mapman
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| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps here's another radical thought. A lot of pro gear ie monitors are high efficiency out of necessity and tend to offer good sound quality value/$$. Are there any very high quality pro monitors in the price range worth consideration? Tannoy for examp... | |
| And Clapton Didn't Even Know Bruce had a very recognizable voice. SImilar to John Wetton who is another similarly talented bassist musician and vocalist.Come to think of it I bet John Wetton has played with many star guitarists over teh years as well. But more in teh progress... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps One way to be happy with lower volume levels at home after experiencing what can occur live with an orchestra is to only sit further back in the cheaper seats. or listen to outdoor live concerts only. Not as hard to reproduce those SPL levels expe... | |
| Industrial grade steel storage rack as audio rack? Price is right so little to loose trying but nothing about it indicates its designed for audio gear, a turntable in particular, which is most sensitive to its external environment and usually require a solid foundation and acoustical isolation to ... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Hifis are like baseball teams. Ideally, you want 9 40 home run power hitters in teh lineup. That's optimal perforamnce. But realistically you will have some poor hitters and some good hitters with decent averages and on base % but not power hitter... | |
| And Clapton Didn't Even Know John McVie surely has the best list of guitar players he has played with over the years in a single band/act. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps REbbi,One other thing I can recommend taht might help in any case is go with something where drivers can be/are located closer to teh floor perhaps with slight upward tilt for treble balance at your listening position. That will help get more bass... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps If I were Rebbi, I would try Tekton. Can't say how it will work out, but that is where I would start from what little I know. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Zu Essence sounded very thin and lifeless at moderate volumes off a SET with rock music that requires some meat on teh bones to sound good IMHO when I heard them.Just one audition but by Zu experts who admitted the amp used was underpowered for th... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps If one widely elects to preserve their ears, its a good thing to in general not go louder than low 80s db volume. So that is not a bad limitation in practice necessarily ie one that is good for ones health.But the flip side is that real music can ... | |
| How to reveal the truth? Keep asking questions. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps The key to good sound is all about low noise and distortion. Agree with Ralph that a major difference and potential advantage of a set is that first watt or so and results will depend on how far you can make that go. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Tubegroover,I'm with you on teh pros and cons of teh Quads. They were one of my main references when undergoing changes in my gear in recent years. Macrodynamics being the main limitation. My other reference is all manner of live performances. I g... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps ""I don't understand the singling out of SETs as if nothing else mandates compatibility considerations.""Of course they always do but also this thread is about speakers for SETs specifically so that is the topic at hand here. There are pros and co... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps "I don't understand the singling out of SETs as if nothing else mandates compatibility considerations."As Atmasphere likes to point out, SETs along with many tube amps like his OTLs operate under a different paradigm than most gear in today's worl... |