larryi
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| Is all the hype warranted Sensitivity specifications from manufacturers cannot really tell you about how easy or hard it is to drive a speaker. Most often, supposedly compatible high efficiency speakers fall flat when it comes to real world capability. But, the opposite ... | |
| Check This Out! I hope it utilizes bleeder resistors; it would be unpleasant to be vaporized when poking around inside something like that. | |
| Is all the hype warranted Depending on room size, preferred listening levels, and how easy it is to drive you 92 db/w speaker, a very low-powered amp may or may not be suitable. To be on the safe side, you might want to look at something on the 20 watts or more range of p... | |
| Is all the hype warranted I've heard three Decware amps, including the Zen Torii, and none of them impressed me. They sounded pleasant, reasonably warm and smooth, but, they seemed "whimpy" to me--lacking in dynamics and the vivid and lively quality I expect from good tub... | |
| Check This Out! Where did this company come from? I was extremely impressed with their open baffle speaker system. They seemed to have popped into existence with a wide range of product which includes both electronics and speakers. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I like Telefunkens, but, I never considered them to be tonally rich sounding tubes. The ones I heard were very lively and dynamic sounding, but, considerably leaner than the likes of Mullard and Amperex. The Telefunkens that I ended up using in ... | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Yes, a device to monitor voltage and current draw of the amp is the best approach. I've seen situations where even at a low voltage setting when powering up, the current draw appears too high so one knows there is a problem somewhere when well be... | |
| Open baffle speakers I recently heard, and liked, the OB speakers from Cinnamon Audio (Portuguese). It is a three-way with active amplification and DSP processing for only the bass driver. The DSP corrects for room acoustics and applies the appropriate bass boost to... | |
| Acoustic Panel Help A hard reflecting surface, like your OLED screen centered between the speakers is not necessarily a bad thing. This often actually helps to create a sense of focus or solidity of the center image. You can try covering it up with something like a... | |
| Maplenoll models, variants and customization The Maplenoll I owned had a lead platter. There was a coating on it to protect the owner from exposure to the lead. If your platter has such a coating, it might not be wise to try to remove it. | |
| Which Pure Audio Project Trio 15? I’ve heard the Quintet 15 with the horn, the trio 15 with the coaxial driver, the Trio 10 with the AMT driver and the Duet 15 with the Voxativ full range driver. The all sounded good. A young listener who has heard and helped assemble some very ... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles I don’t know what was being run, but they shared the room with a company called AGD, so it probably was their gear. To me, the PAP speakers were the best bargain at the show. My other favorites—Songer fieldcoil speaker, Cinnamon open baffle and ... | |
| How To Control The Eager Beaver An air bearing tangential arm is not subject to skating force. But, in order for the stylus/cantilever to drag the arm along the air bearing, even with little friction, a lot more force is required, in part because of the high horizontal inertia... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles The Trio 10 with the AMT tweeter is a terrific sounding speaker. I heard this speaker at this year's Capital Audio Fest. I also heard, and was particularly impressed with the OB speaker from Cinnamon, a Portuguese company. This compact system i... | |
| How To Control The Eager Beaver The issue with tangential tracking arms of the air bearing or ultra low friction variety (e.g., Clearaudio) is that the arm does not have the mechanical advantage of a pivot/fulcrum, so considerable force is imparted on the stylus/cantilever to pu... |