kalali
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| Auditioning Magnepan MMGi's and 1.7i's (and possibly the 3.7i's) on Monday Contrary to what you said, in my experience the Magnepans have an extremely poor horizontal dispersion and will also require careful attention to the choice of amplifier and cabling in order to make them sound good. They also require significantly... | |
| Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? "It depends on the wires which should be copper and the electronics, it took me years to get them to sound my best."You're a lot more patient than most folks here and probably a perfectionist. I would give it a month and then move on to something ... | |
| Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing audiosens, what type of floor do you have, e.g., hardwood on suspending floor, concrete, carpet over concrete, etc., etc.?The type of flooring makes a big difference in the outcome. | |
| Getting into Tube Equipment Regarding references to the Tekton 4 ohm speakers, why would one pick a 4 ohm version of the same speaker instead of an 8 ohm? Any advantages? I don't think I've ever seen an amplifier that prefers a lower load. | |
| Floor standing speaker isolation advice needed. If you already have the spikes in place, you can consider using the Herbies with the brass fitting for the spike and the decoupler attached. I like the spring idea but finding ones with the right compliance to create a stable platform might be a l... | |
| Aerial 10T's in the house... If you want to stay with McIntosh, you could look for an MC2500 or even MC2300. | |
| Power tube temperature rob, thanks for the tip on tubes. I’ll take a look at their spec sheet to see if they are viable substitutes. I don’t have the circuit diagram for the amp so all I could do was poke around with the voltmeter inside the unit, with extreme care of ... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? “I use it on the bass but for mids and highs I use ofc copper.”george, are you referring to the ICs or speaker cables? Just intrigued on how you route the bass and the treble separately between the components. By the way, my (limited) experience w... | |
| Aerial 10T's in the house... Congratulations. There’s something special about the way large box speakers move the air and I’m about to make a similar leap from my MLs as well....almost pulled the trigger on a pair of model 6s that came up for sale locally but they’re gone in ... | |
| Getting into Tube Equipment ^^^^ Words of wisdom derived from experience, as always. | |
| Floor standing speaker isolation advice needed. Based on what I’ve read, if the floor is cement or tile, covered with carpet or not, it’s best to couple the speakers with the hard floor using spikes, direct or through the carpet. If the floor is suspended and is covered with hardwood, e.g., bas... | |
| To bridge or not to bridge ? So the idea is, 1) leave the negative side strap in place and only connect one negative terminal, I assume either high frequency or low frequency, and 2) remove the positive side strap and connect both positive terminals? I suspect one could rever... | |
| Aric Audio Systems Unlimited Preamp Congratulations. It should get better as the capacitors (and the tubes) break in. Coincidentally, there is a thread discussing the differences in the sound quality between using a passive (or direct connection) vs. an active preamp and your experi... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Here we go again, turning this into another preamp or no preamp thread...george, we have heard your arguments ad nauseam. Let's not go through them one more time...., please. | |
| Power tube temperature sfar, thank you so much for your input. I feel a lot better knowing that sort of high temperature is not too far out of wack. I’m going to call Richard at Sophia and see if he has any suggestions or perhaps ship the unit to him for further trouble... |