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| Wilson Audio Haters jmcgrogan25,689 posts02-18-2017 11:57am If a man is standing in the corner muttering to himself, do you engage him or walk away? You talking about that fella with the Tara Labs thread? Hahaha! | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers It makes sense to move up the same manufacturer's line if you like their house sound. I owned 3 pairs of classic Infinity speakers, incl: a pair of Renaissance 90's. Enjoy them in good health! | |
| Personal speaker evolution - Infinity Reference 3 large bookshelf speakers, bought 1988 $?- Infinity Reference 60, oak, 1991, $2kAUD- Infinity Renaissance 90, black oak, 2009, $1400USD- Marten Coltrane Alto's, 2009, $14.5kUSD- Magico S5, M-coat titanium, 2013, $lots- Magico... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? jmcgrogan25,689 posts02-22-2017 6:58ambetter put my hip-waders on....it’s really getting deep in here now. ;^) Why isn’t Audiolatrine posting in this thread? Could it be that....he doesn’t have a super high end system? Just a super case of schizo... | |
| Advice for Sub to match with Martin Logan Monolith III Steve, there is a Martin Logan Descent active servo-controlled sub fs on the ’Gon at the moment within your price range. You could also pickup a 2nd hand JL Audio Fathom F110 sub within your budget, or stretch a bit for a 2nd hand F113 which avera... | |
| Do I need a power conditioner? @jafant, Gigawatt have world-wide distribution, though not currently in the US. On their website they advise if the country you're in doesn't have a Distributor to initially contact them, and my guess is they would either look after your enquiry d... | |
| It is a good idea to purchase a vintage tube pre-amp. @bdp24, Sure. But the SP15 would be fun to go all out modding ;) The look and vintage of the two components would match up nicely too. | |
| It is a good idea to purchase a vintage tube pre-amp. The classic SP-15 is a classic ARC pre & cherry ripe for high end mods imho. Bare is mind, it is quite old, so unless you find one already refurbed unit, I would look for a stock example in good nic & save up for a refurb incl: higher end ... | |
| Do I need a power conditioner? randy-11623 posts02-19-2017 10:49ama conditioner is useful if and only if you have noise on the lines sufficient to distort the music you are playingvery very few actually measure the noise before wasting money on a conditionera conditioner is n... | |
| Interesting Magico news keithtexas100 posts02-18-2017 9:43amI think it’s just a plastic dish of a specific size, which is likely filled with some damping material (of celestial origins no doubt). Here is a video of the S3; discussion (and picture) of the polymer hou... | |
| Interesting Magico news @cdk84, Magico were using Black Hole 5 or a similar product for the S5 Mk1. Here is a pic of the damping mats applied to an S5 - http://audioshark.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10892&stc=1I don’t know specifically which product they’re using... | |
| Ceramic Speakers It reaallly depends on the Designer and implementation. Generally Accutons are fast like an electrostatic, yet has the dynamics of a dynamic driver. Kind of best of both worlds. Though ceramic drivers can sound a bit dry and analytical. Imho they ... | |
| Recommendations for used CD player itzhak1969103 posts02-17-2017 7:12amThe correct way to go is a pure CD transport and a dedicated DAC this will give you the best sound. With $400? And simply having a separate transport/dac doesn't automatically mean it is superior to a single ... | |
| Recommendations for used CD player itzhak1969103 posts02-17-2017 5:47amDVD is a lousy transport with high jitter and harmonic distortion it's better to use dedicated CD transport without inner DAC such as the Cambridge Audio CXC or Cyrus CDt . All very interesting except for ... | |
| Interesting Magico news Companies like Wilson, Wilson Benesch and Rockport have long experience designing composite cabinets. Similarly Magico have long experience using aluminium cabinets. Most loudspeakers have some compromise to balance cost and performance, whilst Ma... |