newbee
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| watts per channel when biamping When you bi-amp you are separating the speaker drivers, electronically speaking, and each divided portion of the speaker system will see only one amp. Your bass side will only have the max output of one amp and the mid/upper end will see only the ... | |
| Totem Winds are Too Bright Could be the amp, more likely the set up in your room, but its not the because they are not biwired. The differences on biwiring are subtle. You should make sure that you have optomized your listing position and you speaker seet up before you star... | |
| Which Threshold s are best? I believe that the SA series, made in the mid 80's were the best amps made by Threshold when Nelson Pass was in control. Pure Class A. The SA3 a 50 watt model was outstanding and the SA1 mono's are a classic. They still cost 3K+ if you can even fi... | |
| Monitors to pair with a Sonic Frontiers Power 2 If you want to max out on resolution I'd look at Silverline 17's or Dynaudio's. If you can skip on the last bit of detail and just listen to music try one of the smaller Spendors. | |
| Jazz for relaxation If you like sax I and you want to keep it mellow, try one of Houston Persons releases on High Note. Very straight forward and assessible jazz Big, round, sax influenced sound. For some standards try "Sentimental Journey". | |
| Tube swapping in amps and preamps Here's a thought, perhaps you should do neither! Pre amp tubes, amp drivers and power tubes all contribute substantially, and probably equally, to the sounds you hear. You need to decide what you want to change, sound wise. The sound you want to h... | |
| OK Come Clean, whats in your closet ? Almost embarrassing - too much like looking in the mirror of your audio soul, but here goes -Quad 63'sAcoustats 2200'sSonic Frontiers SFS80 AmpMesa Barron AmpPerreaux 2150 AmpDenon TTPerreaux TunerPerreaux Tone ControlPerreaux Tape/TT Aux unitAudi... | |
| Mahler's Resurrection, Gilbert Kaplan/VPO recordin I wasn't going to give specific recommendations, but since thats the way the thread has been going - -Two performances that have not been mentioned, but which are excellent, and which are clearly different views of how this symphony should be perf... | |
| FM Antenna positioning question Probably not, at least not well. Would an out side omni work for you? The rotor mentioned above is the best solution. | |
| How should I treat window behind listening chair? Well, something is better than nothing. That glass behind you is too reflective. Light drapes might be just the thing. You might run some tests by hanging up light materiel and changing the density incrementally until you get the sound you want. S... | |
| Mahler's Resurrection, Gilbert Kaplan/VPO recordin I have Kaplan's 1st recording of the M2 - I think its amazing, considering that Kaplan is not a professional musician, that he could come up with this kind of performance. That said, I find the performance itself unexciting. It has only been liste... | |
| Turntable or go into SACD, Simon Yorke vs EMM Lab In my view SACD isn't going to make it in the long run. The catelog is too expensive and, for the most part duplicative of extant recordings on LP or CD. As mentioned you already have an excellent vinyl system & redbook player. Why not spend a... | |
| Best piano version of Moonlight Sonata? There is no absolute "best". My favorite's of currently available CD's of living artists are Richard Goode (his whole set is excellent) Brendel on Phillips mentioned above, and last, but NOT least, Ivan Moravec who's VIA Audio CD also includes the... | |
| Bass Response on Dunlavy SC-IVa Are you adjusting your listening position as well as the speakers? I've found it best to work with each. Also, although many may not agree, you could actually space the speakers closer to the wall and compensate by doing some substantial toe in to... | |
| Requesting jazz quartet CD suggestions For someone still recording, producing very assessible sax orientated recordings of jazz standards try Houston Persons. I'm fond of a recent recording by him doing a duet w/Ron Carter but he has 6 or 7 others with a standard grouping recorded on H... |