jonwolfpell
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| Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped? That Harmon Kardon 730 receiver was an excellent piece of equipment! Assuming it’s functioning as originally intended, I’ll bet within its power ratings, it sounds better than any receiver today & can hold its own vs many amps that don’t cost ... | |
| Live versus Recorded & Reproduced Music I agree that large venues with giant speaker systems set up in an array generally sound terrible, too loud, hard & annoying. I don’t go to large venues any longer for this reason. I saw the Grateful Dead twice in the 70’s & it was still th... | |
| Folk/Rock choices that are well recorded Eva Cassidy’s Songbird is a live recording in a small nightclub & sounds excellent on Qobuz. Some of the most beautiful female vocals you’ll ever hear from a super talented musician. Sad one folk, done blues, some older classics. Very realisti... | |
| Setup Speakers Along Long Wall? With the potential cost of good cables, I might first look into what’s going on w/ your turntable & why there’s a problem ? I use that cartridge but not familiar w/ the Technics. My Basis table / Vector arm is likely substantially better than ... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Assuming the definition of dynamic “range “is the difference between the softest sounds & the loudest ones a speaker is capable of without minimal distortion, then high efficiency speakers don’t necessarily have a greater range. How dynamic th... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? Snell A -II’s in the early 80’s for their deep, tight bass & full sound like few others back then. My brother’s Proac EBS’s around the same time for their great midrange & 3 dimensional imaging w/ Conrad Johnson tubes. Finally, my Volti A... | |
| The new dynamic in speaker pricing Work hard, save your money & spend it on what you like. Despite what Robert Harley says, there is clearly a law of diminishing returns in hi fi like everything else. You can get 80% of the "way" there for "reasonable" $ in cars, bicycles, hi... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Lonemountain- why did you arbitrarily start at 102 db volume for the high efficiency speaker but 86 db for the lower one? The more efficient one can also of course play @ an 86 db level using a small fraction of a watt & thus probably w/ extre... | |
| Have you ever solved a high end audio issue using non-audio technology? Or, visa versa? I bought some heavy duty equipment vibration control pads for under the 4 rectangular feet on my Volti Rivals (135lbs.) They are made of a dense closed cell foam sandwiched between two pieces of rubber. I have a large room with long floor joists t... | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One Many good ones mentioned. I also really like Harold & Maude for the timeless Cat Stevens songs. Pretty good movie too. | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS Another vote for Innuos Zenith Mark III. Simple, solid, easy to use w/ their iPad app, rips CD’s quickly & most importantly, sounds excellent! Sounds very close to my very good Basis turntable, Vector arm & Hana cartridge set up ! | |
| Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp) I did not see anyone mention any tubed amps. I purchased a Rogers High Fidelity EHF 200 Mark II integrated direct from Rogers that was a trade in to him for his really big amp for right about your price range. Full Lifetime warranty!100+ all class... | |
| My thoughts on the HiFi Rose 150B I don’t understand why you need a touchscreen display or any for that matter on a music / video server? I use my iPhone or iPad to control all of the functions on my Innuos Zenith from the couch & never have to get up unless I want to rip a CD... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Another recommendation for Triode Wire Labs.Handmade to order by Pete in Massapequa Park, NY. Excellent quality, sound great & reasonably priced. | |
| Line Array VS Traditional Box Speakers, Why not just get the line array ? Sounds like a good horn loaded speaker system is what you’re looking for. They can offer the dynamic range of a live performance like no other type of speaker can. They can play very loudly without heroically priced & sized amps, start & s... |