markphd
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| Floorstanding speakers for Linn Akurate 4200 amp. I have a pair of Aktiv Katans with a Sizmik, and a pair of Aktiv Ninkas sitting around the house at the moment. They're powered with 5125 amps. So I'm in your ballpark as to what you're listening to.Here's a couple of Linn options within $2000 if ... | |
| When did Musical Fidelity start making stuff in... As if a lot of western audiophile brands are the pinnacle of reliability and quality.....The Chinese have nuclear weapons and have put humans in space. I'm sure they can figure out how to make audio equipment. Once they get their heads around this... | |
| Floorstanding speakers for Linn Akurate 4200 amp. Do you want to stay with Linn speakers and do you you want to stay Aktiv with your budget of $2000?When you say you listen to all types of music except Country, I keep thinking of a line from the movie "The Blues Brothers". The band stops to play ... | |
| Best way to extend a dedicated power line? It seems you have two choices. One is to add a junction box, either before or after your current dedicated outlet. The other is to just use your current dedicated outlet as the junction and run the wire to the new outlet from there. It would seem ... | |
| MBA project - audiophile computer transport If you build a better mousetrap....The first step would be to evaluate the possible existence of a market, its potential size, what features it wants, price it would pay, etc.Rather than an open ended post as above, why don't you make up a little ... | |
| When has a piece of equipment paid for itself?? Some people buy things for personal consumption. They don't care what the resale value is as they will use it until it's worn out.Other people buy things for investment purposes. Their intent is to resell later at a profit. Perhaps they are in the... | |
| cable doubter no more I find that cables make a difference, although I'm not always convinced that "different" is the same as "better". I've never heard every cable in every possible combination of components with everybody else's ears. If somebody makes a change and l... | |
| Why not use mains as centers Sorry Kal, I disagree with you.Mark | |
| Why not use mains as centers I would expect a good specialized centre channel speaker to be far superior than a third main. The centre channel in an HT setup is primarily for voices. Voices are in the midrange. So the design of the centre speaker can focus on midrange reprodu... | |
| Unbiased information on contact metals Did your information have anything to say about rhodium? This is often used on speaker binding posts as an alternative to gold. | |
| The future of my hearing I find that the loss of hearing in my advancing years, although real, is gradual. I don't really notice it too much other than in conversations with soft spoken people.With respect to high frequency hearing loss, there are some interesting develop... | |
| DAC? Does it make a big difference? The Numerik is specifically identified by Linn as an upgrade to the Mimik. If you're comparing it to CDPs of the same generation, I think it would definitely get you above the Genki, but I wouldn't expect it to best the Ikemi. Then again, it would... | |
| Linn Ninkas vs Linn Katans I've used both Ninkas and Katans (with a Mimik). Given your musical taste, I would recommend the Ninkas. The difference is bass response is quite significant. If you listen to a lot of rock, the Katans will leave you wanting for a bit more bass an... | |
| Speakers sound best facing wall???? Well, I'm sure there are psychologists at New Zealand's fine universities. However, avoid the ones who would want to implant electrodes in your brain. Leave that for the real guinea pigs. | |
| Speakers sound best facing wall???? Dynamic speakers produce sound waves when the cone moves backwards as well as when it moves forward. So in theory, you could place speakers front facing or back facing. However, speakers are designed and built to control the backwave. As a result,... |