mijostyn
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| Looking for a good full range floor stander I'll assume the system will be going on the 20 foot wall. An omnidirectional point source speaker will make a room like that sound like a giant cavern without very significant room treatment. The end result will be that the speaker will get lost i... | |
| What is wrong with a sub? David, very few speakers do deep bass well. Those that do have what amounts to a built in sub. So, many of us add dedicated subwoofers to our systems to get the bottom octaves. I love my subwoofers. There is no way I could get realistic bass witho... | |
| Cartridges that get strings right? It is one of the most difficult instruments for any system to get right. There is a very fine line between accurate and shrill. But don't focus on the poor cartridge. Some speakers will never allow you to get it right even with a $16,000 Clearaudi... | |
| Mcintosh meters and Turntables They are reading vinyl irregularities, turntable rumble and any other extraneous noise such as foot falls and your wife screaming to lower the volume. All this is perfectly normal. | |
| Help? Problem With Holding The Groove On A Hot Pressing When you change the "weight" of the needle in the groove you are not changing the mass so the resonance frequency stays the same. It is very common to confuse weight with mass. Your tonearm has the same mass in outer space but it has no weight! Wh... | |
| Help me decide on my next cartridge (<$900) Or the Moonbeam 4, But the Comet is a significant improvement if you can stretch for it. Down the line you can even trade it in for a higher model if you like. Great product, great company. | |
| Re-tip or Replace? Excuse me. The way I read it was that you would spend 350 just on the retip and I did not think that applied to a new cartridge. The Dynavector went for $900. So I mentioned $900 cartridges. In $350 price range you should consider a Grado or hang ... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong As far as I can tell high end audio is more of a rat race than ever as there are many more manufacturers looking for a piece of the pie. The marketing is getting progressively more obnoxious. Kids appreciate good sound like the rest of us. They g... | |
| Suggestions for my system Great, try and get them set up with a sub if you can. Cross it up at 100 Hz. The effect is a spooky clean midrange and a sense of air and space you do not get without the sub.Mike | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? O Holter, the SME V is a very light tone arm. The Atlas/SME combo is fine. 7.5 Hz is a touch low but not low enough to cause trouble. I believe you have said that the woofer pumping is different with different records. I'll assume you have not bea... | |
| Help? Problem With Holding The Groove On A Hot Pressing They never match perfectly which is OK. I shoot for averages between 10 and 8. You lower the resonance frequency by adding weight to the head shell and raise it by subtracting weight. You can get head shell weights that fit under the cartridge or ... | |
| Suggestions for my system The LS3 5A is a very neutral loudspeaker and it is shy in the bass which is why I always recommend a subwoofer with them. Other speakers with more bass or hotter treble in a store situation will seem better at first. Set up correctly with a subwoo... | |
| Help me decide on my next cartridge (<$900) SOTA | |
| Re-tip or Replace? jnorris, replace it. The little wires inside that connect the coils to the pins are subject to fatigue and work hardening from years of vibration. They will eventually fail and then the cartridge is done. I would not spend money on a 40 year old c... | |
| What does a 'refined sounding' speaker mean ? I have no idea. Most of the descriptors used by the audio press are meaningless. My favorite is timing which is the purview of the percussionist not a HiFi system. Same for pace unless your turntable speed is off. Characteristics that remain in sp... |