martykl
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| 4 ohm taps or 8 ohm taps? Al's response covers almost all of the substance on the impact of different taps, save one issue:Some amps have "good" sounding taps and "bad" sounding taps, regardless of the speaker load presented them. Variation in output transformer design and... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Pete,I suspect that your attic looks a lot like the "landing" in the stairway to my listening room. I like the use of the phrase "for another day". I generally say the gear is "out of rotation". Six of one...MartyPS Please post your opinion of the... | |
| Subwoofer ideas for Rega Mira and R3s. BTW,As long as you system stays in a 10' x 10.5' room, you're going to have deep bass issues - if your system produces deep bass. A truly potent sub may well cause more problems than it solves. However, I would think that bass EQ (like that provid... | |
| Subwoofer ideas for Rega Mira and R3s. Following up Bob's point.At Audio Advisor, the SMS is $450 and a sub from NHT (can't recall the model designation) which features dual 10" drivers in a 6" deep sealed cabinet is available at $300. Total = $750.Caveat : I HAVE NOT HEARD THIS SUB.Cl... | |
| Sam Cook Night Beat is also a great sounding recording.Marty | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers I tripped across this thread again and realized that no one has yet mentioned Winston Grennan. It can be fairly (though not conclusively) argued that Grennan invented reggae. He is pretty much universally credited with the "one drop" beat - bass d... | |
| NHT Returns to a New Marketplace? I'd guess that a lot of the speakers that change hands on Audiogon are purchased "blind" ("deaf"?). If NHT's on-line distribution allows value unavailable from bricks and mortar (i.e. remove the retail mark-up), they'll find some market share. A f... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix Lightminer,For your goals, I suspect that a pair of SVS Ultras in sealed (or maybe 16hz tuned) mode would be hard to beat. Remember that the additional sub provides 3db (more like 5db in my room) output, so read the distortion/clean output graphs ... | |
| Floor Standing or In Wall speakers I'd like to add one more point. Floorstanders placed for best performance will limit sight lines. The arrangement I described in my previous post was for 2 channel use. Given the space restrictions in my home theater room (and I had the same issue... | |
| Floor Standing or In Wall speakers I prefer the imaging from floorstanders (or monitors) deployed in free space. OTOH, Shadorne's observations re: smooth bass response are spot on - in wall placement will make a lot of room related issues in this range "moot". Personally, I use flo... | |
| sub wiring question Duypham,The SMS is tricky to use - no doubt about that. Once you figure it out, it's great.REL uses a very different approach than Velodyne. The whole "speaker level input" idea is closely associated with REL. I don't like this approach, but many ... | |
| sub wiring question A few quick further notes:I used a pair of SPLR 8 subs (recently replaced) in my 14'x23'x17'high room. IME, if you want flat, extended bass response, the internal EQ in the SPLRs won't get you there. I had 3 significant suckouts below 100hz which ... | |
| Wither Jimmy Page? I'm not at all sure I'd put Paul Westerberg on that list.Marty | |
| sub wiring question Re: Kal's comment on NHT X-2I use an X-2 for high pass and an SMS for low pass and EQIMHO, this is a "best of all worlds" solution, but I thought maybe more complicated than the OP wanted to hear about.MartyPS the auto EQ on the SPLR subs leaves s... | |
| sub wiring question If you have an extra $450 available, I'd grab a Velodyne SMS-1 and run pre out R and L into the SMS line in R and L with RCAs and then the same scheme from the SMS line outs into the subs. This will roll off your mains and your subs. If you have 2... |