mapman
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| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore Anyone know the lore crossover frequency versus zu omem? | |
| Mini Monitors under $500 used Triangle Titus would be a slam dunk.These cross over fairly high at about 5khz compared to many monitors and have fantastic coherency in addition to all the traits you seek in spades. Perfect for a smaller room. | |
| Amp and speaker matching. It'll work and might sound decent but not an optimal match. Getting optimal amp/speaker match is essential to get the best objective results. | |
| Squeezebox Touch simple 24/192 output mod I suspect in general that hi res format potential, relevant or not, is ahead of the technology needed to execute accurately and correctly. Hi res is still early on the tech maturity scale. It will get better over time for sure but for now i am ver... | |
| interesting phenomena in the cutting room Very cool. All makes a lot of sense. Of course what value is there in arecord that can't be tracked? Reminds me of the challenges i recall getting most vinyl players of the day to track the original telarc digital recordings without clearly audibl... | |
| size of the driver "I really can't think of anything much worse than a large system poorly designed/executed "Have heard such and gotta agree. Glad I only heard and did not pay! | |
| small companies making today's best products Tekton, Zu and Decware are three I have come across recently that I would like to experience.Also a fan of the Audiokinesis approach to things, though have not actually heard.THough also have not heard, gotta give a plug for HHR Exotic Speakers as... | |
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| Mercury Living Presence Box set arrived. Have not opened yet.My first real exposure to the MLP recordings where they caught my ear was back in mid 90's with the CD recordings of Leroy Anderson and another of Circus music using the 35mm film technology that I got from the... | |
| Fuses that matter. "I did it the easy way here"New toy! Useful! Thanks! | |
| Is anyone thinking about building Walsh drivers? Hi Dale.I'd much rather spend my time listening to Walsh speakers than building them.Your speakers are on my short list of designs I have not heard that I would most like to.Right now I am happy with what I have but always looking to explore new o... | |
| size of the driver "By the way, if you listen to rock concert music, nothing beats big boxes with high efficiency 15 or 18 inch drivers, for the simple reason that these are exactly what you hear at the concert. Horn mids and tweeters also. IMHO, horrible, but accur... | |
| Squeezebox Touch simple 24/192 output mod "There's a recent thread on this where John from Benchmark explains what's going on."Link?Thanks. | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore The Tektons sound like an excellent value and a great option in the right room.Stereophile did a review of some larger Zus that I found interesting. They liked the sound and performance but the measurements were found somewhat lacking. That does n... | |
| size of the driver "However, for those whose first-priority is realism, seeking to combine the fore-mentioned attributes with truly realistic tone, the choice seems to be limited to relatively scarce systems with large mid-woofers (dynamism is another benefit that, ... |