mdhoover
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| Benefits to Denon 3805 upgrade for Studio 100's I owned the same model for about a year. Mine sounded quite nice with a B&K ST140, which is about 100 or 105 wpc. There was a MAJOR improvement when I upgraded to Odyssey Statos Extreme Monoblocks, which are at LEAST 200 watts each, but probab... | |
| equipment on cones "Thanks hoover. BTW, there is one device I know of that combines the properties of removal (cones) and absorbtion(rubber) and that is Stillpoints. But they're pretty expensive."-NsgarchI've heard the same thing about them. Only one other person ha... | |
| equipment on cones Nsgarch:Assuming that everything you said above is correct (and I'm NOT in a position to judge that--too ignorant), then the above post is the single most comprehensive, yet concise and well-written explanation of vibration effects and their solut... | |
| 2way speaker recommendations Intuitive Design Summits. Utterly phenomenal beyond all possible belief, and yet virtually unknown among even most "hard core" audiophiles. I've reviewed them here on Audiogon. I believe that they probably sound even better than the OLD, 3 box ver... | |
| Classic speakers to hunt down used The ORIGINAL AR 9 is legendary. I don't know much about it but Chadnliz and Quadophile might. I do remember that the lower priced EARLY VERSION AR 90 sounded quite nice to me so many years ago, and that the AR 9 was said to be even better. | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? Quick update:The Stax headset has returned from Yamasinc, and has been rebuilt to original Lambda Pro Signature status. They look beautiful. Price for newer model 404 would have been almost identical, but I opted for the restoration based on what ... | |
| Musical Subwoofer for 2 Channel System BUT.... Rel Strata Mark 3. Reviewed on Audiogon by Quadophile:Rel Strata Mark III, review by Quadophile | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Intuitive Design Summits. | |
| I bought the Granite for the base for my .... "I seem to remember that speakers where actually added to the theater for that experience."-The endI remember something like that too. I think that's right. It was a long time ago. Anyway, if it's even available on DVD or VHS, it would be interest... | |
| Eliminating RFI Another idea that may or may not help: Ferrite cylinders that clip around your cables. Don't know for sure how much dynamic damping they cause. A pricey alternative to consider would be Z Sleeves by Z Cable. Here's a link to those:Z Sleeves by Z C... | |
| What's a great multi format player under a $1,000? "I am thinking of swapping out my DAC & trying something different just to try it but the Onkyo will stay for the long haul."-FishwaterThe Dodson 217 Mark II D with upgraded 218-like software is fabulous with the DPC 8.5, which (as you know) i... | |
| I bought the Granite for the base for my .... "base= bass. My bad. I am actually an educated person. I was thinking base as in the Granite base and had a brain fart.Sorry about that."-The endOkay, I see. I did that (at least) once in a post also. I thought it was an intentional pun because of... | |
| Eliminating RFI Vicks7,Have you made any progress with your RFI problem?* *My own RFI problem has been largely ameliorated, but not entirely solved. This is an extremely difficult problem given that RFI can be airborne or carried through the lines, or sometimes g... | |
| What if you don't like them should you "Also not too many people want speakers that are 20 years old."-WarnerwhMaybe not, but apparently your friend does. He's paid to have them rebuilt, which would seem to fall under the category of custom work, assuming that particular speaker model ... | |
| Who is a big high end cable manufacturer "They've totally opened up the sound of my system, particularly in the bass. And they're not yet broken in. So for those who think it's all snake oil, that's a pile of garbage. Go listen to some of these in your system or any of the other high qua... |