larryi
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| Integrated that blew you away My favorite integrated is the Synthesis Audio A 40 (40 wpc KT -66 tube) or their A 100 amp (100 wpc KT-66). Both have built in DACs that are good and remove control. The only major negative, to me, is a lack of balance control. I hang out at an... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nice choices. I like that Sinead O’Connor album and the 16 Horsepower album too. I particularly like 16 Horsepower’s second album “Low Estate.” | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. Do you have any dolls with a really creepy smile? | |
| ??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ??? Bird's Eye Maple is quite nice. I had a linestage whose wooden case was made of solid bird's eye maple (not a veneer). It was quite pretty. | |
| Cartridge Upgrade Recommendations I like the Cadenza Bronze too. In any of the various Ortofon lineups, I like the Bronze model over the more expensive Black because of the warmer sound. | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Phusis, Many good points are made in your excellent posting. It would indeed be challenging for a big woofer to handle frequencies up to 700 hz. A local builder uses quite sizeable horns and compression drivers that can go extremely low. I rec... | |
| Loudspeaker warranties and black market products Not only is it a myth that gobs of power improves the sound even when not much power is actually being delivered, it is, to my taste anyway, the case that lower power amps sound better. | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? My local dealer basically sells three brands of electronics--Synthesis, Lector and Audio Note. He also sells his own, in-house tube electronics. He does not like most of the other brands of DACs on the market and he has heard quite a few because... | |
| Loudspeaker warranties and black market products If you are concerned about speaker longevity, the two things to look out for if you want more than ten years of service are: 1) the type of surround for the woofer--foam rubber surrounds tend to crumble after a certain number of years, particularl... | |
| Loudspeaker warranties and black market products Warranties are mostly useful in the first weeks or months of ownership where manufacturing defects are usually revealed. After that, speakers should last for decades, unless they are abused. Those who blow out speakers from playing them too loud... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound For some ionic tweeters, like the Hill Plasmatronic, a chemically inert gas was injected around the electrode to prevent it from corroding in the highly reactive environment of an ionized plasma. Even with such gas protecting the electrode, it wo... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound I like the sound of the K2's but, this being a matter of personal taste, I don't think they are the best sounding horn-based systems. The overall tonal balance is, for me too light in upper bass/lower midrange such that it is a touch thin soundin... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound The low excursion drivers employ different kinds of surrounds, such as pleated fabric surrounds that sound cleaner to me, particularly at the upper end of the range the woofer is playing. I suppose there are technical/theoretical explanations why... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Some speakers with big woofers don’t actually go extremely low because they have low excursion (the cone does not move very far back and forth). These designs prioritize clean and fast response. I prefer this kind of bass. | |
| ??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ??? I don’t have a favorite. Anything done right looks good. I saw a large custom speaker in koa veneer that looked really nice, but, it took two sheets at something like $1800 per sheet. |