larryi
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| Speaker set up for more than 1 person Yes, as I have said above, the toe-in approach is, at best, a compromise, but, there are few things that can be done for what the OP is hoping to accomplish--it is crazy to suggest buying different speakers, for example. I recall that there was... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? I would have some doubts about any such extreme longevity unless the tubes are run VERY gently. There are some people who claim their table radio has been left on constantly for decades so it might be true that some tubes can last for a very long... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Fifteen years for the amp and linestage and the tubes that were put in those two components were old to begin with--they tested good, but prior usage was unknown. Both components run the tubes very gently. I also run tubes in a headphone amp and... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? jimijam, You should have quoted from the Nilsson song that was not played on the radio when it was released: "You're breaking my heart You'r tearing it apart So FU." | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? I agree with James McMurtry as a writer of great lyrics, although one would have to quote the entire song to fully appreciate the lyrics. His are not one-liner lyrics. Greg Brown also writes great lyrics, again not one-liners and a couple of so... | |
| Help me choose a phono pre If you are looking to try low output moving cartridges, you will be looking for something that can do about it 65 db of gain. You could also do a MM phono stage then later add a step up transformer (SUT) when you get a low output cartridge, but t... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? If you bought it new with new tubes, you liked it with new tubes; if it turns out it sounds even better with old tubes, that is just a bonus. Most of the time, I prefer carefully selected vintage tubes. But, it can be quite a process auditioning... | |
| About Koetsu Rosewood I don't know about your table and tonearm, but if it is like most vintage tables, the arm would not be ideal for a Koetsu which prefers a quite heavy arm with very good pivots (meaning low friction but very tight so they don't rattle). The Koetsu... | |
| Speaker set up for more than 1 person Obviously, setups to widen the sweet spot will compromise the sound as compared to the ideal setup. I am not saying extreme toe-in will not hurt the sound, but, it would be the easiest temporary compromise for when you are entertaining a small gr... | |
| Audio Technica AT-ART1000X As long as the arm is compatible in terms of effective mass (in this case the arm should be heavy enough to work with a medium to low compliance cartridge) and is decent enough to not have bearings that rattle, you should be good to go. Certainly... | |
| Is my capacitor bad? It doesn't appear to be bulging (would be noticeable from the top cap), but it does appear to be leaking. It is time to replace them even if they test okay. | |
| Speaker set up for more than 1 person You could also make the two guests sit closer together by putting one seat dead centered between the speakers and two chairs close together behind that centered chair. | |
| Speaker set up for more than 1 person You can try extreme toe-in so that the speakers cross well in front of your listening position. The person to your left will be closer to the left speaker, but, now that speaker's dominance is mitigated by that listener being way off axis to the ... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Perhaps, the different "flavors" one finds from cartridges explains why some people have a large collection of cartridges; some people don't just want vanilla and they like to mix things up. The cartridges I like don't at all sound alike. I like... | |
| There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area While this discussion has focused on woofers, the midrange driver(s) are key to the attributes we are discussing. I particularly like compression drivers and horns, and I have found that the bigger the horn and the lower one can set the crossover... |