mapman
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| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Reno take a look at isoacoustics stands on Amazon if there are a size that would fit. Isolating stands and platforms like auralex subdude seem to take imaging soundstage and detail to a higher level in my upper level rooms not at foundation level. | |
| Best loudspeaker with coincident/coaxial driver ZD,Well, there you go.... | |
| Best loudspeaker with coincident/coaxial driver The OHM CLS Walsh driver might be considered coincident but its not coaxial. The Wide range Walsh driver used is what makes it special. Crossover is at high frequency and very simple as well. Most coherent sounding! Hence the name CLS (Coherent Li... | |
| New Tekton Pendragons On The Way Hurricanes can be a problem for sure. | |
| Auralex ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform "The primary problem is seismic vibration"No doubt. Darn planet! Just full of snafus. And we haven't even gotten to the topic of Tsunamis or massive earthquakes yet. That can be a really big problem for one's hifi!!!! Especially the turntable!! | |
| Free $3K preamp to lucky listener who names it I will be most happy to take the preamp if others find the promotion offensive. :^) | |
| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs Maybe one of the very first is still the best, "Rumble" by Link Wray? I think that was first conceived in 1953 though a modest hit later in 1958. Very possibly in terms of overall influence. | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? Gotta say Calloway's SETs apepar to be off the charts and gotta sound great. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Also worth noting that while the US role in definingpop music may be less, the influence of American roots based music forms like jazz and others continues to spread across the world, so there is a good legacy there for whomever to build on. | |
| Jazz for aficionados One thing I notice in general is that pure music genres are harder than ever to define these days. There is a lot of mixing and matching and cross-pollination in newer music. Like many things, the US role in determining popular music trends seems ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados So I wonder what new is going on in Jazz these days? Its always been an evolving form. World music influences, particularly Latin American seems to be more common these days. I am not up to speed and do wonder. jazz as a pure art form of its own s... | |
| Best loudspeaker with coincident/coaxial driver The only thing alone that has a good chance of assuring anything is a large number of very happy users. | |
| Free $3K preamp to lucky listener who names it My email changed so I entered again. | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Ok. With only $20K that leaves me with a pair of tin cans for the speakers then.Oh well......maybe I'll just stick with headphones. | |
| Auralex ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform The sound of the system playing produces the vibrations that you are isolating against. There might be other sources of vibrations as well but typically that is the big one.There, that was not so hard was it? :^) |