newbee
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| After Quad ESL's? FWIW, I have passed thru Acoustats, Quad 63's (5 years of use, they are still in my closet), Paragon Jubilee Jems (think Dynaudio Contour 3.3 with better bass and resolution), and most recently Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature systems. The reaso... | |
| Spikes and added weight for subwoofer performance? Rives, at the frequencies involved with sub woofers, how much lateral movement do you think it would take to disturb (distort) the soundwave? I'd tend to agree with your implied conclusion that lack of coupling would cause deterioration if we were... | |
| Colorizing The Sound I can't recall seeing any provisions for adding an equalizer to the DK integrated amp. If I'm correct you would have to insert it between the source and the amp, but you have two sources....If I'm wrong, get an equalizer and put it an a tape loop ... | |
| fuller sound at lower volumes In view of all of the recommendations for new electronic's, let me elaborate on my initial recommendation. First, if you had full range speakers I would be the first to agree with getting an equalizer or an integrated such as the Mac with both ton... | |
| fuller sound at lower volumes A sub would be far more influential in getting a "fuller, richer, deeper sound" at lower volume than getting a new amp. | |
| Sound Insulation- how much can it help? Not to rain on your parade but what you want is why folks buy their own homes. Even if you were able to reduce the volume of the highs/mids that pass thru the walls by using soundproofing materiels the bass waves are still going to pound that kid'... | |
| Morgen Certainly one of them - I enjoy the Last Four Songs as well. So far I have Felicity Lott - I love the combination of the Songs with the Orchestral pieces by Jarvi on Chandos - one orchestral piece by Strauss is enuf and Lotts singing is just raptu... | |
| Paragon Regent Pivetta, FWIW I've got the Jubilee/Gems and do they sound great with large PP tube amps! Off the 4ohm taps I'd bet you'd be in hog heaven - I have the same mid-range and tweeter and mine are not "bright" in any sense. Revealing yes! Smooth Yes! Ju... | |
| When to replace 6550c on ARC VT 100 III New power tubes will typically "freshen" up a sound which has lost some of it luster due to tubes of advanced age. But, whether your tubes need replacement depends on the hours. Tubes in you amp should probably last between 1500 and 3000 hours. If... | |
| Tube amp with Vienna Acoustics Beethovens? FWIW I have some 4ohm speakers which I have driven with 4 different tube amps, a 35wt integrated, a 60wt triode, an 80wt pentode and a 160wt pentode. The speakers have 2 woofers, 2 midranges, and a tweeter. They are ported. They have an efficiency... | |
| Mel Torme All of my Torme recordings are on the Concord Label and are duo's with George Shearing. My favorites are Top Drawer, A vintage Year, and An Evening with George Shearing and Mel Torme. The last two were from concerts that I attended at the Masson V... | |
| Tube amp with Vienna Acoustics Beethovens? I'm not sure what aspect of your sound you are expecting to improve with a tube amp. Tube amps do sound different from each other tonally speaking, so I would assume you are looking for liquidity and bloom, not more warmth. Personally I would be l... | |
| Subwoofer placement question digagram included The corner is a great place if you need to increase the apparent out put of the sub, however I always got a flat response and better integration with my main speakers when I placed the sub on the wall between the speakers. Moral - don't assume, tr... | |
| What does listening to a speaker really tell us? Marco, You sound like an anarchist. What do you mean everything is subjective? We live in a land of laws and rules, and objectivity rules! Don't be preaching that soft thinking stuff around here. We who know, know best! I just lit the fagots under... | |
| Ancient performance with today's sonics... Eldartford, I'm not sure whether you've heard (of) the Rachmaninoff recordings by Telarc called "A Window in Time" but they involve the use of a Bosendorfer reproducing piano. The producers were able to transcribe the rolls to digital form elimina... |