johnnyb53
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| Which used speakers in the 5K range? How about something from Martin Logan? IIRC the woofers are in sealed enclosures and the electrostatic panels are covered by perforated steel grills. Plus you can get some seriously high resolution high end sound from them. | |
| KEF Q 900 ....... Any experience ? Another +1 for drubin's observation. I just read a href=http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/kef3/1.html>6Moons review of the KEF R900 where the reviewer summarized this observation very well:Progress over the last few years has favored loudspeak... | |
| Sonus Faver Grand Piano ... and spell it as "Sonus Faber" or people using search engines won't find your listing.You can also get an idea of workable selling prices by looking for closed eBay auctions for that item. Are these the Concerto Grand Piano or Grand Piano Domus... | |
| KEF Q 900 ....... Any experience ? Ever since I read TAS's rave review of the KEF Blade, I've been looking around for a lower cost alternative. I think the xQ series would have quieter cabinets, however. For good prices, check out Accessories4less. | |
| Which used speakers in the 5K range? You need to find something with hard-to-remove perforated metal grilles. That's what's great about many ADS loudspeakers including the M12s and M15s, but they're long out of production and it could get problematic if you do have to replace the twe... | |
| I just heard the Wilson Alexandria XLF's Wednesday ^^^Yes, there's nothing like the best recorded source with the fewest generations of copies and mixdowns between the event and the playback medium. The first time I heard a Sheffield D2D was on a portable Zenith record player. In 1975 the stereo s... | |
| improving bass on large floorstanders.... 07-24-12: Phasecorrectwhat are some affordable bass traps?Take your original tower speaker boxes, stuff them with wadded up newspaper, and stick them in the corners. That's the most affordable version I know of. I first read that recommendation in... | |
| Which used speakers in the 5K range? Why do you feel that the Alto Utopias can't be around your kids? They weigh 167 lbs. each and would be very hard to tip. They are also tall enough that smaller kids wouldn't be able to reach the tweeters to poke dents in them (though that changes ... | |
| improving bass on large floorstanders.... Getting your speakers situated and leveled with spikes is essential. You can't hear whatever bass your speakers are capable of without them. Getting the speaker positions balanced between optimum soundstage and just-right room boundary bass reinfo... | |
| Tall Tower Speakers for $10-14k Oh, and how could we forget the Magnepan 20.7? A whopping 6'7" tall for a relatively modest list price of $13,850. | |
| rear firing tweeters.... A common denominator in much of this is design engineer Kevin Voecks, who designed the original Mirage line all the way into the beginning of the M-1 bipolar. Early Voecks designs at Mirage also had rear-firing drivers. Then he moved on to Snell (... | |
| Tall Tower Speakers for $10-14k Hey, Go BIG! | |
| Tall Tower Speakers for $10-14k Tyler Decade D10 or D20Dybaudio Confidence C2 II or C2 SignatureVienna Acoustics MahlerSonus Faber Elipsa if you shop around and cut a deal | |
| System needs more watts?? How big is the room?With a sensitivity of 89 dB and 75 wpc, plus 3dB for a stereo pair and another 2dB for room gain, this setup as is should be able to hit clean peaks around 112 dB at 1M away or 106 dB at 2M away. I like having 150 wpc or more, ... | |
| Best speakers to "abuse" for around $2k ? 07-20-12: MapmanUsing a more modern amp with higher damping factor 50 or greater might help with CV bass as well.Frat-boy speakers were most likely powered by a frat-boy receiver--some over-sized walnut-encased monstrosity with more knobs than you... |