jtgofish
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| Upgrade from Spendor BC-1: need ideas I have owned a few BC1 type speakers and have enjoyed them all.B&W DM2s,Rogers Export Monitors and Tangent RS4s all have a similar drivers and sound.I owned the RS4s for many years and foolishly sold them.There is just something right about th... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I have to concurr with SteveM.I have tried TJ meshplate PX4s,EH 300Bs and TJ meshplate 300Bs in my Cabernet.The TJ 300Bs are vastly better.They have utterly amazing treble and a lovely double cream sort of richness without any loss in vibrancy.In ... | |
| ESS speakers "Translinear" Transstatic Sunnyjim,interesting stuff.I have some Crown ES212s which use similar RTR made stat panels.The Crowns use 12 5inch stat panels arranged in a curved screen 3 high by 4 wide.The bass [below 350hz] is handled by two ten inch woofers in a sealed box.E... | |
| Tips for warming up Rotel + B&W system? StuartK,It is possible that one of your speakers is out of phase.This would cause a lightweight bright sound.Even if they are wired up correctly there is a chance that one or more elements are incorrectly connected.Most obvious would be one of the... | |
| Tips for warming up Rotel + B&W system? I would try Van Den Hul carbon fibre interconnects [The First or First Ultimate]Also solid core copper speaker cables.The lesson?Never buy a system until you have heard it in your room.JT | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? Mdhoover,fair enough,you have convinced me these Intuitive Design speakers must be something special.I don't know if I will ever get to hear a pair in Australia though[imagine the shipping costs].As far as speed and smoothness goes I tend to agree... | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? Mdhoover,great review.Are the mid/woofers in these the Scanspeak 7 inch?Friends used these in Proac 2.5 copies.If so I can imagine the sound.They do produce a very full sounding bass and a smooth and rich sounding midrange with good imaging.Proac ... | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? Mdhoover,I just looked at the Intuitive Design website.I'm not saying your wrong .How could you not believe such a spiel?Very compelling stuff and obviously great science involved[cryogenics even]Almost as good science as Intelligent Design.JT | |
| Best subwoofer to complement my system. The real key to easier sub integration is either using a speaker with bass which runs to only around 60hz,or using a high pass crossover on your speakers to cut off bass below this level.I'm not saying this will help in every situation but it is a... | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? Small speakers should not sound big.Trying to make them sound big gives them a fake sounding bass which detracts from their potential for purity of sound.[More excursion equals worse midrange]You are best off with a small speaker that only goes to... | |
| Lowther in bass reflex or Cain Abby Darkmoebius,Thanks for such a comprehensive reply.Nice to respond to somebody with such great taste in music.I have not heard the non wizzer Fostex.I should give them a try.Also I have not tried the FE 166 because of its very limited bass but alwa... | |
| Lowther in bass reflex or Cain Abby Interesting comments.I have always prefered warmer sounding speakers like Spendor and electrostats.So by comparison the Lowthers are cold.The Fostex are colder still.I have also used a Coral 10 inch which I rate ahead of the Fostex.Maybe we have d... | |
| Lowther in bass reflex or Cain Abby In my experience these types of speakers are very cold sounding.If you like speakers that emote you probably need to look elsewhere.The Goodmans Axiom 80 is the exception to this however.Many of us have been down the single driver path.You can enj... | |
| Tweeters, Scanspeak or Seas Combining soft domes and ribbons is probably the best way to go.You get both warmth and delicacy.The Fountek ribbons seem to work well with domes although I have friends who use Ravens in this manner.Dali is now using this combination in some of t... | |
| Chinese Loudspeakers ARE GOOD If you are an American you should not buy Chinese goods because they might come from exploited workers.Fair enough!But this is a bit rich coming from a society that exploits 11 million "illegal" migrants and a large percentage of its own populatio... |