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| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green A related question:Was Peter Green the best blues guitarist in his own band? That's no shot at Peter Green who is an unquestionably amazing player, but here's a clip of Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer playing "The Sky is Crying":http://www.youtube.... | |
| New or Upgrading Pre - Pro A variation on Edorr's thoughtful post:If you are using a (or a pair of) subwoofer(s), this is IMHO a no-brainer: find the best digital bass management/room correction you can afford. If you're not using subwoofer(s), then I'd agree with Edorr - i... | |
| Once again: Lindsey Buckingham Live MitchI'm more a fingerstyle guy myself. I suspect that Stevie nicks could better judge LB's ability to hammer on | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? There are a few recordings that IMHO show the Ohm imaging trick off to great effect:You might want check ' em out and see if any click for you. If so, pick one up for early listening. I think any of these will give you a great sense of the Ohm eff... | |
| Inexpensive All-In-One Solutions NAD Viso 5 might work, but they'd need to use their existing loudspeakers | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rbf,Here's the good news:You're about to experience omnidirectional loudpeakers - and very fine examples of the breed, as it happens. I think almost all listeners are initially struck by the unique spatial presentation characteristic of this desig... | |
| The ideal auditorium? Blank canvas If you can manage to get that 375mm dimension up to 400ish mm or a bit over 400mm, I'd think that you'd be in very good shape. As to record/cd racking - the same suggestion would apply to either:Stagger the depth of the racking in order to break u... | |
| 845 SET recommendation I own Cary 805 monos and I'd feel comfortable recommending them despite the hefty price tag. I do prefer to run them with 211s, however, so that may make the recommendation moot.Marty | |
| Wanted: NHT X2 electronic crossover. Edorr,I'm 100% with you. I own an X-2, can't really ever visualize the circumstance under which i'd ever use it (in place of the digital Audyssey x-over function that I replaced it with), but can't really bring myself to consider selling it, eithe... | |
| Once again: Lindsey Buckingham Live Mitch,LB is certainly not for every taste. (Who is?). If your taste runs to the understated - and particularly if you're anything of a blues purist - it's no surprise that LB would not be your cup o' tea. The showier stuff at the end of the long s... | |
| The ideal auditorium? Blank canvas I should add that Duke (Audio Kinesis) also sells this less expensive variation of his multi-subwoofer set-up. http://www.audiokinesis.com/product_ak_sealedswarm.html | |
| The ideal auditorium? Blank canvas Waryn,I suspect that you'd regret not enlarging that floorplan. If you start with a minimum width of +/-425 and go from there, you'll probably be closer to the mark. You can probably get away with less flare to the side walls (smaller maximum widt... | |
| Do your speakers have enough "freshness" Sorry to pile on here, but this thread sounds a bit like one of those feminine hygiene ads. | |
| Ohm Walsh Microtall or Vandersteen 1C If the MWT is balanced like my Ohm 100s, they will be notably leaner thru the mid to upper bass than the Vandy. While real bass extension may be pretty similar, the Vandy will likely display a little more "oomph" on kick drum, etc. while the Ohm m... | |
| Add Sub Woofer Personally, I'd put an active x-over like the Marchand or NHT (if you can find one) between the preamp and power amp. I'd also think about adding a digital room correction unit for the subs (SVS/Audyssey or Velodyne SMS-1) between the bass output ... |