 33" and costs $17.93 + shipping from Solidsignal. It provides about 5 dB more gain than a dipole. I just hang it on the wall behind my rack. I listen to only one ... | |
| Music Recommendations There are certainly many fine suggestions already.I'd add: Respighi - Feste RomaneShostakovich - light scores (The Bolt, Moscow-Cheryomushki, e.g.)Virgil Thomson - The Plow that Broke the Plains (film score)Holst - Suites 1 & 2 for Concert Ban... | |
| Need a review of Tyler's Ref 3's, The Ref. 1 uses 12" Peerless woofers (isobaric) with a second-order crossover at 80 Hz., the W17, and a ScanSpeak Revelator 9900 with a third-order crossover at 2300 Hz. (if I remember correctly). Ty later added a notch filter for the W17. The iso... | |
| Need a review of Tyler's Ref 3's, I've heard the Ref. 3 and Ty's Linbrook, which resembles your Thor. I own the Ref. 1--which uses a single W17 like the Ref. 3. I haven't noticed greater orchestral density with the MTM arrangement. The Excel is a very expressive driver, and it's p... | |
| Tyler Reference's vs. Ellis 1801's I've never heard them in the same system. My impression in different systems was that the Tyler's top end was softer--or the Ellis's top end was brighter. I agree that they're both excellent speakers.Jan | |
| Question for Tyler Acoustic owners. I've used the EDGE M6, the Llano 200S, and the Belles 350A on myTaylo Reference 1's. They've all been good; the Belles is probably the best, although it doesn't make the speakers "disappear" quite as often as the others. I'm also interested in hea... | |
| Personal speaker evolution 1966 - AR 4x ($88/pair on sale at Allied)1971 - QUAD ESL-57 ($520/pair)1973 - QUAD ESL-57 ($630/pair, QUADs now stacked)1978 - KEF 105 ($1700/pair)1999 - Tyler Acoustics Taylo Reference System ($4650/pair with outboard crossovers on an Audiogon au... | |
| Personal amp evolution Fisher 500T receiver - 1967QUAD 303 - 1973QUAD 405 - 1978ATI AT1502 - 1998EDGE M-6 - 1999Llano S200 - 2000Belles 350A - 2002I may try biamping with the Llano and the Belles.Jan | |
| Opinions on Edge M8 or M6 Amp My M6 has a much wider and especially deeper soundstage than most of the other amp.s that I checked. The bass is exemplary, and the dynamic reserve is much greater than one would expect from an amp. rated at 120w/ch. It always runs cool, and it pr... | |
| building a room from the ground up... I wondered if anyone has used cement board ('Wonderboard') instead of drywall. I'd expect it to allow less bass to escape without having to resort to full masonry. However, I haven't seen it in 4' x 8' sheets. Good luck, Jan | |
| Tyler Acoustics Reference Speaker I've heard these in Owensboro, KY, and they sounded good enough for me to order a pair. I was looking for a speaker as smooth, detailed, dynamic, spacious, and non-fatiguing as the Silverline Sonatas but with more extended bass. Bass limitations w... |