johnnyb53
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| Subwoofer size for 1500 cubic foot room I have to put in here for the Mirage mm8. They list at $800 each but you could easily get two from Vann's (which is an authorized dealer with return privilege and full factory warranty) for $700. This is well within your budget, and if you're not ... | |
| Isolation/Vibration control advise for a phono pre Start with Herbies Tube Damping Rings if there is space for them. This will help quell microphonics that otherwise might be picked up from the transformer. Then you might want to fix some sound dampening material to the chassis and/or cover to red... | |
| Why amps, pre-amps, integrated amps??? 12-07-11: Orpheus10"Hi end" audio is all about diminishing returns. All separate and mono blocks yield the ultimate audio when this is what your ears require, and you listen to music enough to justify the expense.It's not necessarily more expensiv... | |
| subs for Sonus Faber Cremona M floor standing No, IMHO the Cremona subs is not the best " road " even that because is a Sonus Faber product that could means synergy. Take this as a true statement is a mistake: synergy IMHO is understand the specific needs of those speakers and the subs that m... | |
| Bandwidth question? I personally find that amps with a usable bandwidth out to 150 KHz hit a sweet spot for speed, clarity, and transparency without opening up the can of worms that ultra-wide bandwidth introduces nor the too-sweet, closed-in sound of amps that just ... | |
| Why amps, pre-amps, integrated amps??? Interviews with audio electronics designers often turn to the importance of power supplies. I've seen this in interviews with James Bongiorno concerning the Ampzilla in the '70s, Paul Gower of PS Audio, and several others. Transformers vibrate and... | |
| subs for Sonus Faber Cremona M floor standing Sonus Faber makes a Cremona Subwoofer M in their Cremona Collection.That seems like a good place to start for system matching. | |
| Which active speaker for under $650. Look into the self-powered KRK Rokit series, whichever would fit your room size and budget. These are very musical speakers, not edgy like many inexpensive monitors. The founder of KRK is an audiophile. Note that prices are per speaker, so the clo... | |
| Onkyo a-10 + mirage? I don't have direct experience with that Onkyo, but it's my understanding that it has a pretty substantial power supply. I do have direct experience with the M7si. I have lived with a pair of M5si's for 15 years, and also put together an HT system... | |
| subs for Sonus Faber Cremona M floor standing JLs not only have beastly build quality, they have a suite of controls and features to blend the sub with your speakers *and* the room--adjustment controls for continuously variable phase control over a wide range, volume, crossover, a polarity sw... | |
| How to "break-in" new speakers?? Mirage also warns against playing new speakers loudly until they've completed the break-in period of around 100 hours. 100 hours is 2/3 of a week at 24 hours/day. If you listen 2 hours a day it would take almost 2 months to complete initial break-... | |
| Adding a sub - what will I loose? 12-02-11: DbphdI'm not sure what's meant by fast in the LF range where wave lengths are long. Perhaps it means the sub is farther from the listener than the mains, but most processors let you account for speaker distances during setup.Fast in the ... | |
| Adding a sub - what will I loose? 12-02-11: TghooperMy plan is to use two small 8" subs. Found a good deal on Sunfire HRS-8 that's within my budget. My listening room is 12x16 with 13' ceilings. I use a pair of Mirage MM8's, which are 8" drivers and passive radiators in a 9" cube.... | |
| Adding a sub - what will I loose? It seems that adding another piece of equipment to the audio chain would degrade the sound quality to the main speakers (air, immediacy, the mid range, etc). Or am I way off here??Currently have a preamp with no sub-out and low output tube amp. Pl... | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? 11-29-11: Kirkus--->SAE was also founded by James Bongiorno who founded G.A.S. and also co-designed the Dynaco 400. I thought Bongiorno was just one of several people who designed different SAE products (not one of the founders), but I may be w... |