johnnyb53
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| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? You'll think I'm crazy but for me it's a 1981 Heathkit AA-1600. It's an A/B, rated at 120 wpc but probably 180 (it weighs over 40 lbs) and it's simply unbelievable. I picked this thing up in the used section of a local audio store. It's 30 years o... | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? My first stereo was an Altec-Lansing 911A compact in 1972 for $419 (about $2160 in today's money). It aspired to rare heights for a compact--it incorporated a (slightly de-tuned) Altec 44 wpc receiver, Garrard SL95B (their top line consumer deck u... | |
| Best preamp under $1000 for HOMC? You'll get more answers in the Analog forum. In the meantime, what's your budget? The HOMC is sort of a redheaded stepchild given that it's output is too low for a regular MM/MI output and too high for a typical LOMC. Therefore I recommend somethi... | |
| Musical, Warm and Smooth bookshelfs under 500 I think the no-brainer here is the AudioEngine A5+. The "Plus" includes wireless remote and a boost to the internal amp to 50wpc rms/75wpc peak. Sensitive to highs? Silk dome tweeter. Linearity and clarity? 1" thick mdf cab walls--unheard of at th... | |
| Prior or current owners of PSB Stratus Gold What are your current upstream components and cabling? Any speaker can sound more detailed if the upstream componentry is faster--i.e., has wider bandwidth and faster rise time. I suspect that if you bi-amp with wide bandwidth Oddysey amps and Kim... | |
| Ohm Micro Walsh Talls spkrs vs Totem Arro or Hawk? I have been listening to bipolar and omnidirectional Mirage loudspeakers for 15 years, and have been extremely satisfied with the OMD-15s for the past three. These were originally $2500/pair (more in the price range of the Ohm 2000's), but are ava... | |
| Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle? Yes! Live concerts with a great orchestra and venue are da bomb! I grew up in Cincinnati, and Music Hall is one of the best sounding old school concert halls in America. It's very similar to Boston's Symphony Hall, definitely considered one of the... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix 11-23-11: LightminerI'd believe that - a pair of F212's seems to be the current state of the art from what I've read, never heard them....I still think its crazy that we are doing this for 16 - 45 Hz, but on those few tracks, it sure does make a g... | |
| Collecting Within One Brand I'm a Mirage addict. I bought my first pair, M5si's, in Oct. 1996. Over time I've turned that pair into a 7.1 surround system including a 400w 2x8 subwoofer. In the living room I have a stereo pair of OMD-15 floorstanders augmented by an MM8 sub (... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix 11-21-11: LightminerHsu has a new subwoofer ... called the VTF-15H ... [which] ... has a 'sealed mode' (meaning --> quick/fast) *and* it has extensive tunability features that may make it so we can tune it to a more panel-friendly state.SVS als... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 09-19-11: MikescleeLike the new 3.7 but would like to add a subwoofer for that 20hz low. Would like to know what's the best sub to go with it. There are several powered subs that would do what you're looking for. You'll want a sub with a special d... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 11-21-11: Epsilonmaninfinity made planar speakers in the 70's too, i'm talking about the newest magnepan designs with the aluminum traces glued to Mylar 1.7's,3.7's, infinity had that type of planars in the 80's that's why ... etc. Infinity abando... | |
| Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle? 11-06-11: IrvrobinsonSo, Johnk, just curious, what in music generates such bass pressures? I was just at the symphony last night, and it is remarkable how little bass a symphony orchestra generates during a typical program.Maybe your seat wasn't t... | |
| Well Tempered Amadeus Options I'll bet you could platform the standard Amadeus on a heavy butcher block cutting board for $96 and it would make any difference between the two turntable versions go away. I have my SL1210 M5G on one (with Vibrapod cones above and silicone gel pa... | |
| Musical, Warm and Smooth bookshelfs under 500 At your budget you don't need to settle for the PSB Alpha; you could afford the Image B5 or Image B6. Don't let the titanium tweeters scare you. I've been listening to titanium dome tweeters in my Mirage speakers for 15 years and they are sweet, l... |