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| TECHNICS SL1200 MKII.......THE REAL FACTS 02-22-12: Vicdamone"TT Weights 454 record weight" What does this mean?I suspect it means the turntable weight weighs 454 grams, which is the metric equivalent of one pound. See TT Weights' website. | |
| Big 2 channel Amp OR Smaller 6 channel and TRIamp? 02-20-12: EldartfordKal... I guess I would prefer option A, which, as I understand it simply means using a 300 watt amp for the speaker. I don't see any advantage to using more than one amp unless there is a line level crossover.Headroom reduces r... | |
| Big 2 channel Amp OR Smaller 6 channel and TRIamp? 02-20-12: Kr4...Jumper what? Why? Cannot think of a jumper in this situation that would not create the potential for a short.KalThe OP mentioned that it has Tri-amp binding posts. The only way I've seen this is with three pairs of binding posts ju... | |
| Big 2 channel Amp OR Smaller 6 channel and TRIamp? How about you bi-amp, with 200 wpc for the woofers and then use a second amp for the mids/tweets and jumper them? You could, for example, get a 150-200 wpc 5-channel amp and leave the center channel idle. | |
| Floorstanders vs Monitors and bass response Floorstanders don't guarantee that you'll have full-range bass. There is a fair amount of overlap in function between the wider range stand-mount speakers and the smaller floorstanders. Most floorstanders benefit from a sub or two. What's differen... | |
| Are the JL Fathom subs really that good.... NVP: All very good points. I was thinking more in terms of getting the easiest in-phase blend wherever your listening position. With a sub in a different place than the the mains, the phase relationship changes as you change listening positions. B... | |
| Are the JL Fathom subs really that good.... And I meant to add, "Yes, JL Fathom subs are really that good." My local high end dealer carries Wilson, Magnepan, B&W, Vandersteen, Vienna, Wisdom, PSB, Meridian, and for subwoofers ... JL. They do the best electrnoics/room/cable/speaker matc... | |
| Are the JL Fathom subs really that good.... The easiest way to get a seamless integration and reasonable phase coherency throughout the room is to use two matching subs placed adjacent to the main speakers. I have something similar now with my Mirage OMD-15 towers and MM8 subs. And the best... | |
| Accidentally bought a Quadrophonic LP. OK to play? One thing about CD4 discrete quadraphonic records--they were half-speed mastered. In fact, that's how MoFi got into half-speed mastering. Half-speed was created to be able to cut the back channels which were modulated up to 40KHz. When quad tanked... | |
| My Final Amplifier Purchase - What Would You Buy? 02-10-12: EbmSolution 700 Mono blocks sound wonderful.Yep. It's amazing what $100,000 will buy these days. | |
| My Final Amplifier Purchase - What Would You Buy? Here's a thought; Since you like the Silverlines, the sound of the Atma-Spheres, and only want more power, how about getting a pair of Musical Fidelity 550kW monoblocks? They're designed to augment the power of other amplifiers while retaining the... | |
| Exceptional value in speakers today? If you're thinking of stretching your budget, consider the NOLA Boxer ($1500) and the new GoldenEar Triton Three ($2K).Oh wait! I just remembered my own speakers now available on an insane closeout, the Mirage OMD-15, a reasonably sensitive floors... | |
| Exceptional value in speakers today? GoldenEar Aon 3. I've heard their Triton 2 towers and their Heil-style folded ribbon tweeter is both very resolving and smooth. The conventional drivers are fast and integrate well with the tweeter. GoldenEar is Sandy Gross's most recent brainchil... | |
| Peachtree Nova or Jolida Hybrid Integrated If you are mostly using digital sources, the Peachtrees have excellent DACs in them. I heard demos of iPods plugged into the Wadia ITransport 170 with an S/PDIF coax to the Peachtree, and it was excellent sound. In fact Magnepan was using this sig... | |
| TECHNICS SL1200 MKII.......THE REAL FACTS 02-02-12: TomjoeI owned a Technics SL1200 and it was mediocre. It sounded electronic. Bass was not articulate and imaging was not very specific. I doubt your tweaked out Technics would impress me.That's pretty consistent with how most of us percei... |