knotscott
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| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway I'm also in the camp that prefers to run my main speakers full range, and just use to sub to augment the bottom octave or so. Some male vocals can go down near 60hz, and are best reproduced by your main speakers so the fundamental notes plus the... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? @ dill ... The only test that matters is the person doing the listening, in their own system with their own music. Theories and opinions by others are irrelevant. Yep...pretty much sums up most audio discussions. IMHO, it’s important to tr... | |
| Enjoying "Affordable" Equipment There’s a lot of really good affordable gear. It’s wonderful when it gets discovered and enjoyed. There’s not necessarily a direct correlation between sound quality and money spent. I’ve never had much of an audio budget to work with, yet somehow ... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? It’s kinda funny....I’ve wanted every single set of cables I’ve ever installed in my system to sound like "The Ones", yet several sets hang on the wall of my basement shop, got passed on my boys, or got resold, because once all the excitement and ... | |
| Anyone experience any Op amp rolling? About two years ago I was doing some mods to my Hagerman Bugle 3 phono stage, and definitely experimented with several in different op amp positions of that circuit. Other than upgrading the single op amp in a cheap Pyle phono section, the Hagerm... | |
| "The Art of Speaker Design" by Lynn Olson I’ve not read articles by Lynn Olson, but may thanks to your lead. Years ago, Vance Dickason Loudspeaker Design Cookbook was my go-to speaker reference. (Al Gore had invented the internet yet) Some go points made above. Speaker design is both fa... | |
| Totem Forrest - old but still good The Seas H400 can be exceptional. Not too difficult to tame at all. Not that there aren't better options now, but it can be really good. | |
| Totem Forrest - old but still good Good design and good parts can stay fashionable for decades. 😎 | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? I doubt that high efficiency speakers and good low level detail are absolutes. It’s likely more important that things like the amp being a good match to drive the speaker impedance, the system has good resolution, and that phase coherency and over... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread @alightronics Well, you at least got me to look. I was largely unimpressed with the pricing until I realized they were 2-packs....12BH7 and 12AX7 added to my watchlist. 😎 | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread Given the ridiculous price of tubes these days, how about doing the unthinkable? Make a premium sounding highly reliable tube sold at a discount to all competitor's prices. It'd be a revelation, and you'd dominate the market. (just a thought...😎) | |
| Changing a speaker color Never tried vinyl, but it sounds plausible. In 1990, I took my raw MDF cabinets to a classic car painter. He sanded, filled, primed, sanded some more, and applied coats of black and clear lacquer. Aside from a few inevitable minor dings, the pain... | |
| If you had to choose... All well regarded choices, but it's such a personal choice. I'd be sure to at least hear them, preferably in your room before parting with the ATCs. | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better I understand the simplicity, and especially time savings. Passive crossovers can take a long time to evaluate, change, burn in, re-evaluate, etc. ...But...there are pro and cons with every option, and like most things, execution of a given princip... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? The dealer may change their mind if the amp sits on his premise for months without a bite. |