josh358
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| So Many Apogees for sale, and so few takers One huge difference is that Maggies are still made, and supported by the company. They'll refurbish almost all of their speakers, even custom-build drivers for discontinued models if you need one, as I discovered when Fedex did a job on my Tympani... | |
| So Many Apogees for sale, and so few takers Unsound, I've heard some bad sound from Apogees as well. Some of the early models had voicing problems, and also differed within production runs. You can see this in the reviews and the response measurements. Overall performance and consistency im... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Hi Whart,No, not my 1-D's, which sold earlier. Strange story, which I won't go into here since I don't want to hijack the thread.I've been having an interesting conversation with the owner of the 1-D's that are up now. Well, interesting if you're ... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Emrritt,As it turns out, Magnepan does have a system of crating -- but they've found that customers won't pay even a little bit more for it. It seems that they know that Magnepan and the freight company will deal with a problem if it occurs, so th... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Emrritt,As it turns out, Magnepan does have a system of crating -- but they've found that customers won't pay even a little bit more for it. It seems that they know that Magnepan and the freight company will deal with a problem if it occurs, so th... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? I spent some time at the repair department when I visited the Magnepan factory a few months back. Just to answer a few questions, it's a separate department, not part of the regular production line although it's on the factory floor and interfaces... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? When Fedex mangled one of my Tympanis (forklift through the box), they paid not only for the repair but for the cost of shipping. I don't know if that would include a new shipping crate, but it can't hurt to ask.Not the first time I've had trouble... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? ""How do we know which componet is colored? Or if the source is colored? It has been suggested to me that EQ negatively alters the tonal balance of a speaker."Always a problem. I do three things:- Use well-recorded reference disks for system evalu... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? Drew, I agree. However, many audiophiles dislike tone controls. This I think is a shame because while they shouldn't be, recordings are all over the place, with some so hot that they're virtually unlistenable on a good system.From a speaker manufa... | |
| It's May, Has Anyone Actually Gotten a 20.7 Yet? I know some people have. Here's a thread, he's still waiting for them to burn in before reporting on them:http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=mug&m=189586 | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? The Harman research seems to correlate well with what audiophiles like, though. The main exceptions I can think of are planars, as John Atkinson pointed out in his article. Floyd Toole sheds some light on this in his book -- the Quads (57's?) test... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? Gregadd, funny that you mentioned John Atkinson's article because I was about to mention it when you asked whether measurements can predict colorations. What I was going to mention was in Part 3 of the article, though. Some of his conclusions:"Wha... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? I've always found that the best components are the most accurate ones, as measured by their ability to recreate something like an original performance."Analytical" components aren't always the most accurate in that respect. For example, a speaker ... | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? Hickory, I just wanted to add my voice to those who say that you'll get better depth if you have your speakers away from the wall. It will increase until they're about 15' out. The same thing is true of width and side walls. The reason for this is... | |
| RTR esr 15 info Interesting project. The 1-D's are close to my heart since I owned a pair for many years. And I remember the RTR's well.Here's an interesting illustration of the radiation pattern of straight and curved lines:http://www.xlrtechs.com/dbkeele.com/im... |