newbee
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| life without audio dealers Somebody comes along and outdoes Duke! Consider, Duke, that many feel you are incapable of being a jerk! Now if you want some instruction..............:-) | |
| Loft floorplan / listening area - please critique Well, I don't know of 'audiophile' grade blinds, but if I were to get some I would chose some with soft surfaces as opposed to plastic or hard wood, and I would absolutely select vertical blinds unless you are going to operate with them fully clos... | |
| Achieving a speakers max potential FWIW there is nothing about a speakers maximum power handling capability (as spec'd by the manufacturer) that has anything to do with sound quality. At the maximum speaker's level the distortion would probably be a major distraction and the SPL's ... | |
| Loft floorplan / listening area - please critique Actually your living room set up looks like it will work well. As Nrchy suggests the speakers will sound better if the front of the speakers is out into the room (some 4 to 5 ft I would suggest) and if you can do that you might get away with minim... | |
| Shanling 3000/Raysonic 128 Look at the review on 6moons in which they discuss the modified Shanling as compared to the Raysonic 168 (and look at their review of the 128). You can do the math yourself, but my interpertation of the review is that they preferred the unmod'd 16... | |
| life without audio dealers I like Kthomas's post. I think we could all benefit from the presence of a high end B&M dealer who is capable of providing a service consistent with the needs of his customer and price his service accordingly. I would certainly welcome one. I ... | |
| life without audio dealers T-bone & Bar81, The reason behind my statement is that most often, to the point of being a near universal, complaint of folks who buy speakers (only) on the basis of a dealers demo and then take them home to discover that their room is too sma... | |
| life without audio dealers As far as I'm concerned the only real value of a B&M dealer is the serevice they provide. I'd rather take a piece of electronics to their service department, even if they have to ship it to the manufacturer, for repairs. Makes my life easier. ... | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? See my response on your other thread. I'm too lazy to duplicate it. | |
| Impressed with Tubes Pubul57 - I would have no problem agreeeing with your comments about PP/SET amps interaction with speakers with a flat(ish) impedence curve, and there is no reason that a quality amp can't handle moderate speaker impedence dips, BUT one of the pro... | |
| How Much Is TOO MUCH for a Analog front End? FWIW, don't forget that the differences between a good 3K front end and a 10K front end are very subtle and would be lost in the actual performance limitations imposed by many average/good quality phono pres, pres, amps, and speakers (and it only ... | |
| How to make sound less detailed with warmth? Ditch the Thiels - they are famous for your complaints and changing upstream equipment won't change anything that much (but you can get rid of some of the brightness by buying very high quality amps, preamps, and sources. Go that way and when you ... | |
| Impressed with Tubes (1) A vast difference in a gain of a sense of dimmension and fluidity. I wouldn't be without one - I think I could skip a tube pre-amp, or any pre-amp at all before I'd lose a tube amp. (In fact in one system I have now done just that!)I'll pass o... | |
| Dampers: Small Tube Big Tube? Perhaps because power tubes tend not to suffer from microphonic's. At least I've never heard one that did and I've never noticed a difference when I tried any tube ventilation/dampening devices of any type on power tubes. Pearls look cool though. | |
| We have a Winner -- Major "MINI" monitors This designer must be a true genius if he can drop a crossover in at 800 hz and have a transparent transition. Good for him. I'd love to hear them. Does he have a dealer network yet? |