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| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts I saw the Yardbirds yesterday evening at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis.What a treat! The drummer McCarty is the only original member. But that was enough! The other younger members only helped to knock the ball out of the park! THe new/current voc... | |
| Impedance Mismatch ??? Agree with Viridian that on paper you are in good shape.FWIW, vendors that design amps to match well with most any pre-amp, including most higher output impedance tube pre-amps, may go even higher with their amps input impedance as an insurance po... | |
| Impedance Mismatch ??? Better impedance matching should deliver better dynamics and lower distortion. For example, the difference is analogous to the difference striking a drum with a proper tightly drawn drumhead versus one that is less so.Impedance matching of output ... | |
| Need speaker for a small space and close to wall Updated or refurbished OHM Ls. These very low cost moderate size front ported 3-ways have been around for over 30 years, work great close to walls, are still available and supported by the maker, OHM Acoustics, and use a good quality 10" woofer th... | |
| The truth on low efficiency speakers like B&W? Whatever one's motivation, for better, complete bass at higher volumes, more power will only help and seldom ever hurt with speakers like the B&Ws. If you only listen at low to moderate volume, you might get away with 40-60 good SS watts.Tube ... | |
| Fuses that matter. "Perhaps sonic differences would even be found between multiple examples of supposedly identical fuses."Good point (again)!Hopefully, someone out there convinced expensive fuses are a good deal might listen this time.As pointed out earlier, fuses ... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? "09-06-12: MapmanIvan, nice post on a useful subject. People may often fail to consider how the most important component of all, themselves, works when assessing cause and effect of things.The snake oil industry understands this well. Knowing one'... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? " But the noise isn't coming from the system, but somewhereelse! "Indeed! | |
| The Top Speaker for less than $500 You might be able to pick up a pair of newly factory refurbished and upgraded OHM Ls for close to that at www.ohmspeakers.comOr a used pair of OHM Walsh 2s, or 3s and maybe even 4s have a lot of bigger speaker sound to offer and might be had for t... | |
| Logitech is discontinuing the Squeezebox line. How about This | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? Hmm, my stress level just went up learning about the phone book issue. That means my listening ability has also probably been impaired.LEt me check and see if any undetected phone books are laying around and remove them if so. Then I will feel bet... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? BTW, I'm sitting watching the Orioles pound the Yankees.Can anybody explain that one to me? | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? Geof,Nothing all that unique or out there really.Enduring, no doubt:JudaismI am a big believer in spirituality and how that affects how one interacts with the world.Music and how it affects me is just one form of that interaction. Maybe there is a... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? "So, of course you have a vested interest in influencing people."Geoff, you as a vendor make money when you influence people regarding audio. I am not a vendor and do not. That is the difference. Pretty cut and dry. No mysticism there!Some might a... | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? "Mapman - Is it just me or did you just completely misconstrue Ivan'scomments to fit your "placebo effect explains it all away"agenda. :-)"Read what I said. I did not say any single thing explains anything away. I said that there can be many facto... |