mitch2
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| Offer / counter-offer? Audiogon rules @denverfred One of the problems here is the obvious disagreement over VALUE.Not sure why that is a problem. The market will sort it out. Buyers will pay what something is worth to them and sellers will adjust their pricing based on their level... | |
| Decoupling Speakers For those of you supporting heavy speakers on springs, do you recommend stiffer or more moderate spring support? In other words, how does the supported combined speaker/stand weight compare to the total available spring loading capacity....someth... | |
| Decoupling Speakers Ok, back from Montana and found a pile of springs, cups, and Herbie's products in my mailbox. I decoupled my speakers yesterday, first by putting the springs and cups under the stands. The rubber furniture leg cups I ordered worked perfectly wit... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? @lowrider57, glad to hear the EVPs are working. I certainly considered them and have not ruled them out for support under my speakers but the cost would be about $800.In my searching around, I came across Owens Corning 703 and 705, which are rigi... | |
| Qobuz or Tidal? It seems (almost?) nobody here likes MQA. There is no requirement to use MQA with Tidal and I don’t but still get good sound. Many here list the positives of using Qobuz and if their selection of rock and blues matched Tidal’s, or if my preference... | |
| Decoupling Speakers @steakster I do not doubt you or @avanti1960 that decoupling the speakers from the stands may indeed be the best sounding approach but I keep envisioning a105 pound speaker being inadvertently knocked off its stand!BTW, have any of you considered ... | |
| Decoupling Speakers @avanti1960 your best sounding option is to decouple between speaker and stand That is a consideration, but the trade-offs are the loss of the additional mass provided by the stand and the additional stability resulting from the outrigger effect o... | |
| Decoupling Speakers You make a good point @millercarbon Just this morning I ordered springs for under my speakers so I could compare with the Herbie’s gliders. I will not say “never” on the EVPs but $800 is a lot of money.My hang up with springs under my speakers ha... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? @sjeesjie Noob question perhaps, but how can isolated feet contribute to better sound quality? Search couple vs decouple here and over on audioasylum and you will find as much information as you will care to read. IMO, the answer is - it depends.... | |
| Synergy Matching @high-amp Maybe you could elaborate more on the particulars of your system.The Alon VMkIII speakers I hinted about above (which Carl M helped me upgrade to Circe) are known for their spatial presentation and are much better suited to tubed power a... | |
| Synergy Matching When building a system and choosing equipment there are synergies related to many factors such as your price range, your room size, decor that is acceptable in your household, musical listening preferences, ease of operation (I.e., tubes vs. SS or... | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? I like the springs (just like those by M-D) that I put under my amps so far, but I wanted to maintain a lower profile under my speakers so just ordered Herbie’s Giant Fat Gliders to try in the place of the Sound Anchor spikes. | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? Been poking around a bit and these look even better visually since the springs are enclosed in black or silver CNC’d aluminum footers. It seems the top stud could be rethreaded as needed so they could be connected/threaded directly to the speaker... | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide FYI, Neotech NES-3001 is a speaker cable - I believe their best copper speaker, or at least it was their best.NEI-3001 is an interconnect cable that in its former configuration sounded rather dark and boring IMO. The newest configuration has added... | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? Let’s see....No More USB cables - I2S connection insteadOptical isolation of my Ethernet input cableNew SMc Audio monoblocksTrying springs under the monoblocksConsidering decoupling speakers from the concrete floor |