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| Tannoy or Volti @mulveling Just looked at your systems Mulveling, all I can say is wow and you definitely know what’s going on with Tannoy….if you had it to do over what speakers would you try?…. Thanks Charles! I’ve heard other speakers I’ve liked, but nothin... | |
| Tannoy or Volti I'll say that even as a Tannoy lover, I've yet to fall in love with with a 12" Tannoy. You'd think that would be the sweet spot for a DC driver, but I've always preferred either 10" or 15" incarnations. The 12" I've heard were more aggressive / sh... | |
| Validation No, and it’s a rather silly thing to be competitive about! I’m not traditionally competitive anyways - mostly concerned with my own solitary pursuits of knowledge, skill, and self-satisfaction. I guess a "lone wolf" kind. All systems I’ve heard fa... | |
| The physics and limits of relative loudness perception Left-to-right channel imbalance is very noticeable at 1dB, and can be annoying even at 0.5dB and a bit below. Yes, I’ve had aysmmetric rooms cause it, usually perceived as between 0.5 - 1 dB. But it can also be caused by components. Of course, som... | |
| Tannoy or Volti Are the Tannoy at upscale the ones from China? Thanks for the suggestions… Probably. But I have some China-made Kensington GR drivers that actually sound better than an earlier UK-made set of the same. Couldn’t tell them apart visually, except... | |
| Leave it on? @soix Yes, definitely ask the manufacturer on that. The more sophisticated (expensive) balanced tube preamps I’ve owned (ARC Ref 6, Rogue Hera, VAC Master) have relay-timed outputs: the outputs are not "live" during a warm-up period, and are fir... | |
| Leave it on? In most cases this is just picking nits. Well-designed gear that is relatively low in idle power draw (preamps, class D / G / H amps) should have NO problem either way. Do what you like. Gear that is high in constant power draw, are therefore heat... | |
| Shipping advice for Esoteric That is easily within Ground’s abilities to ship reliably. Especially triple boxed, and (I presume) with an inner closed-cell polyethylene foam cradle (the best cushion at this weight class), and with the appropriate insured value. Added up, that’... | |
| How reliable is PS audio equipment? Electrolytic capacitors are the default reason a component made today would only last "20 years" or so. BUT those should be readily replaceable for a renewed service life, unless there’s something weird about the component design to make this much... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? For the amp power levels question - I don’t even know anymore lol. Sure with "all else being equal", more power is better. But unfortunately in this hobby, there is abosolutely never an "all else being equal" scenario! Some specific scnearios I’ve... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? I prefer mid 90s (average) - lots of immersive energy and "you are there" presence, but not too much to be uncomfortable for a reasonable 1 - 2 hour session (with breaks). Don't listen daily, but really enjoy when I do. Never subjected my ears to ... | |
| Informed/Insightful information requested on Tannoy GRF loudspeakers Nice, you've already got lots of tubes; Tannoys will like that :) Lots and lots of KT120 is a particular favorite of mine; yep 16 will do it! For what it's worth the Prestige cabinets have been built in a Polish factory for many years, not Scotl... | |
| Informed/Insightful information requested on Tannoy GRF loudspeakers That said, if I'm in your shoes with that money, I'd probably wait until one of the following models pops up for a good deal, from a seller that can pack & ship them properly via freight (e.g. TMR): Canterbury SE or GR - Preferable but usua... | |
| Informed/Insightful information requested on Tannoy GRF loudspeakers I think you posted this question on the Tannoy FB forum. Anyways, just be aware the GRF90 is a little different than the Prestige models above & below it. It has rear reflex porting, which makes for amazing bass output, but perhaps at the slig... | |
| Is it better to get dedicated monoblocks instead of bridging stereo paired amps? Bridging two SS stereo amplifiers to mono is usually NOT a good trade-off for the massive power gained - up to 4x power for amps that "double down" i.e. high current. Why 4x power and not 2x? Because bridging doubles the output voltage which also ... |