mapman
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| what speaker new or used for 5k? What kind of floor is under your speakers? Are they on an upper level? Are the floors suspended plywood? if you jump up and down does anything in the room pick up vibrations?if so the problem may be inherent in your room/floor. Some speakers may i... | |
| Why does my tube amp I'd buy Jolida gear in a heartbeat if someone can convince me they are well built, reliable and will last a long time.Also are there still two Jolidas around these days? There was a year or so back. Too confusing knowing which Jolida ifa ny Jolida... | |
| On the draining of resonance..... Yep the construction in most good quality newer homes is good when it comes to earthquake tolerance but bad when it comes to interacting with your hifi as well.Long live Bedrock!You have to isolate your speakers from interacting with teh floor oth... | |
| Is Vinyl Worth It Like most things, only to some.Top 10 Reasons it may be (in honor of David Letterman's retirement):1) you already have a lot of records you want to listen to.2) you want to get a lot of new music to listen to on a budget, ie used records in good c... | |
| what speaker new or used for 5k? Jug,last I heard you added the subs and did room treatments and had teh original Vienna's and the newer Wavetouch.What aspects of teh sound are still lacking? MAybe its not the room or speakers at this point? Just wondering. There is more to getti... | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice http://www.amazon.com/IsoAcoustics-1004209-ISO-L8R155-Medium-Pair/dp/B008GOP79G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432133841&sr=8-1&keywords=isoacousticsIf you need a pair of inexpensive but effective isolating speaker stands for smaller speakers... | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice SOund Anchor are nice stands.If those are sounding good 24" off the ground, the Isoacoustics I mentioned might be worth a try. These are less expensive pro stands and very effective but are short stands designed to be used with pro studio monitors... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Sounds like a good idea to use acoustical absorbing devices to reduce the magnitude of reflected sound that would reach the calibration microphone otherwise. Would seem to be a positive step towards reducing effects of room acoustics. | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice I agree do not change anything until you have optimized what you have. I have a 12X12 sunroom with cathedral ceilings that is my acoustically challenged room. My gear sounds fantastic in my other rooms larger and similar size, but that one was alw... | |
| Why does my tube amp What is the 110 lb gorilla, I mean SS amp, being compared?Also what kind of music are we talking about? Any electronic rock/pop music with a lot of bass? Or big band or large scale high quality classical recordings? how loud do you listen?Those ar... | |
| Price for Klipsch Belle's? " I'd be Daniel Craig if my face and body were replaced."Good one! | |
| Removing components from between the speakers Yep, like most things, no 100% right or wrong, it all depends......Sound can be reflected, absorbed, or diffused as needed. How one gets to the right balance in each case is totally up to you. | |
| Hostility from manufacturers OHM Acoustics has teh best model in teh industry IMHO.They provide support and many upgrade options for every model they ever sold. Of course they will gladly sell you new speakers as well, but they also offer trade-ins of older models so they can... | |
| Removing components from between the speakers "The humor exposes the absurdity of extreme positions. "Hmm audiophilia often seems to revolve around extreme positions. WIthout the extreme, one is left with just good sound.In all cases one has to find their own happy medium. Could be extreme or... | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice BTW I own Dynaudios and run them off a very good quality BEl Canto Class D amp and this is a very good match to work with.I have also heard KEF ls50s in my system. Like Dynaudios, these are also not tube amp friendly speakers. THey sounded good wi... |