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| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll add these artists that are new to me within the past couple of years: Alison Krauss - She’s great as solo artist, with her band Union Station, or with Robert Plant. Sarah Jarosz Patricia Barber | |
| What type of speaker would sound better? 2 way allways have a midrange hole Not the case. Some speakers with a very large woofer mated to a tweeter that doesn’t play low perhaps, but most 5-8" woofers can mate seamlessly with many tweeters. Their downside would be tend to be limite... | |
| What type of speaker would sound better? There are great and poor examples of all kinds of speaker designs, so it depends. I’ll take better parts and better design any day over more of something lesser. Better parts and better design at a given price point tend to lean more towards neu... | |
| Bass management--high/low pass filtering Many subs have active high pass crossovers. Lots of people use this configuration. My setup has a separate preamp/amps....I split the preamp output signal and sent part of the signal to an active low pass crossover set at 63hz that then feeds th... | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? The first time I watched one of Danny’s videos I agreed with a lot of his views on parts quality and general speaker principals. He’s always struck me as calling it like he sees it. He’s says positive things where applicable, and points out prob... | |
| 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... |