mapman
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| What I miss about vintage gear Load a pretty sound meter app on a tablet and gawk away! :-) | |
| full-scale orchestral music—best test of speakers’ potential? Mamboni great to see you posting again! Hope all is well. | |
| full-scale orchestral music—best test of speakers’ potential? If you can understand the lyrics (clear voices) and do large scale orchestral well you are probably good to go. | |
| Efficient 2 way bookshelf/monitors under 2k The Fritz's really befudddled me. I didn't expect that bass extension and volume with only 8 watts. Very impressive! | |
| Anyone used these audio ceramic slow blow fuses from Littlefuse? I've always gotten excellent results with Littlefuse fuses. A true bargain for audiophiles! | |
| Efficient 2 way bookshelf/monitors under 2k The Fritz Carrera 7BE speakers at Capital Audiofest sounded terrific off a 8 watt tube amp. I would strongly consider these. Only 87db efficient but very easy to drive. I was very impressed! Show price of $2500 a pair still offered I believe. Klip... | |
| Is the grass greener on the other side? Listen with your ears for All the things that comprise good sound. Measurements can help but it is what you hear that matters. Don’t focus solely on flat frequency response. Even if you nail that that alone assures nothing. | |
| Is the grass greener on the other side? The best way to stop having to wonder how much better things can get is to actually go out and listen to various live music performances in various venues and various systems that attempt to nail it. Even if the cost is out of reach, then you stil... | |
| If attending Capital Audiofest 2018, can you provide your review of the Ohm F-5015s Kenjay yes I know OHM Walsh will perform only as well as what is fed them from years of practical experience with mine at home. The outlaw amp and Bluesound node DAC did a respectable job but for sure not . The powered subs in the F5015s surely he... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Feedback I've heard Salk speakers at CAF since the first show and was kinda meh. I noticed they did sound very good this year.I have no practical interest in tower floor standing speakers for any of my rooms at home so I did not pay attention to most at... | |
| If attending Capital Audiofest 2018, can you provide your review of the Ohm F-5015s The setup of the big F5015s did not nearly give those big boys a chance to shine. I would not have chosen that location for them. John Strohbeen mentioned they did not get to see the area beforehand and it never sold in any prior show there. The s... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Mr. D,You are right. No series iii that I can find. They looked new and I asked the guy in the room if they were the latest series and he said yes. So if there is a new series in the works maybe these were them, not sure now.Maybe someone else w... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report I am very interested in small speakers capable of high performance off fewer watts. The Fritz were the winners for me probably at the show. I would run them off my 60w/ch Bel Canto c5i in my second system. We'll see..... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Nice ! I see those as top picks in the Stereophile issue they handed out at the show! Nice to hear they offered a deal! Will be curious to hear how those do against the competion in your home and what amp works best with them. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report The Fritz Carerra were one of the things I heard that I would consider buying. They are not speced as being particularly efficient but they seem to have a very benign impedance curve that allowed them to perform very well off not too many watts. T... |