mapman
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| Corner Placement WAlan, but I am trying to understand what constitutes a speaker designed for corner placement?Corner placement tends to enhance bass. That’s the only thing I can think of. So the speaker is designed to sound right with that corner bass boost and m... | |
| Why are so many companies like harbeth making old speakers designs and charging thousends? There were some Harbeths in a room at CAF. I would have loved to hear them but they were not running at the time. They definitely have a nice and unique aesthetic charm and seem to get good reviews so why shouldn't people want them. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Its possible the folks who hear a big improvement had some issue with their other fuses to start with. How just re-seating a fuse alone could change the sound has already been mentioned.I have no problem with people saying a product can improve th... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? john,We’ll have to agree to disagree on that, much of which is very subjective.I experience all those things regularly on both my own and other systems I hear with modern speaker technology.Doing it with low power these days is perhaps the biggest... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Innovation in any field addresses the changing needs or wants of the times.I like quality old stuff as much as the next guy but there are good reasons why things are the way they are. Lack of innovation is not one of them. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? John what exactly has been forgotten? | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Rinpoche, You've tested out the waters pretty well. Not much else to do now but enjoy. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I think the bottom line is loudspeaker technology has improved considerably over the years as is the case with most any active technology over time and that there is more possible today than ever before and many more choices for top notch performa... | |
| Five "Golden Rules" of HiFi? Read, listen and learn. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 I really only heard the big Voxativ custom speakers briefly, enough to determine they were doing some very good and unique things and that I liked them and thought they had potential.Very cool and impressive but too big for anything I am ever like... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Its never a good idea usually to dive right into the deep end when swimming or buying, especially with consumer electronics where there are so many options both good and bad at so many price points.One almost owes it to themselves to try something... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 I noticed many rooms streaming from laptops as a source.I noticed at least one headphone setup streaming from a tablet.I did not see anyone streaming from a smartphone.I had my Iphone 6s that I run Plex app on with me. It can connect to my music s... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Were the Studio Electric speakers in the Benchmark room the ones that show as discontinued now on teh SE web site?That site references the Benchmark site for the newer version. Benchmark site shows their monitors, which were at the show but not pl... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Darn, I think I missed Larsen as well and that was one I went in thinking I really wanted to hear.Only had about 5 hours to spend there Saturday. A lot to digest in such a short time.I spent a lot of time in the Benchmark room enjoying listening a... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 I recall David Berning related amps in a number of rooms at the show. Very well represented and a very good showing overall. |