martykl
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| Please recommend a musical sub for me You might want to search these threads for Velodyne SMS-1. It's a $450 subwoofer controller that I've commented on pretty extensively. Add one of these guys and the $500 sub of your choice (I use Rythmik, they're great but I suspect that there are... | |
| Speakers under $700 for 8W Per Channel Tube SET Someone is selling a pair of 3a deCapos with stands at $1K right now. If you can stretch to $1K, I believe that they'd be a fine choice, particularly given your taste in music. I used these speakers successfully with Cary 300B mono amps in a room ... | |
| I have $2000 to spend on speakers. Ohm 100s and an 8' x 11' area rug might do the trick at your price point. Find a nice rug and WAF could be vey high.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I use the standard, full range Ohm 100s with subs (now Rythmiks, formerly Velodynes). I use an NHT x-2 to roll off the bass in the 100s and a Velodyne SMS-1 to roll off (and EQ)the subs. Integration is - to my ear - just about perfect. Personally,... | |
| Rolling Stone top 100 Guitarists - Howe/Van Halen Sorry,I accidentally dropped my penultimate paragraph:This is no shot at Green, who I've admired for decades. However, he was famous for acknowledging his own technical limitations and thanking his fans for looking beyond them and just "enjoying t... | |
| Rolling Stone top 100 Guitarists - Howe/Van Halen Other than the obligatory Jimi at #1, such a list is never going to seem right to everyone. The author must consider innovation, technique, influence, personal taste (and probably fame) in determining the order. How do you prioritize these factors... | |
| Best speakers for Pathos Classic One MKIII ? I have a Mark II that I use with SF Cremonas (which are usually happiest with some grunt behind them). The amp will work well with a huge variety of speakers - as long as they're not crazy ampere sponges. It's more powerful than the rating indicat... | |
| full range close to wall positioning IME, the older Merlin VSM SE benefits from near wall placement (bass and mid bass flesh out). Merlin designer Bobby P has recommendations for wall treatment so that imaging doesn't suffer (too much) from this arrangement. IMHO, the newer iteration... | |
| Searching for passive subwoofer... BTW, the giant Dec Imperial Horn design might seem expensive for a DIY kit at > $1K, but it is pictured (see their web site) with a naked lady reclining inside the cabinet. If she is included at that price, it's probably a good value.MartyPS Th... | |
| Searching for passive subwoofer... Decware offers DIY subwoofer cabinet plans/kits. You may want to contact them to see if any of these work for you. If you find something that works, Meniscus Audio is one (I'm pretty sure there are others out there) company that will supply driver... | |
| Duntech vs Dunlavy? I always thought that the floorstanders from both companies sounded as if they were cut from the same cloth. If you like a given model from one company, my guess is you'd like the other's equivalent offering. Beyond that, as to which YOU would pre... | |
| DVD music concerts I note that "My Name is Maceo" isn't -strictly speaking- a concert dvd. It contains non-performance documentary footage as well. Probably why it wasn't listed.Marty | |
| DVD music concerts Somehow, Shadorne hasn't mentioned "My Name is Maceo" by Maceo Parker. He recommended this DVD on an earlier thread and it has claimed a place in my top four, along with three displays of guitar pyrotechnics:Jeff Beck PTW (already mentioned)Richar... | |
| Balanced vs. Unbalanced - What does it mean? I'm not sure if this has already been noted here, but I'd like to clarify: You cannot be sure that an unbalanced output can be effectively run into a balanced XLR input merely by the simple addition of a physical adaptor. ARC gear will not work co... | |
| History on ohm A's and F's. Spiked,IIRC, the doppler effect is the pitch shift that results when a sound source moves toward (or away) from you (at relatively low speed). A train whistle is the usual example. If a speaker's driver produced this problem, I'd think that you wo... |