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| Graham Phantom vs Triplaner The common use of a particular component at CES or any show does not necessarily mean it is the "best" or is being endorsed by all those folks. Sure, the Triplanars are not being given away, but, anyone who loans gear to others at a show will find... | |
| to diffuse or absorb... The answer is not that simple because the desired relative levels of either differ for home theater and two channel audio. For home theater purposes, a lot more absorption is desirable because precise imaging/placement cues must come from the spea... | |
| High End Isolation - HRS, SRA, Active platforms I disagree that a rack is designed only to isolate components from vibration coming from the floor. Most rack/shelves are also designed to dissipate vibration coming from the component itself (e.g., the vibration of power transformers). Couplers a... | |
| Why the sudden popularity of 12 inch arms All else being equal, a 12" inch arm should be better than a 9" arm (who can argue with more inches is better, guys?). The trouble is, there is no way to make all else equal. It is hardly a technological breakthrough to make an arm longer, but to ... | |
| Lyra Titan i with a Manley Steelhead....settings?? Jbatlanta,You are doing the right thing -- experimenting -- as there is no such thing as a "right" setting. You actually should not expect to hear a change in sound by changing the capacitance loading. Capacitance loading affects moving magnet car... | |
| Planar close to a rear wall? Quad for example? I heartily endorse Onhwy61's recommendation. I've only heard the Revolutions at shows (CES several times), but in every instance, the Gradient sounded terrific in small rooms and backed up to the wall. It is specifically designed to accomodate dif... | |
| High End Isolation - HRS, SRA, Active platforms I personally use Symposium Ultra shelves and solid couplers under my amplifiers and linestage, and Svelte Shelves under my speakers. I am particularly happy with what the shelves do under my speakers (tighten up the bass and improve clarity). But,... | |
| Two questions about the latest Martin Logan's I haven't heard the Vista, so I cannot comment on them, but, I had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Sanders, the head honcho of ML at the time, and he had some very interesting things to say about the size/design of his speakers. At the time, he was... | |
| What's Toshiba replacing the Toshiba HD XA2 with? I am waiting for the Denon 3800 to show up in the US to determine whether a top quality Blu-ray machine is worth purchasing (I am particularly concerned with how it handles/upscales regular DVDs). The bad news is that the price appears to be daunt... | |
| Obscure companies making excellent speakers? Add to this list the following:Oskar Heil Speakers--keeping alive the Heil pleated ribbon speaker technology. I heard these at CES a while back and thought they sounded pretty promising.Trenner & Friedl -- Austrian, I believe. They make very m... | |
| Would a heavy hand on the volume blow my 845s Also, I may have this wrong, but with a SET, isn't the tube dissipating at maximum when there is NO signal, and is then modulated downward by the signal it is amplifying? | |
| Boulder 2008 A friend has that phono stage and the Boulder line stage in his system. The rest of the electronics, including his DAC, are tube based. I have not heard either Boulder piece in my own system, so it is hard to say with certainty what aspects of the... | |
| SS Pre-Amp / Tube Amp I agree with Audiokinesis. First you pick a speaker you love, then find a great sounding amp that is compatible with your speaker choice. That amp may be a solid state amp if higher power or ability to drive a difficult load becomes an important c... | |
| A 9 watts SET for the Maggies, Heavenly marriage A friend of mine, just because he likes to experiment, put a single-ended 45 amp on his 3.6 maggies. That amp puts out about 1.5 watts and was, of course, WAY underpowered for these speakers. However, he has also run them with a Wyetech SET that u... | |
| Suspended vs. non suspended turntable If one has a suspended wood floor that could cause footfall problems, then a light suspended table would not be ideal. I've seen situations where the footfall causes such tables to go into prolonged oscillation and for the tendency for skipping to... |