mapman
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| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps If you've ever seen a pair of floor standing Klipsch Heresys the setup is similar. Except Isoacoustic stands provide the isolation from the floor needed to keep bass clean and are adjustable to two different heights and various degrees of tilt. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Jet if you try it I'd like to know the results. Thanks.Nothing else I tried in that room worked anywhere near up to par. My smallest least extended speakers ended up sounding spot on and trumping anything else I ever tried in there. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Rebbi the other thing about low placement with slight tilt up is this can work in your favor with imaging and soundstage in a smaller rooms due to longer delays for reflections from ceiling and rear wall. Audiokinesis has mentioned this approach t... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps The AN speakers might fit on a larger pair of isoacoustics stands which are adjustable and not expensive. They would sit lower to the ground with optional tilt up for the tweeter. That could well compensate for not placing them on higher stands in... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Reb, My experience with the AN speakers at Capital Audiofest a couple years back mirrors yours almost to a tee. | |
| Industrial grade steel storage rack as audio rack? I keep my turntable and related gear on a massive 2 foot high solid oak coffee table I picked up years ago in a second hand furniture shop down south for $30.My amps rest on an antique wood footstool I picked up a couple years ago in a local antiq... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Its hard to get perfect results much less be certain of everything in a rushed audition. There are many reasons why one hears what they hear in any particular case.Apparently whatever Rebbi heard was convincing since the old speakers are gone.Rega... | |
| Audio Eden & Lack of Response - Anyone Else? Are there turkeys in Canada? | |
| Audio Eden & Lack of Response - Anyone Else? EBM, you are on a roll today! :^) | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Any speaker or any amp may or may not work out in any case. What matters is long term success ie how many times users have achieved success with a suitable matching. That separates the winners from the losers over the long term.Rebbi, one thing I ... | |
| How to reveal the truth? There are many ways to get good value on this site. Also more wyas than anywhere else to throw large sums of money down the tubes.So basically anything is possible so act accordingly. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps "The question isnt how loud you can play, but at what distortion is at that volume level. "Its both really in that distortion is a common reason why one might not choose to go louder. Another way to say it is distortion becomes more of an issue ty... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps I've always found the Tonians intriguing. They are a different breed. Have never heard them but they have giant killer potential i suspect. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps FWIW, the best and least compromised sound I have actually heard with affordable speakers run off a low power tube amp was...drum roll Audio Note (do not know the exact model or cost but they start out in Reb's price range I believe and I believe ... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Also Decware specializes in "affordable" low power tube amps and makes speakers to match that might be in teh price range. Disclaimer: have never heard these but Decware gets a good rap overall and these are made with that goal in mind. |