mapman
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| Audio Research pre-amps? I doubt the ARC pre-amp is the issue. Can you adjust the position or orientation of the speakers so tweeters do not fire as directly at listening position? That would be an easy tweak to reduce brightness.Or if tweeters are at ear level currently,... | |
| Is there a glass ceiling for cable technology?? Even determining the ceiling at present in any quantitative versus qualitative way with wires may be an impossible task.Each will have their own opinions based on what they hear. That's about it. I do not foresee any large government funded resear... | |
| why do hi-end fuses keep blowing, while std don't? Have you tried contacting the maker of the fuse and asking why their product is acting differently than the "std" fuse?The maker/vendor usually knows best. | |
| Why not horns? Harry who???? :^) | |
| Any good FM tuners around for less than $200? YEs, forgot Nikko, one of the other vintage lines with very good tuners. Very popular at Tech Hifi back then. | |
| Why nobody uses McIntosh with Vandersteen? I think Lrsky probably hit it pretty well.SOme combos are just not as likely to appeal as others.ALso, I do not recall every seeing a dealer that actually carried both lines. I've seen may Mc dealers over teh years, and a couple vandy, including o... | |
| Is there a glass ceiling for cable technology?? Glass Ceilings are an interesting topic in general in this hobby.Just how good can anything sound in given room? Its a fair question.My suspicion is that what determines the absolute sound in home playback at this point is 98% subjective and 2% te... | |
| Any good FM tuners around for less than $200? A lot of vintage audio gear commonly available cheap and used today had decent tuners. Pioneer, Kenwood, Sansui, Hitachi, Yamaha, Nakamichi are just a few that come to mind. Even if not a pure tuner, a pre-amp out connection on the back is all tha... | |
| Why so many linn lp12s for sale My gut tells me that if one goes about it right and has some DIY ability to make it right, Linn tables may still represent on of the better values out there.If not, and support is needed at each point along the way, perhaps not as much compared to... | |
| Why not horns? If they were not "high end" then they would be pretty much extinct by now, at least for home use.Obviously that is not the case and they still thrive in pro applications where efficiency is in high demand. | |
| Speakers for VAC sigma 160i -- need inputs I think it goes without saying that that VAC should work with all pretty well, but that is a very diverse sounding list of speakers in general. A lot would depend on your personal preferences, listening habits, listening room and how well differen... | |
| Online Audio / 30 Day Home Trials I have found there is a fair amount of good audio related products available via Amazon and Amazon tends to provide good customer satisfaction and has a pretty fair return policy as well.So Amazon is not a bad source to consider in the interst of ... | |
| Is it speakers or my rock/metal music? Plus help ? That's a big room. You need big robust speakers that can go loud and clear and plenty of power to run them. Especially for rock/metal genre. USe of subs can only help.My OHM Walsh speakers do rock/metal to a tee. Does not make the recordings any b... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Pack,Are you referring to mu-metal for example?I use mu-metal foil shielding around my phono step-up transformer to keep hum and noise levels down. Works like a charm, cut and dry, easily audible to anyone save the hard of hearing perhaps! No weir... | |
| High-Efficiency Single Driver Speaker System The OHM Walsh speakers I favor are a slight spin on the single driver approach. THey use a single driver up to 7khz or so which is where most music occurs, well beyond where most any typical 2 way system would cross over. That delivers a lot of th... |