mapman
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| What does one purchase after owning horns? The primary benefit of horns is efficiency. They are also cool looking (but lets put that aside for now and just focus on function, not form).The primary drawback is that doing full range horns well is difficult and expensive.In the end I think it... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I would expect lower damping for the low end to be more sonically synergistic with horns and compression drivers than perhaps most others. I suspect it helps to loosen things up a bit overall and contribute towards lessening any edge in the sound ... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? My gut take is that good horns that are not "shouty" are quite difficult and expensive to design and build. However there are some that do it right and these can be quite exceptional (but still not the ONLY way to excel). Again the sad but true di... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I heard These custom GOTO horns last year at capital Audiofest in DC.They were among the best in show and a lot of fun to listen to. The presenters shyed away from playing anything digital though. Their phono rig was much superior to the CD setup.... | |
| Help with used records. I use Goo Gone . | |
| Which monitors for my tube system in a large room? I've heard those Quads and like them a lot.Never heard them off a tube amp though. Assuming they are tube friendly, that could be quite a nice pairing. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I have never heard Trios, but I tend to believe what Chadeffect says having moved from Apogees and high power Class D to Trios and some flea powered tube amp and having discussed the differences and similarities between the two quite extensively o... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Dan_ed, use of horns are banned from this match!Unsound may come armed with some prop tubes to use as illegal weapons but the ref will never see this. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Added bout to upcoming Wrestlemania this weekend:Unsound vs Dan_ed in a no holds barred "I Quit" match.....Makes HHH versus Undertaker look like Sesame Street! | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? I think it comes down to if you like horns, get better ones.There are other ways to push the limits in regards to dynamics and other aspects of good sound, but these will not sound like horns, however perhaps better than good horns even in enough ... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Another speaker design that can raise the bar in the right application in the right room (generally larger) and with the right amps are large multi-driver line source designs. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? If I could handle them, very big and expensive horns and a good flea powered amp are the only thing I would consider as an alternative to what I have, larger OHM Walsh speakers running of the most powerful yet compact and efficient Class D amps I ... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Gotta know the amp unless you are willing to change that as well.I'm wondering why the bass integration was such a problem though? I've heard some indicate Avantgardes need to be set up correctly to get the drivers time aligned and fully coherent.... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? One last point. Remember that our ability to hear the highest audible recorded frequencies lessens as we age. Most people, including myself in that category, can no longer hear the very high frequencies that we are talking about where these subtle... | |
| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? I also think the DCS ring dac architecture is SOTA in its ability to fill in those microdynamics in an ear friendly manner (though it is still just an estimate of what is missing) as a result of its highly randomized dithering capabilities.Other w... |