jon_5912
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| Missing the Old Days I'm a big fan of bigger woofers that aren't crossed over too low as well. In my mind 8" is the minimum woofer size that can give decent punch. 10" or more is better. A pair of 8" woofers is still fairly common and that can come close to a singl... | |
| Missing the Old Days Cerwin Vega is still around. JBL has some models available from MusicDirect.com that you might like. Klipsch is everywhere and they still make some pretty big floorstanders that I'm sure rock pretty hard. If I were looking for some big rocking ... | |
| Thiel Owners prof, you need to listen to just your sub without the speakers playing. Use the online tone generator to see if the sub is producing sound at midrange frequencies. If it is, something is probably wrong with it or the setup. In my opinion it's i... | |
| Thiel Owners I've wondered why I've found that using speaker level inputs on a sub frequently sound better to me than using the low level or sub inputs. In some cases, it's definitely been that the line-level source I was using couldn't run the two sets of in... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? So, yes it's obvious there is a heavy amount of subjectivity in this hobby. But I don't think it is entirely insurmountable subjectivityThis ambiguity surrounding what is subjective/objective and how people react to it makes this hobby great for ... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? This has been a stunning display of transparent nonsense. It boils down to a sales pitch similar to "all the cool kids are smoking lucky strikes, you should too." We have right-brained vs. left-brained and musical vs. amusical. People have to d... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? This is illustrating why I'm in camp one. I don't have the patience for all of the navel gazing and tail chasing that goes into trying to come up with my own personal definition of musical. It's obviously subjective. It's the perfect amount of ... | |
| Good Used Speakers ($8K-10K) For A Little Listening Room Room correction helps but it will not solve the problem. It won't stop the room from having resonant frequencies. If you eq the peaks flat it will sound weird because you have to make huge cuts. Bass traps will actually reduce the peaks/valleys... | |
| Good Used Speakers ($8K-10K) For A Little Listening Room I'd definitely look into active pro monitors that are intended for nearfield use. Not only do they sound their best up close but they have active woofers that create inherently tighter bass. Focal SM9, ATC SCM25 and a bunch of others in the rang... | |
| speakers with balls I agree with the JBL recommendations. Magnepan isn't a good rock speaker really. I don't know the Gallos but generally speaking, you want a large woofer that isn't crossed over too low. I'd guess those Gallos are crossing over to the woofer at ... | |
| Ideas on amp for Thiel Why do you think the amp is the problem? | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics Something very directional like Magnepans would decrease the echo but they have a smaller sweet spot. Any conventional box speaker will have the echo. Something with a small midrange will have more even dispersion so the echo should be less obje... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? @Prof I think your point combined with "do you think we are investing thousands and thousands of dollars in matching equipment to make the Personas especially the 9H's sound great if it wasn't necessary?" demonstrates to all reasonable people that... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? I recently decided I wanted a new preamp. I have a Bryston bp25 that I've had for 10+ years and a benchmark dac2 that I'm using directly into amps in another system. After reading a ton the last few months I've re-concluded a decade later that t... | |
| Thiel Owners I blew a mid on my 3.7s listening to Beethoven. It's just so crankable. I was underpowered at the time. I added a second amp and run bridged mono now with around 7-800w/channel into 4 ohms and haven't had a problem since. That was about 6 year... |