mockturtle
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| distance between speakers Jax2: I apologize for not being clear enough. I knew you weren't suggesting the distance as a hard-and-fast rule. I was just curious as to what sorts of factors you'd found had impacted that distance. | |
| distance between speakers Jax2: Question. Do you think that a bright and/or small room would reduce the 83% number? I've always found that putting speakers that far apart wrecks the soundstage. But I've always been in bright and/or small rooms (so putting speakers that far... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? 1. I think it's useful to ask yourself, honestly, whether the $1000 you're considering spending on new cables would be better spent elsewhere (and doing this with someone who will call bulls*** on your reasoning is helpful). Will that $1000 be enj... | |
| ruined a phillips screw, any inspired solution? I stripped badly a Phillips screw on my preamp several months ago. Then I tried a screw extractor. Now it is as you describe. I haven't had the courage to go back to it since then. (I don't want to subject the innards to the vibrations of a drill.... | |
| Widening Soundstage "Posioning the speakers with no toe in definitely widens the soundstage but at the expense of imaging "This tends to be my experience, as well. When you try messing around with toe-in, do this: Take a piece of paper, draw an arc, and measure 1/4" ... | |
| Thiel CS 2 2 vs. Vandersteen 2CE Thank you all. I found the threads Unsound was referring to and they are really helpful. Now I worry that if I did go with Thiels (and was leaning that way) that they'll sound horrible because of something bad upstream (that I might not have reali... | |
| Can I drive Thiel CS 2 2 with a Forte' F 55? Thank you Rnm4 and Unsound. Rnm4: It's very helpful that you've done a switch similar to one I'm considering.Unsound: Thanks; I've learned a lot from your postings on Thiels. |