mapman
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| Merlin TSM comparisons "Most speakers have some level of beaming, however subtle, that shatters the illusion."No doubt, which makes some like my Dyns harder to setup.The Triangles are top notch in this regard.Bobby, can you be more specific? Not sure what you are asking. | |
| Why do old tubes sound better than current tubes? I still think nostalgia is part of it.Old tube gear had a certain sound different than modern gear. part of it was the tubes perhaps but also the overall state of eletronics design 50 years ago compared to now.Old tubes in good condition still per... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close Years ago working for radio shack, some of my best customers were Amish kids who bought car stereos and ran them off car batteries in their barns (probably behind parent's backs)! | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Good point about mats. Perhaps combo of mat and plinth is most important? | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Robbob,I find the Triangle Titus to achieve a "boxless quality" more readily than the Dyn Contour 1.3mkiis, however I have found that both can achieve similar levels in this regard with proper setup and suitable amplification. The Triangles exceed... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Also I am interested specifically in opinions regarding which TSM configurations might offer improvement over the monitors in my system in that the cost of TSMs appear to fall nicely between the cost of what I own and the cost of one of there refe... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close "however, to succeed with this approach, a retailier needs to be fanatical about customer care and service"Bingo! | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons What is the price range for the latest and greatest small Merlins?Also I'm wondering if experienced MErlin users have opinions regarding which configuration in this range offers the greatest value? I'm assuming the top of the price range offers th... | |
| Why do old tubes sound better than current tubes? "some old tubes sound great, some sound like crap, some new tubes sound great, some like crap"I suspect this to be true. | |
| Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom Partially blocking ports is a valid option. You have to try it and see.Yes, I have in fact even used socks on occasion to do it. | |
| Veracity of albums for sale being "sealed"? most all lps were sealed using shrinkwrap. Shrinkwrap, surprise, shrinks over time and the results were often warped records. Leaving the shrink wrap on an opened record was generally considered a bad practice. I'd be suspicious of any record that... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? This is interesting.GP DDD speakers can't possibly go for much lower than this can they?GPs for sale | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close They had a lot of expensive gear on display and I noticed not all of it in good working order.I suspect avoiding damage to expensive gear by customers just looking to be a big motivator for a shop like that. I can think of two other larger recent ... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons "it is an hf filter at 1.6 mghz for filtering rfi and emi. imo a must in a city environment"Bobby, I have heard differences in sound resulting from shielding low level signals like that in an MC phono stage from EMI produced by nearby amps, transf... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons Nothing says more about a product usually than an avid following over the long term!Hopefully I get to hear a pair of Merlins someday. |