millercarbon
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| Tight bass sub recommendations @millercarbon, one thing to be aware of is that there may be more to the difference between a given company’s sealed and ported subs than the sealed or ported enclosure itself. Rythmik Audio offers subs with either a 15" or 18" woofer in both a ... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? He's coming from a Pro-Ject Tube Box DS. Could throw a dart, anything within range guaranteed to be a skin-tingling revelatory experience. Hard to go wrong with any phono stage at this level. Ought to make him very happy indeed. | |
| Is there any equipment that can do this? My system so accurately reproduces the audience I had to ask one lady with a cough to cover it with a mask or go home. | |
| Phono preamp suggestions Not for under $600. You might find a used ARC PH3-SE for a little more that would fit the bill.But my preferred approach has always been a little different. Rather than shop for a component that fits my budget I try and shop for the components tha... | |
| Directionality, Fuses, Demagnetizing, Warm-up: Tweaks Matter! Stereophile has had a number of articles and even series of articles related to this over the years. Its a fascinating subject. Its attractively simple to put it down to hearing damage. An awful lot musicians do have hearing loss from all the high... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? Never heard of Shahinian, so did a quick search. Holt and Atkinson totally butchered them in Stereophile. Holt did insist they sounded good when he heard them at shows. But couldn't stand them at home in their systems. And not for lack of trying e... | |
| Directionality, Fuses, Demagnetizing, Warm-up: Tweaks Matter! Funny you should mention, every day when my thermos of freshly ground and brewed coffee from home runs out I have to resort to the break room Keurig. But today for a change I'm drinking the Keurig first and saving the Cuisinart for later. Then you... | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? And I totally believe that you are quite capable of hearing when you had the correct phase setting. I just think you are most likely hearing the frequency response improvement that arises from your phase optimization- audiokinesisHey Duke that i... | |
| Tight bass sub recommendations That's the beauty of the Swarm approach. Because room reinforcement characteristics are so dominant, which sub matters much less than their number, location, and phase. And my understanding is, pretty much in that order. In other words four of jus... | |
| Will a subwoofer add depth and clarity to my system, or just bass? You can lead a horse to water.... | |
| Directionality, Fuses, Demagnetizing, Warm-up: Tweaks Matter! Got a PM so a couple details originally left out- the Melody I880 integrated amp is normally turned off and got its usual warm-up.http://v2.stereotimes.com/post/the-melody-mi880-integrated-tube-amplifierAlso should maybe be clear, that while the n... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure My points, in summary: Most of what we consider state-of-the-art measurements are stuck in the 1970s. There are a number of ways to improve upon themNo one has. We should be a little more humble when asserting if it can't be measured it isn't au... | |
| Stage III Concepts Cables - Any Advice/Feedback/Thoughts is deeply appreciated. Wire (interconnects, power cords, speaker cables, etc) are every bit as much a system component as the traditionally considered main components like amps and speakers. Equally important.Also equally important: room treatment, vibration control (co... | |
| Is there any equipment that can do this? What you hear with a good 2 channel is what is on the recording. If the recordist sought to have you hear the audience that way then with a really good system you will. You could run around trying all kinds of recommended performances (mine would ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound skytop, Try any old Synergistic Research Master Coupler and see. |