mapman
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| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? COrner placement with Audio Note speakers is a very good suggestion. A/N corner setups are always among best sound at shows I’ve been to. But guess what? You can do the same corner placement trick with most any good quality speaker (including Here... | |
| Disappointed w/ Klipsch Heresy III. Now what? That was a big change in regards to speaker design and sound!You should expect to have to tweak further whenever a major change is made.I would probably want to use a tube amp with Klipsch Heritage speakers including Heresy.Whereas with the origin... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Queen and Adam Lambert last July. | |
| Building a top quality smaller system-what next? I did it with a Bel Canto C5i digital integrated amp. 60 w/ch size of a shoebox more or less and works very well with all speakers though 60 w/ch works best with more rather than less efficient speakers in general if your room is larger and thi... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I'm wondering how many Tekton folks here are preferring them with tube amps and how many prefer them to other speakers with a beefier SS maybe even Class D amp? | |
| 2017 vs. 1990s - How far we have come Up several levels for me. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts The unique thing I like about Tekton in general is they buck the predominate trend in high end audio in recent years towards smaller, less efficient, and still increasingly expensive speakers.Size matters with speakers and drivers and so does effi... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters 1) the lower the frequency the more work to be done to reproduce (exponentially). 2) room acoustics are a big factorDouble whammy. Bass is hardest and most costly to do well usually. Also poor muddy bass obscures higher midrange frequencies. Tripl... | |
| What are you listening to right now? Listened to an old cassette from college many years ago of Soft Machine I recently for the first time in years. Very groovy man! It’s digitized to my music server now. | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? MTV awards last week were God awful musically. My teenage daughter even agreed. The focus is increasingly more on spectacle to try to make the various celebrity clones more interesting. I guess that’s the only way to get any attention in the water... | |
| Current speaker threads are boring Billy Joel got it right. | |
| 3 headphone Dac Amps compared Thanks for the very well done review. | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it A good quality digital integrated amp from a reputable maker fed by a good quality streaming device (need not cost much) with moderately efficient speakers that it can drive well that fit well into your listening space is a good approach.An exampl... | |
| What are you listening to right now? "Wise After the Event" by Anthony Philips. | |
| R.I.P Glen Campbell I was missing Glen Campbell in my music library and corrected that a few weeks back converting some Glen vinyl I picked up at the thrift store not long ago. Always had a soft spot for this guy's music. |