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| Accuphase F-25 Active Crossover, any experience? cosmicjazz, I think it is a mistake to play around with it. Accuphase equipment is build to the highest level of quality. Unless something fails leave it alone. Chances are you will only make it worse. IMHO the best use of an active crossover is f... | |
| Hi-Fi Lo-Fi n80, Again, for most people it is a matter of priorities. I seriously doubt that homeless people are on this web sight. There are snobs here and some advise might not be useful but I think most of use here like to help people build great systems ... | |
| What is wrong with a sub? 1+ wolf_garcia. mkgus as long as you keep it symmetrical you will be ok.If you use two subs up front they should be identical. If you were to add two more subs they could be from a different manufacturer. The DSP is great but you have to know what... | |
| Audio Nirvana Drivers Yes they can sound OK and are very efficient but there are problems. Low bass is obvious. To get anything out of them you have to use reflex enclosures. You could get around this by crossing to subs at 100 Hz and put them in sealed enclosures. The... | |
| Are Martin Logans considered polite? calanctus, Apogee Diva tweeters performed pretty much like Maggie tweeters but were even less durable. You can blow Maggie tweeters but Magnepan has a wonderful tweeter replacement program. If you can use a screw driver you are all set. Replacing ... | |
| Are Martin Logans considered polite? My problem with MLs is not at the top, it is at the bottom. ESL panels get very directional over 10 kHz. Unless you are right in front of them they are going to sound rolled off. They are quite capable of getting over 20 kHz. To fix this problem M... | |
| Why HiFi manufacturers don't make active crossovers anymore? Kenjit, it does not sound like you like listening to anything. You are never going to come up with a loudspeaker better tuned than a Wilson, Magico ,YG, Sonus Faber, and many others. If you can't find one that you like build your own. Knock yourse... | |
| Hi-Fi Lo-Fi People who really love listening to music and have heard a decent system are not going to settle for MP3 files. It is a matter of priorities.Those same people who are looking for cheap used stuff on e bay are buying $10,000 snowmobiles so they can... | |
| Does any one have experience with a high-end amp switch or the Luxman AS-55 $550? Swap bananas. Or if you want to be very cool get a high current 4 pole relay with a 25 volt coil, a 25 volt power supply and a hand held toggle switch. Cost you less than 100 bucks. Wire it all up in a metal or plastic box and change speaker... | |
| Your favorite Electrostatic, Panel spkr Jim, your Rouge integrated amp will have no trouble driving 645s to a reasonable level probably louder than the Maggies. However the 3.7i is an incredible speaker for the money. It is purely a financial decision. Either speaker will benefit from ... | |
| Speaker wants 100 watt RMS. Is 40 watt tube OK? That idea that 3 dB is a very slight change in volume is ludicrous. 1 dB is a slight change. Raise one channel 3 dB and the other channel will disappear. The image will shift all the way to the louder side. Damping factor only matters at very low ... | |
| Why HiFi manufacturers don't make active crossovers anymore? The best crossovers are digital and their best use is for subwoofer management. The problem for some analog people is that this requires putting everything in the digital domain which some of them are adamantly against. Other than subwoofers the b... | |
| How thick should the front baffle of speakers be? brayeagle, that was a Warfdale in the old days. Cost too much to ship the things. | |
| How thick should the front baffle of speakers be? fsonicsmith, it does not have to be eliminated. There are two types of distortion, Linear and non linear (this is psycho acoustic babble now, not my own) Linear distortion is alterations in frequency response which are very noticeable. Enclosure r... | |
| Blood On The Tracks MoFi UD1S daveyf I could not agree more. You have to here some direct to disk recordings such as the JVC Lee Retinour series or Sheffield Labs Tower of Power Direct. Those records tell you where ultimate is and none of the MoFi discs compare sonically. Mayb... |