listener57
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| Warm Interconnects For detail emerging out of a beautiful silent background combined with a noticeable absence of edge or brightness, one choice is any generation of the Marigo IC's, analog or digital.I always describe these as delivering a luxurious Rolls-Royce sou... | |
| Nearfield listening Robr45,Phil Clements is still making speakers under both the Clements, and Solus names.His company website, Solusaudio.com, shows one of the Solus architectural in wall/ceiling designs retaining his ribbon tweeter. Not sure if his patented bass lo... | |
| Nearfield listening Reubent,I purchased my pair of Clements RT-7's when there was a small cosmetic upgrade in the '88-'89 era.Still the basic appearance you mentioned, but with beautiful Zebra Wood top and bottom caps, with an ambience opening in the front of the top... | |
| Nearfield listening I listen to Clements RT-7's in the nearfield. | |
| Best Speaker Choices For Nearfield Listening Having listened to both the Spendor LS3/5A's and the Platinum Audio Solo's (18"-24" from front wall) your preference for hard rock is better served by the Solo's. As mentioned above, the "3/5" series is still a classic, except for the lack of bass... | |
| Speaker cable suggestion for new system Jonsocal, I had once tried your method in a secondary location, and an ordinary quality wall panel/plate eliminates any chance to get the best sound from your speaker cable purchase.Unless it is impossible, first try out-in-the-open. Next, compare... | |
| Speaker cable suggestion for new system One wonderful "value for the money" choice is the Signature level product line from Auricle Audio Design, hand made by Audiogon member Joemazzaglia.Another great choice is the product line from Realitycables.com, hand made by Gregg Straley. Either... | |
| Stabilizing/ mass loading tubes with top contact? Herbiesaudiolab.com has helped my tubed equipment. You could ask Steve Herbelin about your idea, since he makes his living by controlling tube microphonics, and his tube damper product line has continually evolved. | |
| Attractive room treatment is it possible? There are some "stealth" (relatively invisible) tweaks from Machina Dynamica which I have found excellent, but instead of the rolled eyes of your listening room visitors, you may have to disregard the derision of some naysayers here on Audiogon.Ev... | |
| Best Tube Integrated Aronov LS-960I, now available only used. Provides your requested "big output with a lot of bass," as well as "having some juice." Specifically renowned for enabling forceful, faithful-to-the-music bass, limited only by a speaker's abilities.Sounds... | |
| Topic: Denon DVD-2900 vibrates If you want to hear whether there is any audible improvement with reducing vibrations at the disc/clamping mechanism interface, then check out a $3.95 CD mat bargain:The Black Hole, available fromHerbiesaudiolab.comVirtually guaranteed to impress,... | |
| budget Cables / Interconnects recommendations? Bean151,For the Rega attached interconnects, take a look at the closeout deal on no-longer made Z-Sleeves on tweakaudio.com This is a $50 tweak.I successfully added this at the preamp phono input end of my fixed interconnects on a Sonographe SG-3 ... | |
| Isolation platform for the power amps Try placing Herbiesaudiolab.com "Tenderfoot," or "Iso-Cup" footers between amp, and one of the bases mentioned by Bdgregory, above.Herbie's has a ninety day (!) home trial policy, so you can't go wrong.The current version of Herbie's footers isola... | |
| Review: Grado Prestige Black P-Mount Cartridge Knownothing,When you have a free moment, check out Herbiesaudiolab.com for the low cost Tenderfeet for use beneath a turntable, and tiny grungebuster dots on headshell and tonearm counterweight.The control of resonances, and vibrations with one or... | |
| Review: Grado Prestige Black P-Mount Cartridge My own Grado Prestige Black regular mount cartridge in a Sony PS-X800 linear tracking turntable was mounted long ago by the seller just before the sale to me, and I have used it in this family-friendly phono unit, with its easy push button operati... |