johnnyb53
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| new cartridge Help Although it's *below* your budget, the AudioTechnical AT150MLX is a quick and linear performer, with nice MM body but good low level detail, with excellent frequency extension with tight bass and smooth highs. Since you're considering the Ortofon ... | |
| Upscaling Speakers, Downscaling Amp...What to Do? With that big of a room I'd still use the subs, but cross over around 40 Hz. | |
| Upscaling Speakers, Downscaling Amp...What to Do? 01-30-12: Curriemt11I have a good room to start with. It's quite large at 32' X 15' X 9' (avg...it's vaulted). Room corners are complex since this is over my garage.With a room that size, it's no wonder you'd want to go from the Pulsar (stand-moun... | |
| Wharfdale 10.1 speaker: budget superstar or hype?? If my 13-yr-old Wharfedale Diamond 7.3 2-way floorstanders are any indication (plus my initial impressions of the 1st-gen Diamonds 25 yrs ago), then I'd say the Diamonds have earned some of the hype. The Diamonds I've heard were fast, transparent,... | |
| TECHNICS SL1200 MKII.......THE REAL FACTS 01-29-12: TonywinscIt is clear that the Technics tt is best in class for speed control. And that should be an indictment for all of the high end hifi turntable makers out there that seem to come in at a distant second for speed control with motors... | |
| Best way to balance 4 spike speakers Or get Soundocity outriggers. That's going to be my next purchase. It's difficult to get all 4 cones to pierce the carpet to the underflooring and remain level. It's even more difficult with Mirage OMD-series speakers because the the top of the sp... | |
| Old tapes reveal how BAD FM became I bought my first stereo in 1972 and by 1975 I was working in a high end stereo store. Back then FM was a serious source of high fidelity. AM was for top 40, FM was for classical, jazz, and album rock (with the same high standards of dynamic range... | |
| Upscaling Speakers, Downscaling Amp...What to Do? Which class D amps have you heard? Just curious. I love ARC's tube gear, but I heard their new class D amp a couple years ago and wasn't all that impressed. I keep holding out hope that some class D's claims will be true. E.g., I'd love it if the ... | |
| Upscaling Speakers, Downscaling Amp...What to Do? Given that the Perspectives' twin woofers will make a bigger demand on the amp's bass control, switching amps along with the speakers may be a good idea anyway. Since Rogue has already passed your "proof of concept" tests, check out a pair of Rogu... | |
| ADS L1090 or HPM 100's 01-22-12: RicplayaI run (a Marantz) 2270, so you think I need more power? I can just run the Marantz into a high powered amp, like a pre-amp?I was thinking about the bennefits of a phono pre-amp, but your suggestion would eliminate that? I really ... | |
| In Search of a Passive Subwoofer Amplifier You didn't mention a budget. Off the top of my head it seems that a Red Dragon M-1000 would be a powerful, economic choice that would deliver lots of speed, power, current, and clarity. | |
| Floorstanders for small room 10x10ft A near perfect speaker for your situation would be the Mirage OS3FS floorstander. It is very transparent and dynamic and has a room-filling dispersion pattern. The only thing is if you want bass into the 30's you'll need a sub or two. They have a ... | |
| ADS L1090 or HPM 100's 01-21-12: Ricplaya...They (L-1090's) are a completely different animal then the L570s, there is no reason to run anything else with the 1090s. I can't imagine if they were bi-amped how good they would sound!Except that it would take significant mo... | |
| New Speakers for $2000 01-21-12: ToddnkayaNot to be sarcastic, but it seems like the OP's wish list encompasses all of the great attributes of a perfect speaker system. Ok so he said he did not need bass slam. I would think that there are many 20,000 speakers that could... | |
| Onkyo A-9555 amp + Totem Model 1 Availability of the A-9555 seems to come and go. A month or two ago they were still listed on Amazon. Now they're unavailable. If you Google, however, you'll find a few online vendors offering them anywhere from $400 all the way up to their list p... |