jon_5912
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| Subwoofers and electrostatic speakers Magnepan is coming out with a sub that is intended for dipole speakers. Sounds promising. https://hifiplus.com/articles/magnepan-lrs-ultra-wideband-bass-system-woofer-turning-heads/ | |
| Thiel Owners This is an absurd bargain if you live in the area. MCS1 x 3 and a pair of the SCS3 for $699. https://www.ebay.com/itm/266382945012?hash=item3e05a92af4:g:RewAAOSw8Xxk2ROk&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4G0sDcLtl5nUSpbKSbcCHdKr3Bocsem7W6JoxGtjVG... | |
| Thiel Owners The 2.7s definitely aren't down 3db at 23 hz. Stereophile says 35 which sounds right. https://www.stereophile.com/content/thiel%E2%80%99s-new-cs27 | |
| Best speakers for classic rock oops, I meant 3k for both or 5k for both, not one of each. | |
| Best speakers for classic rock Speakers can excel more at one genre than another because of different requirements in volume and bass. This becomes blindingly obvious when you take it to an extreme. Say a speaker needs to be able to do 120db at 20hz and can't cost more than 3... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often "vertically integrated speaker makers enjoy financial benefits over those which are not" Benefits but also disadvantages. There's no way to say which is bigger without a lot of detail. They've got to buy machinery to make drivers, hire people t... | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often "the speaker makers ALWAYS increase their profit margins by going to in house parts" How could you possibly know that? ATC went from using a fairly cheap tweeter in their top speakers to manufacturing a very sophisticated tweeter in-house. I'd ... | |
| Thiel Owners I'm listening to Chick Corea and Gary Burton Tiny Desk Concert on my Thiel Viewpoints. I'm listening nearfield. It's youtube, I'm sure low bit rate or whatever but it's so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15IHNYq6stw | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Have you tried listening nearfield? That's the first thing I'd try in your situation. I listen a lot with the speakers 2-3 feet from my head and there's a lot to be said for this. You get much better punch from small woofers when they're close.... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium All of the talk of box materials is interesting. I do like metal boxes. On the other hand, if I wanted to make a completely rigid box I could go to Home Depot and get some MDF and porcelain floor tiles and make a box that'd be just as rigid for ... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! I've had my Thiel 3.7s since 2012 and have zero interest in changing until they break and can't be repaired. I've also got a pair of ATC 110s I bought in 2014 from a classified ad. They had been part of a portable stage setup for an orchestra. ... | |
| Active ATC vs Spendor / Pass Labs I've got two "main" systems. One has ATC active 110s and the other Thiel 3.7s. I love both systems. The ATCs are capable of dynamic linearity. They don't stop getting louder when they need to. Super clean midrange, accurate bass. If you want... | |
| How rare is an audiophile Younger audio enthusiasts are into headphone rigs. Who can blame them. Not everybody's going to have tens of thousands for stereo stuff. When I went looking into headphones I realized the interest was by younger guys on youtube rather than old ... | |
| How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment? If I were seriously trying to do this I think I'd try something involving a mousetrap. Not to hurt the cat, just to startle the crap out of it. They seem to startle very easily. They're also deathly afraid of cucumbers. https://www.youtub... | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? Back in the days when there were bookstores you could go to the men's magazine section and compare it to the women's magazine section. Men and Women don't have remotely similar interests, generally speaking. Of course audio always has been and a... |