mijostyn
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| Stylus skipping at beginning of record Records have a lip. It is not uncommon for the stylus to slide down that lip between grooves pick up speed and skip over a few. Cue inside the lip and you won't have a problem or use a mute control. I cue by finger lift and I hold the cartridge st... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @cd318 , speakers that leave a colorful first impression are exactly that, colored. I fondly remember my father's Bozak B307As. Driven by a Dynakit Stereo 70 they were glorious, gloriously bass heavy. But, they beat the tar out of my Zenith portab... | |
| Simplest Linear PSU? Why would anybody but a piece of equipment with a substandard power supply? Instead of pissing money away on outboard power supplies try buying equipment with decent power supplies to begin with. | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @phusis @larryi , magnificent? Hardly. They were awful and they still are awful. If you want to wax poetic over an antique speaker try the KLH Model 3. Not great either, but a lot more listenable. | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @jetter , they will be exactly where the JC 1 are. There are two cooling fans for each amp. I will know right away when a tube fails as the power in that channel will drop enough to skewer channel balance. It only takes a dB or two to change balan... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @atmasphere , I should have phrased that differently. It is the SLs that do not like making bass. The MA 2's should be fine driving the SLs in the bass because the impedance is so high. I am not asking the MA 2's to drive 2 ohm subwoofers. @rauli... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @moonwatcher you need to listen to a large Advent. @ghdprentice , I know you are right about high tech workers in general. Loudspeakers are not high tech. Anybody with a table saw can make one. Not necessarily a good one, true. | |
| Porsche-Design I have one already:-) | |
| Cartridges I am not totally sold on the Epoch yet. I would like to see what Grado is using for a stylus. I also will not spend more than $100 for a record and I have very few 100 dollar records. In order to get the performance out of a great recording yo... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live @rauliruegas, I suppose that makes both of us (without technical foundation). I am moving my JC 1s to subwoofer duty and had a choice between the JC 1+ and the Atma-Sphere MA 2s. Both amps have a reputation for excellent performance on SL speakers... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @jaytor , I am a huge open baffle fan. I have been using open baffle loudspeakers exclusively since 1979, they are called ESLs. They are full range (except sub bass) line source dipoles. The entire range from 100 Hz to 20 kHz is open. I also have ... | |
| Open Baffle Experience @jaytor , get yourself a measurement microphone and have a look. Yes, you have bass but it is wildly inaccurate. Bass is very deceptive. People will swear they get great bass out of little loudspeakers. What they are getting is the illusion of gre... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I have built two sets for friends using Focal drivers at a time when they were still available. Both of them were coupled to sealed subwoofers. The baffles were a Corian sandwich with MDF in the middle. They were two way with a very straight forwa... | |
| Which LS3/5a? I have extensive experience with the Rogers and would not consider any other make. If you can find a pair in good shape by all means go for it. On stands with a pair of subwoofers and a properly treated room you can have a 90% system. The last 10%... | |
| Anyone try Synergistic Research PHT... @lewm , Go for it!! Lew is absolutely correct, but I will put it in more distinctive terms. Anyone who falls for Synergistic Research's BS is being duped. SR is using audiophiles own frailties against them and sucking away money that could be spen... |