larryi
Responses from larryi
| Horn Speaker Recommendations Given your budget, you should consider going to New Jersey (Charney) or the Washington DC area (Deja Vu) to get a good audition. The other choice would be to attend a show that has some of the brands you are interested in. Although shows often d... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations I too, endorse getting in contact with Deja Vu about a custom horn system and also contacting Charney Audio. The Deja Vu stores in San Diego and Miami are affiliated with Deja Vu in Tyson's Corner Virginia. If you can find your way to Virginia, ... | |
| Thoughts on extending speaker life. Drivers do not need to be replaced because the surround goes. There are places to send them for replacement if you don't want to attempt that yourself using available kits. I had my doubts about how such repaired speaker would sound, but, I've h... | |
| which car is sitting in your listening room? In terms of the actual acquisition, which is over a very LONG period of time, the analogy would have to be like Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time": "Well its a '49, '50, '51. . ." | |
| which car is sitting in your listening room? I am guessing a Bentley Bentayga. The only thing a Bentayga has over my system, in terms of what I need, is that it has cup holders. | |
| Phase Inversion, to flip polarity or not I use to use a preamp that allowed for polarity inversion by remote control so that one can easily A-B the difference. In my system, the effects of flipping polarity varied greatly, depending on the particular recording. In most cases, the chang... | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. Because you are talking about such options as stacked Quads, I take it you are not limiting your selection to tiny speakers for the tiny room. One of the better stacked quad setup I heard, that comes with an active crossover and dedicated EL34 am... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers The vast majority of horn-based systems, particularly modern systems, are not my personal ideal. Many are excessively colored (nasal or shrill or ragged sounding) for my taste. Among those that I like, would be the Avantguarde systems and Edgarh... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers I have not heard the Nenuphar. I am certainly interested in that speaker because it has gotten some favorable comments. My understanding is that it employs transmission line loading which means it will not be as efficient as the Charney speakers... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers The BIG problem with 45 SET amps is finding the right speaker. Those that can deliver close to a full range sound at reasonably high volume level and with decent tonal balance are primarily giant horn-loaded systems. The trade-off is very high p... | |
| Television technology - where are we? OLEDs (all the panels come from LG) are very nice looking--deep blacks, color that is superior to other types of panels, and wide viewing angles. I sometimes see blotchiness in what is suppose to be a wide expanse of solid surface, and there are ... | |
| Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege? I don't think I've heard any reasonable person make blanket statements about either pitch control or direct drive tables. However, I have heard about specific tables and specific implementation of both; as is always the case, people can make any ... | |
| Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG! Elizabeth has offered good advice about just finding something you like and not worrying about if there is something "better" out there. There is too vast an array of candidates to hear even a small fraction of what is out there. Also, in time, ... | |
| Name Your Top 5 Most Musical Dynamic Sounding Tonearms of All time? There are a lot of good and interesting arm recommendations made in this thread, but, as I said before, it is hard to attribute any particular qualities to the arm alone, particularly dynamics and a sense of being "musical." At best, one can say ... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I am not saying that anything should go away. I am merely pointing out that the OP has NOT made the case for putting R2R "out of its misery" and that if there is any logic at all to his argument, it cuts against cassettes because they do not exce... |