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| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Since we are discussing what might be among the very best amps, has anyone heard the Engstrom Lars tube amp? That beast is WAY too big and EXPENSIVE for me to ever consider, but, I do wonder how it sounds. I have never seen it myself. Personall... | |
| Mellow speakers Although I haven't heard it in quite a while, I would bet that the Shahinian Obelisk would also be a contender. This is a classic design that seems to never change, nor does it need much updating. | |
| Mellow speakers I agree that Vandersteens are good candidates. A lot harder to find would be Tyler Acoustics speakers; I heard the PD15 and thought they sounded pretty good. Odyssey Audio makes a small floorstander called the Lorelei that sounds pretty good. I... | |
| Recommended Power Amp watts vs Speaker Watt power handling ability The recommended power range is only a rough guide. If, as others have mentioned, you play the speakers at reasonable levels, you should be fine. If, as you push the volume upward, the speakers start to sound really harsh and hashy, cut the volum... | |
| Mellow speakers You should look into Audio Note (uk), ProAc, Harbeth, Reference, or JM Reynaud and classic Spendor. These brands offer musical, warmish speakers. | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Charles1dad,I am like you, mostly in the low-powered camp. I own three tube amps, the most powerful being the Audio Note Kageki, which is rated at 6.5 watts per channel. My current favorite is a 5 watt pushpull amp that runs the 349 tube. If I ... | |
| Just how much do speakers suppose to vibrate? Whether you add mass to the speaker, or clamp its sides, or change the platform/stand the speaker is sitting on, or change the way the speaker couples to the floor, you are altering the tuning. Whether this is good or bad really is a matter of ta... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Charles1dad,Wow, you certainly have heard a lot of the gear I wish I could audition. Also, we pretty much agree on the sound of a lot of brands of gear. I too have heard the Viva and Trenner and Friedl combinations and they sound very good.My ow... | |
| Seeking technician in Delmarva/Mid Atlantic states to install ASR Emitter II upgrade kit Music Technology in Springfield Virginia (suburb of DC) is one of the very best repair places on the east coast. They can repair a wide range of gear and are practiced in upgrade/modification jobs. The only downside with them is that they can ta... | |
| How did you choose your equipment? Most of the components in my system have never been reviewed by either a paper publication or an on-line publication or were reviewed long after I had already made my purchase. There are far too many components that sound really bad, based on my ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I don't think there is such a thing as an "ideal speaker." You can line up dozens of speakers as candidates for the best current speaker, and you will have a WIDE difference in opinion as to which is the "best" (i.e., the closest to an "ideal"). ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Johnk did not say that only his opinion/experience counts. He simply said that experience trumps speculation. Unless one has actually heard the type of systems he is talking about, it is mere speculation that modern designs are inherently superi... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland If you are looking for exceptional gear that is exotic, i.e., not the more "common" brands that you mentioned, there are plenty of candidates, not necessarily better, because there are so many factors involved. I personally would love to hear the... | |
| Volume Control setting corresponds to how many db down (-db) from 0db at full volume? You could get a watt meter. These things sell for about $45 and are used by RC airplane fanciers and others that need to make measurements at modest power levels without affecting performance while taking the measurement. A friend and I used his... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? The point was that technology, modern materials, etc., has not improved on something that is hundreds of years old. If you think that there is some simple "ideal" of a perfectly neutral speaker and that there is some technical means of measuring ... |