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| Speakers better without subwoofers? Crossover and synchronization issues? What do you do @emergingsoul Yup those old speakers were something else. I grew up with my father's Bozaks. The problem is those large enclosures resonate like crazy. They are musical instruments. The bass drivers of the day were not capable of long excursion wi... | |
| Subwoofer Advice Not a good idea. The KEFs are quite small. The next best place would be in corners. | |
| Upgrade From SME IV to V - Worth It @mgattmch The Gyrodec is a fine turntable. You can not do better without spending insane amounts of money. I know your cartridge well. What I would do is keep the IV and replace the Maestro with a Soundsmith Voice. The Voice is as good as many hi... | |
| Subwoofer Advice Now you have no crossover. So, you would take an output off your preamp and run it to the KEFs using the low pass filter in the KEFs. Once you have the MiniDSP, you would set up the crossover in the MiniDSP and take a digital output to the Benchm... | |
| Advice on a recently purchased Maplenoll Athena @jpost Do you have a drill press? You can not just enlarge the hole with any old hand held drill, VERY inaccurate. You chuck up a drill exactly the same size as the hole. You lower the drill into the hole and lock the press in place. Then you clam... | |
| Upgrade From SME IV to V - Worth It @dogberry I agree with @ pindac. There will be cartridges that actually work better in the IV, but the differences are minor. Both are very good arms. I think the Tri Planar, the Reed 2G and the Schroder CB would be significant steps up, but again... | |
| Subwoofers @greywolf In a room that size you are going to need two 15" or four 12" drivers at work. I design and build my own subwoofers and I only recommend the brands KEF, Martin Logan and Magico. I think what would best suite you would be two Martin Logan... | |
| Advice on a recently purchased Maplenoll Athena @jpost I hate to be the purveyor of bad news, but what you have there is best described as trash:-( You might be able to get a Clearaudio magnetic bearing assembly and fit the subplatter to it, but my sense is you would be throwing good money afte... | |
| Feel Silly Asking This Question Alignment Parameters @wrm57 I have the same old eyes you have and as you found out the SmarTractor is a really nifty device. Many people have a hard time getting over the price, but for any vinyl head who is the least bit fastidious it is well worth every cent. I can ... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk I can not speak to every cartridge out there. All I can say is that I have not had good luck with cartridges in the 3 to 10 ohm range. They either do not have enough output or the signal to noise ratio is not so good. Under 2 ohms with out... | |
| Subwoofer Advice Not at all, you are going to use them. The M1 will drive your Coda Amp and the Benchmark will drive the KEF amplifiers. The SHD Studio will provide the crossovers, room control and bass management as well as streaming and source selection like any... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @rauliruegas The system is running fine. The MC Diamond and Soundsmith Hyperion MR sound better in voltage mode. The Lyra Atlas SL and MSL Signature Platinum sound better and have a better signal to noise ratio in transimpedance mode. I also belie... | |
| Subwoofer Advice @navyachts The Coda looks like a fine amp for the MLs. I would not change that. The SHD does not show an amp with the subs because most subwoofers have a plate amp installed in the subwoofer. You would use the Benchmark DAC 3B to drive the subs. I... | |
| Subwoofer Advice @navyachts Have ML lower the boost point from 100 Hz down to 80 Hz and maintain the volume at 20 Hz. Rooms are always a problem from bad to terrible. The M1 is really a DAC and a very good one. Your current speakers are better. You can make any ... | |
| Subwoofer Advice @grislybutter The Balanced Force series are much better. They are not perfect, but they are better than most. The enclosure creates distortion in two ways, shaking and vibrating. Both types occur around certain frequencies. Shaking is caused by un... |