mapman
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| 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... | |
| Slow Down, You Move too Fast Of teh ones I've tried, DNM Reson ICs seem to get it most right for me and for reasonable cost. | |
| Why so many linn lp12s for sale Most people would love to have any Linn table in good working order.A lot have been sold over the years compared to many "high end" offerings so I suspect that is a big factor for why more of these may be on teh market at any given time than vario... | |
| Help with compression and dynamic range Speaker/amplifier match is the main thing to get right in order to optimize for dynamics.Source quality is important also but tends to be less problematic overall and only matters after you get the speakers and matching amp right. There are many w... | |
| Help with compression and dynamic range This Online Dynamic Range Database might be a relevant resource for you. |