johnnyb53
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| Entry level turntable Audio Technica AT-120-USB, under $250, DD, solidly built, built-in phono preamp, USB interface and A/D converter. It even has adjustable tonearm height and now comes with the reasonably musical AT95E cartridge.Includes built-in switchable power 11... | |
| Budget 2-ch vinyl playback system? 08-01-13: KooshballaThanks, this is good info.04-16-14: Pacmi03Rega RP1Rega Brio RI hope after 8-1/2 months the OP figured it out. | |
| most clear, crisp sound power amps, monoblocks ? 04-13-14: CsontosI wonder how many of the bozos here have read the first response. Could there possibly be any insight you could glean from it? You know, like if you tried really really hard.And how many "bozos" have noticed that the OP has not we... | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? In the last 20 or 25 years, it has certainly not been a huge priority of high end to get extremely loud playback at low distortion levels. Producers have been fixated on imaging, pretty female vocals, lots of deep bass, and maybe above all "high d... | |
| Loudspeaker dispersion- Just thinking out loud here .... Most tweeters have 1 inch domes or diaphram. At what frequency would that type of tweeter start to beam? As the frequency approaches the diaphram diameter, the dispersion narrows. In the case of the 1" tweeter--bar... | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? Listener fatigue also comes from digital artifacts such as jitter and bad phase relationship, and from tweeters that suffer from excessive overshoot, ringing, and "oilcan" resonances. It can also come from a persistent strong "one note" resonance,... | |
| Sexiest Speakers My taste runs more to the slat-constructed Sonus Faber floorstanders such as the Sonus Faber Aida. I also like the Amati Futura, the Cremona Elipsa and the now-discontinued Cremona M. First choice for color, violin red followed by maple. | |
| Revel F208s vs Cremona M vs B&W 803/804 D You say you're looking for "musical." Have you auditioned some Sonus Faber Olympicas or Cremona Ms? | |
| Loudspeaker dispersion- 04-04-14: Bob_reynoldsHere's my guess...Put one driver on a baffle and you should have the same dispersion horizontally and vertically. Place a second driver vertically adjacent to the first driver and vertical dispersion will suffer.Yes, and doub... | |
| Loudspeaker dispersion- What are the speakers? Most panel speakers (e.g., electrostatics, planar magnetics) have very limited vertical dispersion, which is why they make them tall. Some speakers have wave guides that determine the dispersion pattern. A tightly spaced ver... | |
| Subwoofer Newbie Looking for Recommendations Sorry, I didn't see this thread until today. I have heard Mag 20.1s paired with a pair of JL Fathom F212s. The sound was choherent and seamless. The sub was undetectable as a separate entity while providing strength, extension, and dynamics from 4... | |
| I have no idea what these speakers are worth Here is a forum thread about a guy who got a pair of University Ultra 1's on eBay for $9.99.You can also check eBay from time to time to see what that model of Pioneer generally goes for. It looks like it's $100/pair tops, and mostly I'm only seei... | |
| Looking for "realistic" speakers I love my 1.7s. They sound so right that the initially imposing frontal area just blends in with the room now, leaving me with very realistic, musical, and involving sound for a mere $2K. Well, I do augment them with a pair of little sealed 8" sub... | |
| Revel F208s vs Cremona M vs B&W 803/804 D ...Or are you saying that the cremonas are just more forgiving in general, including recordings not in hd?The Cremona Ms have excellent resolution and transparency, yet somehow manage to sound very musical and involving with well-chosen lower-pric... | |
| Looking for "realistic" speakers ^^^ ... well, true enough, but the Cremona M is a $10K speaker now available on the lightly used market for $6K. Reviews can't capture how the Cremona Ms put a smile on your face, even when driven by the right $1K integrated amp. It is one fast an... |