knotscott
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| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? It’s a matter of preference, room response, system character, and the bass in the recording. Ideally, it’s good for the system to reveal differences between recordings as opposed to having a constant bass characteristic/coloration, but nothing is... | |
| Garrard A70 Turntable I have a similar Garrard Type A MkII turntable. It's built like a tank, is pretty cool piece of nastalgia, but also has a complex record changing system, plus the tonearm is a fairly chunky, which ultimately is likely what keeps it well below the... | |
| Stereo to mono bridge/phase inverter for AVA ST70 amplifier Sorry, don't know about the phase inverter, but to get the equivalent of a pair of monoblocks, I'm running a single channel from two different Dyna/VTA 70 amps. I just removed the output tubes from the unused side, and also switched to a SS recti... | |
| $10 Dollar DAC Sounds Perfect? He's laughing all the way to the bank with every click.... | |
| Synergy Bingo! | |
| Best DAC you ever heard list. 1.Budget under 1k 2. Mid Under 5k 3. Cost no Object. Best DAC I’ve heard was a modified Oppo DAC with Convergent amps and Magico speakers.` My current modified SMSL C100 with MUSES02 opamp and linear regulated power supply is stellar, and should be incredibly competitive under a grand. All-in cos... | |
| Happy Easter to all that celebrate! Thanks, and happy Easter to you as well! | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Absolutely. I’ve run precious few NOS or vintage tubes in my amps/preamp over the years. Tung Sol, Gold Lion, and some EH and new issue Mullards have been sounding darn good to me. Even the modern tubes that I haven’t "loved" have been pretty p... | |
| Speaker choice without need for deep bass @asvjerry My Heil amts' can be crossed between 500~1K, so 950 may not be such a stretch. Really hinges on the woofer if just a 2way.... Agreed....there are some variables involved including Fs, x-over slope, and power handling characteristics ... | |
| Speaker choice without need for deep bass The NX Bravo crosses over to the tweeter at 950 Hz. That is an AWFUL lot of engergy going to the single tweeter at high listening levels. Perhaps true, but I think some of that lower output is achieved from the waveguide, and not just diaphrag... | |
| Speaker choice without need for deep bass What is out there, covering 50 and up (80 and up if needed) with lots of area for the low/mid? One of my audio buddies has the GR Research X-MTM Encore (which he loves). They have larger woofers and plenty of deep bass, but it made me think o... | |
| Speaker choice without need for deep bass It seems that your current setup has some similarities to mine - midbass/tweeter powered by small tubes amps with an inline filter @ 60hz, then bi-amped with a solid state amp/low pass active crossover @ 60hz that powers 8" woofers and active subs... | |
| Chinese DAC's I followed the advice of an audio buddy on AudioKarma.org, and got an SMSL C-100 (basically the SU-1 w/remote). I had a MUSES02 opamp installed in place of the OPA-1612, and added a linear regulated power supply. It has vastly improved separatio... | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area There are a lot of variables in play, very few absolutes, and pros and cons with every choice. Freedriver touched on the fact that larger drivers become directional at frequencies that are larger than the surface diameter. Implementation, setu... | |
| Anyone else constantly curious about amps? Rolling tubes is cheaper and less radical of a change. |