mapman
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| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? COot,DEscribe your room size and any special considerations acoustically.I have run my 5s off 120, 180 and 350 and 500 w/ch 2 channel amps in my 20X30 L shaped room with standard height drywall ceiling and carpet over concrete floor. ALl these wer... | |
| VTL Verses ARC, which is better? IS VAC really better than ARC?Both are top notch whenever I hear them. Not sure how one can be said to be better than the other.ARC has been around longer, is much bigger, and a better known quantity for sure I would think.VAC is still more of a b... | |
| Speaker Improvement Advance Design Better Upgrade Quality of drivers as well in terms of being able to meet higher tolerance standards for quality, which enables greater efficiency, better sound quality and more quantity out of smaller drivers as well, when called for.Also major advances in CAD (... | |
| audiphile power cords "what cable(s) have your products sounded their best with?"Also what if anything do they have in common from a design perspective? | |
| Selling Dynaudio c2 what next??? IF you find good Dynaudio sound overpowering, consider a pair of omni OHM Walshes perhaps. I have both and like each for their own unique traits. OHM Walsh omni presentation is more aout filling the room with sound rather than directing it at you.... | |
| Why aren't Rush fans more audiophile-natured? These days, there are many paths to good sound besides the traditional audiophile mantra.The fact that most people like music but are NOT considered audiophiles these days says a lot. Nothing special about Rush or most popular acts that says "audi... | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall Here is the easy recipe for very good sound for veritually no cost for many to hear recordings sans room acoustics and reflections. Its pretty good! If you don't need room acoustics to get the sound you want, this may be all most people would ever... | |
| Lowend Preamp on a budget. GEorgelofi,Good stuff, as usual! | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? Never have..Would rather be high on life. | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall B_limo,With my OHM omni's, speaker distance apart has little effect on soundstage width. It is wall to wall, about 20" total even if speakers are just a few feet apart. My room is L shaped with the OHM's sitting at the base of the L firing into th... | |
| Another Next Best Tweak Ear Cleaning kit $100 from CVS Audiophile Technologies, Inc.Or you can get the same thing marketed to normal people for about $13 at local CVS pharmacy. | |
| audiphile power cords The # 1 rule for more marginal audio tweaks is always ask "why?". It works in life in general the same way.There should be some good reason to try anything, especially an expensive piece of technology. Any technical gadget worth its salt is design... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system Good stuff! | |
| audiphile power cords Two different tweaks, each with potential to change the sound in different ways. Which is better or does more is likely to vary case to case. In general, performance of tubes CAN vary more widely, from high performance to dead and everything in be... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system AL, thanks for that.Yes, I suppose I'm back to my original post. Passive appears an attractive option for cost, small size, and simplicity, inc cases where those things matter, like mine, and perhaps other reasons, but you never know or sure what ... |