mechans
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| Maple or Granite Excellent if edge grain or slab rock maple. Granite will add mass but dont put it directly under any component it will reflect vibration . | |
| Personal speaker evolution Realistic or something akin and Kloss headphones. Then I finally bought my own at the ripe age of 16 Klipsch Heresy 1s for $550 . I still have them!!! Inherited my father JBL siugnatuyre 1959 030 speaker package in a C38 cabinet that's a D130 broa... | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. Cerwin Vegas from the 80s anybody want them cheap! | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear They are by definition "High End", based on price. I own an old one that synergizes with my vint6age Klipsch speakers very well. I also own Von Scheickert Vr2s , JM lab Electras, Merlins.and more.... a few amps and ancillary pieces but am I an aud... | |
| Plinius or Simaudio A few years ago Plinius did have a reputation for being finicky. The sound however was and is excellent, clean and very dynamic. No bad news about them lately but I have been asking only about tooob amps. I would choose Plinius over Sim.One BIG Ca... | |
| It's been said before, but I'll say it again... Dear All,I am an old fogey and have never felt comfortable using a completely different format for e-mailt han I would for other mail.I really never found the "hi" address to be anything serious. When have any of you adressed a group that you do n... | |
| Horns for Rock. Don't know about that.I hear the original Heresy not prototypes are the best.Remarbly Ihad my oness and a pair of IIs at the same time.The alnico Magnets on the 1s dwarf the ferrite IIs but the sound wasn't altogether different. Did the threes fin... | |
| Crossover Volume Level It's simple. Forget guidelines except if you are putting signal thru that would be unacceptable to the driver. The drivers speciffy in hz or bcps what their range is. As long as you keep the signal properly attenuated into the driver just pick the... | |
| Observations on Audiogon Posts I think we have yet to standardize our definitions for a start. This thread demonstrates that well. The new audiophile must have been attracted to the sound of music (not the musical) and should have some notion as to what sounds good to them.Ther... | |
| CNET story on my tube based system Audiogon too Plato,The truth is that the power tubes in an Atmaspere amp are only about $7 each. You wouldn't have to change them for 2-3,000 hours. If you listened 3hrs a day, 6 days a week, it would take about 1,000 days before they burned out. I love my sys... | |
| Should I upgrade from Sylvania 6DJ8 to better tube I am inveterate tube roller. The choice would have been abundantly clear a year ago. In a very short time prices for this family of tubes became insane.I like the American Amperex nice neutral but musical, The CV2492/3 military Mullards a quiet tu... | |
| Could use some help, please Do you need floor standers? How big is the space? what do you listen too? How loud? I could help but would need some guidance. I have a lot of stuff but it sounds like what you really need is is a tube amp. I have a lotof unused gear. Tube amps no... | |
| Tired of Expensive Speaker Cable. Alternatives? Wow I thought expensive meant $1,000 for speaker cable. You as a group seem to think it's reasonable. And all I had to drink was coffee. | |
| Audio Physic Scorpio - How does it rate? Sub woofer or more woofers that is the question.The Virgo is a speaker for those who are pleased by excellent mids and even better treble. Great treble energy with great extension and detail and seemless, smooth, musical delivery. The bass disappe... | |
| Materialism or Idealism is hope alive? And Request I was in S.F.about 20 years ago and made the pilgrimage. I just felt like a good rant. Please let us know what is on your list of rantable issues. Is that 70s something there was no High End then? Only more or less expensive equipment and magazine... |