jon_5912
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| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? I had the amp from my 2006 DD18 repaired just in the last few weeks. I used "the amp man" who you can find on ebay. I was somewhat surprised it could still be fixed but I had it back in about a week and couldn't be happier. Total cost to me was... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay I just got the best deal ever on ebay. I've been buying cheap little subs because I want to try out the multiple sub thing. The guy was selling it as "for parts or not working" because he couldn't test the speaker level inputs. He has a video a... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? China is following the pattern Japan did. Advance rapidly in a few decades and be very financially successful while having a very low birth rate. When you aren't spending resources on bringing up the next generation you can have incredible econo... | |
| When Will We Learn? I had a pair of Thiel Viewpoints destroyed in shipping. The price was great, the shipping was terrible. In retrospect I should have sent him the packaging. The price was so low it was clearly someone getting rid of something he didn't care abou... | |
| Inexpensive but decent 8" subwoofers I've been curious about using multiple subs for years so in the last year I've been buying cheap subs off ebay. There's a custom install only brand named Episode and I bought two of their 8 inch sealed subs and one sealed 10 inch model. I paid a... | |
| 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 ... |