mdhoover

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My system is bright? I need help. thanks
Have you tried Dakiom Feedback Stabilizers? 
Beginner/ Starter cables
Audioparts Inc. by Stu Wein makes fine products which offer great value, in my opinion. The Mas Hybrid speaker cables have been great in my system, and I posted a short review a while back. 
Ok this will be a good thread.
Speakers. 
Speaker match with Pass Labs XA-160
There's a review of the Audio Physic Caldera by Grant Samuelsen in Stereo Times:Grant Samuelsen 13 February 2002You'd need to go to www.stereotimes.com and search in the Archives under Audio Physic Caldera. Grant contributed to another thread abou... 
Speaker match with Pass Labs XA-160
If you want to stick with Audio Physic, then the old, 3 box Caldera is phenomenal. Not quite truly full range, but close, and with a Storm 3 (which is also what I have) you won't care. I heard these only once but they left a lasting auditory impre... 
Reasonably accurate, inexpensive dB meter--ideas?
"Quite some time ago, one of Stereophile's writers referred to a study done in the Andes of elderly men who had had no exposure to the ambient noise levels that pervade our modern world. The researchers were quite surprised to find that the study ... 
Reasonably accurate, inexpensive dB meter--ideas?
Tvad,I had seen that he'd posted a table with capacitor replacement values but I didn't know that he was selling calibrated units. Dang! 
Reasonably accurate, inexpensive dB meter--ideas?
I didn't want to wait for the end of an auction, so I bought this one from a very fine seller who goes by the moniker "carnesto". I broke the first microphone (this appears to have been my fault, not his or the manufacturer's) and he sent me a new... 
Where does your user name come from?
Mine is an assigned username, and is used only because I figured I could remember it. If I had it to do over, it would be "saidentary." 
What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker?
Studioray,Thanks for the compliment. I had been looking for a speaker like this for years, literally. Duane feels the same way, and most definitely has a MUCH higher speaker IQ than I do. He's the person who sold them to me. 
What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker?
Have heard (listed in no particular order, certainly not chronological): Soundesign, Panasonic RBH 1600 (or something like that--owned these in high school), AR90 (original, not the new ones), Allison, Klipsh corner horns, Thiel CS ~3.0, Magnaplan... 
Musical Concepts Modifications
I've read nothing bad about his mods, ever. 
Review: Kef 2 Reference Speaker
Quadophile,So, did you ever get a chance to hear (your system with) the Mas Signature Hybrid speaker cables, or are the Canares still meeting your needs nicely? Just curious.-Bill 
help me build a system for $1200
You may want to contact Klaus Bunge 317-299-5578. By the way, what medical school are you going to where you have time to listen to audio???!!! Unless you guys are in your senior elective year, med school has changed considerably since I graduated... 
The under 10K speaker
Intuitive Design Summits supplemented by a Rel sub bass unit. I have the Storm 3.