mapman
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| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? I have a very vanilla 12X12X8 office/listening room. Concrete foundation with thin carpeting, drywall, typical office furnishings including couch to listen from (photo in my system posting).Ive tried B&W floorstanders, Maggies, Triangle and Dy... | |
| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? No doubt I'd put a pair of OHM Micro Walsh Talls in there, build around that and be done. They are explicitly designed to go into small rooms in particular.I use slightly larger OHM Walsh 2s with OHM Walsh 100 series 3 drivers in a 12X12 room. The... | |
| My Line Arrays and Dynaudio monitor - where to go If you feel you need to change, you are on a good track.Dynaudios are hard to beat and C1s are very good Dyns.From the specs you provide on the Nuforce, I think your amp should do just fine as well.I use a fairly juicy 120w/ch Musical Fidelity A3C... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Joe, I think 100w/ch is a good match to the Micro Talls particularly at that price point.My Musical Fidelity A3CR amp is only 120w/ch and drives my Walsh 100S3s and even my larger Walsh 5S3 extremely well.The MF amp cost me about $600 used off of ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Bondmanp,Glad to hear it.4 or more trained ears are always better than two! | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Joefish said:" I got the Beatles 2009 remasters recently, and for better or worse, they show you what's there, warts and all. "YEs, I have the monos and a few stereo remasters. Overall, they are the best digital versions I have heard and the OHMs ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "I myself have some recordings that are unbearable on my MWT's, foremost being 'In the Court of the Crimson King" 80's CD pressing by King Crimson. Unlistenable since I got the Ohm's (I have not gotten the remaster yet). The speakers are just too ... | |
| How do you chose speakers based on room size? It costs a lot less to get a great sounding system in a smaller room. Its not that complicated. Smaller speakers + lower power amp typically brings the cost down a lot (except for Magico). And fewer room treatments if you decide those are necesary. | |
| How do you chose speakers based on room size? For best imaging and soundstage, you want a tight driver configuration that approximates a point source in smaller room with more a more nearfield listening configuration.Planars, line sources, etc. with larger sound emitting area can work well in... | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? Tvad is probably right.On the bright side, fewer people interested might result in increased availability of good used pieces and drive down the cost for many fine pieces for the remaining dinosaurs like us. | |
| DAC that re-clocks for under $1000? Surprisingly, I still do not think any others than BEnchmark have been identified and confirmed? | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? Not necessarily.In 1978, ~ $600 would buy you a decent entry level system new (receiver, speakers, turntable and cart).YOu can walk into Best Buy today and get an entry level 2 channel system with multi format DVD or even blu ray player for probab... | |
| New House: Audio room/Office Setting up a listening/audio/office room in a new house is certainly a viable thing to do. I did just that when our current house was built (check out my system listing here on Agon). My solution was for the office (12X12) to house the equipment a... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Bondman,Piano dynamics can be among the most challenging to reproduce accurately, so I think that is one good test for most any system.Something is not right somewhere in the system, if you are hearing audible distortion as opposed to some tonal b... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Fin,Look at my system pic titles "thebigohms". I usually listen from the blue swivel chair, anywhere from about where it is in the pic or further back, usually at least 8' or more in front of the speaks or for casual listening sometimes from the c... |