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| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? My local dealer basically sells three brands of electronics--Synthesis, Lector and Audio Note. He also sells his own, in-house tube electronics. He does not like most of the other brands of DACs on the market and he has heard quite a few because... | |
| Loudspeaker warranties and black market products If you are concerned about speaker longevity, the two things to look out for if you want more than ten years of service are: 1) the type of surround for the woofer--foam rubber surrounds tend to crumble after a certain number of years, particularl... | |
| Loudspeaker warranties and black market products Warranties are mostly useful in the first weeks or months of ownership where manufacturing defects are usually revealed. After that, speakers should last for decades, unless they are abused. Those who blow out speakers from playing them too loud... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound For some ionic tweeters, like the Hill Plasmatronic, a chemically inert gas was injected around the electrode to prevent it from corroding in the highly reactive environment of an ionized plasma. Even with such gas protecting the electrode, it wo... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound I like the sound of the K2's but, this being a matter of personal taste, I don't think they are the best sounding horn-based systems. The overall tonal balance is, for me too light in upper bass/lower midrange such that it is a touch thin soundin... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound The low excursion drivers employ different kinds of surrounds, such as pleated fabric surrounds that sound cleaner to me, particularly at the upper end of the range the woofer is playing. I suppose there are technical/theoretical explanations why... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Some speakers with big woofers don’t actually go extremely low because they have low excursion (the cone does not move very far back and forth). These designs prioritize clean and fast response. I prefer this kind of bass. | |
| ??? What Is Your Favorite Speaker Finish ??? I don’t have a favorite. Anything done right looks good. I saw a large custom speaker in koa veneer that looked really nice, but, it took two sheets at something like $1800 per sheet. | |
| Anyone have experience to share regarding the Ortofon Cadenza Bronze MC cartridge? It IS on the warm side, compared to most cartridges, and I think that is a good thing. Most systems these days sound thin and lacking in body, so a slightly warm cartridge is welcome. It is a MC cartridge so it will still deliver plenty of detai... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound I heard, and liked the Moab. It is a well balanced system with decent dynamics at modest listening levels (the real test of dynamic capability is how lively the speaker sounds at low levels0. The JBL K2 is very dynamic sounding and is very good,... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Charney Companion with the AER driver option is a terrific choice. Songer makes a fieldcoil driver system that is also very dynamic and big sounding. The Fyne F1 coaxial driver system also might be a candidate. | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound That kind of money would get a decent horn-based custom speaker from Deja Vu Audio. This is a dealer that also builds high efficiency speakers utilizing a mix of new and vintage parts. The better systems utilize horn compression drivers from the... | |
| How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase Go as often as you want. If you are friendly, and don't act as a pest--meaning you don't demand immediate service, you wait patiently for other customers to be served before you ask for any work they would have to do to set you up for a trial, et... | |
| Loudspeaker designer/manufacturer John DeVore shows reviewer Ken Micallef his system. Thank you for posting the video. I found the discussion of the EMT preamp particularly interesting. I would bet it is a very nice sounding system given the DeVore speakers and a very nice complement of gear. This past weekend I did get to hear ... | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? Waltersalas, Have you tried the Digicode DACs from Lector that Deja Vu sells? A ;lot of his customers like that DAC as well, including those who own Synthesis electronics. I am just curious. Lampizator makes really good DACs so I am sure that ... |