mijostyn
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| Step Up Transformer Question Ortofon makes great SUTs at very reasonable prices. Most SUTs are severely overpriced. If you are good with a soldering iron. Sowter Transformers of England makes first class naked transformers which can be mounted in their own chassis or better y... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @ronboco You bet Ron. Because of the subwoofer array and high crossover point (100 Hz) the ESLs will easily achieve concert levels. People think of Quads when you mention ESLs which were not the most reliable speaker going and by themselves not ... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? All I can say is that IMHE anytime an item is significantly superior from a purely sonic perspective I and the others I deal with seem to know it right away. I call it the wide eye sign. I just got it out of a friend who is taking the MiniDSP SHD ... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @ronboco It is 90 feet from the speakers to the first full length solid wall. The house is open concept. The media room is open to the kitchen which is open to the dinning room. At the front of the house you have my wife's office, the front entr... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer @liquidsound You bet. IMHO 1 sub is a waste of time. I tell people to hold off until they can get two. No matter where you put one sub in a room you are going to get very lumpy bass as you move about the room and it will change with frequency. W... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer @liquidsound That is probably where the sub is best time aligned with your main speakers. With digital bass management you can put the subs anywhere they produce the best bass and time align them digitally. I also use full range drivers (ESLs... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? Art is a personal thing. Every machine has an aesthetic factor, but if I interviewed 100 people who visited the Guggenheim Motorcycle exhibit I would get 100 different opinions as to which was the most beautiful bike. Look at the opinions of the O... | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer @liquidsound You are on the right path. Might I suggest a second subwoofer and a complete two way crossover so you can put a high pass filter on your main speakers. This will lower distortion and increase headroom dramatically. This is just, if ... | |
| Manley Chinook SE MK2 I am not a big fan of tube phono stages and I had a PH3 SE for decades. There are many SS phono stages that will outperform the Manley. The Sutherland Little Loco and the Channel D Lino C come to mind right off the top. @rauliruegas should chi... | |
| "The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism" ? What the____ brought that on. Sound is not a mystery. The physics of sound are well documented. There is little if any mysticism in music. It is an extraordinarily structured construct. The only mystery I know of is why humans are universally fo... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay @frankmc195 I've been going down that road since I was 4 years old when my father bought me my first record player, a really nice Zenith Portable with a Cobra tonearm complete with eyes! It did not take me long to notice that it did not sound as... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay @pindac I think that is a moving target and depends on the individual's value structure. I won't spend a dime on premanufactured cables. I make my own. I will consider spending large amounts, $40K, on electronics if I perceive a tangible perform... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @ghdprentice Thanx gh. It is not perfect yet, but we are making headway. First of all, I prefer the large presentation of line source systems. Dipole, line source, open baffle speakers have extreme advantages when it comes to room acoustics. Be... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @ghdprentice I have adapted to them over 40 years. Consequently they are no problem for me. The biggest issue for most people is the size as they are trying to use them in a room used for another purposes. I have a media room used only for music... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @grislybutter I said "Most." Amplifiers can sound vastly different depending on the speaker you connect them to and their output impedance. Some amps are terrible at driving certain speakers but will sound great on others. Choosing the right sp... |