mapman
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| could somebody help me out on the benefits of expensive phono and speaker cables? Cost alone is not a reliable indicator of the value of an upgrade. The devil is always in the details. | |
| Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin. GEt used pair of Boston A40s in good operating condition. Will sound great for not very much. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. This is consistent, btw, with statements I believe Roger made earlier in the thread to the effect that many listeners require less power than they tend to believe. Yes Al, in your specific case as indicated.You have speakers that are significantl... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. For full range speakers in particular, aren’t speaker efficiency ratings only useful for determining power needed if they cover the lower frequencies, which is by far where the most power is needed to deliver flat frequency response and avoid clip... | |
| Looking for a decent CD Recorder I have a very good quality and versatile Denon cd player/recorder that I do not use anymore that I would like to move. Pop me a message here on agon if interested. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Never bought by power. Always purchased by sound. On several occasions with lackluster sound at higher SPLS, I ended up purchasing more power elsewhere and that has worked. HI, Roger here with a question.I would like to hear how each of you figur... | |
| Quad S-2 I heard them at Capital Audiofest. Very impressed with both sound and form! Seem not many dealers in the states though. Hard to find. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. OK so here’s some SPL measures using db meter pro app on iphone 6 . Disclaimer: I have no info on how accurate this tool is but the numbers I am reading seem reasonable.So in a samplling of various "typical quality nothing special" CD resolution r... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Not my exact pair but there is a pic of the OHm f5 series 3 speakers on this page and mine are identical. http://www.e-bnlcafe.com/audioweb/speakers.htm | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. "Some" would be right of course. 😉I often listen to peaks a lot louder. You would have to talk very loudly even sitting next to me to be heard. But it never actually sounds that loud which is usually a good omen that distortion is well under contr... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Lifelike SPL for me is that what one might hear at a similar live performance in the good seats, not too close but not too far away. I want my gear to be able to handle it all including perhaps sitting close to the percussion at the symphony or in... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I use the receivers only as a simple demonstration of the benefits of more clean power in a line that otherwise is mostly similar in design. Just my gut feel but I suspect there are many who have underpowered systems that clip perhaps in often sub... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Back in the 70s selling most popular receiver lines from Pioneer to sansui to Tandberg the more powerful models in a line (generally up to 120 w/ch or so) ALWAYS sounded better at least at moderate or higher levels. Clipping is always public enemy... | |
| Best bookshelf speakers <$2000 Yep those Fritz may well be the best (I heard them at CAF, absolute top notch) if they would fit I’d go for those if budget allows. Most any amp should produce beautiful music with those. An 8 watt tube headphone amp was used at CAF and the resul... | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder Craigsub, I would agree integrating that Axiom properly with the low pass filter should produce extremely impressive results! From my interaction with the company it looks like I need to break-in as much if not more than the speakers, since I am ... |