larryi
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| 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... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Yes, R2R is inconvenient, expensive to maintain and repair, expensive to get high quality pre-recorded tape, expensive to buy blank tapes, etc., but, there is a reason for it sticking around--it offers superb sound. The OP seems to favor cassette... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? It is hard for say what are the best amps I've heard, given the variability of setups, rooms, other components, etc., but, I can say I've hear some nice sounds from systems that used certain amps. I've consistently heard nice sound from systems w... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. At United Home Products, in Virginia, I heard several rebuilt and highly modified machines (they specialize in rebuilding Technics, Otari and Tascam machines). They have some Tape Project pre-recorded tapes, but, their favorite use of tape machin... | |
| Colorado-Based Manufacturers Isn't Durand, the tonearm manufacturer, also in Colorado? | |
| Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG! As others have emphasized, you need to go out and hear a few candidates to get a better idea of your own preference. It is also a good idea to hear different fundamental types, such as large planar speakers (e.g. Magnepan), omni-directional speak... | |
| Name Your Top 5 Most Musical Dynamic Sounding Tonearms of All time? It is tempting here to just name favorite arms, but, I don't know if it helps in terms of identifying ones that sound dynamic and musical. I suspect that the terms "musical" and "dynamic" mean different things to different listeners, and any item... |