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| Can room treatment improve bass accuracy? Around 100 Hz, the most effective and easy to integrate would be membrane panels. Even those have to be quite large to work below 50 Hz. Larger than can be shipped. More likely a DIY project. Do a few weeks of research first and contact me if you ... | |
| Shipping Large Amp across Canadian Border? Theoretically, with couriers, there should be no duty on a Simaudio amp because it's made in Canada. However, the form has to be filled out exactly by the seller and the $7/hour clerk who has been working there for a week might still want to argue... | |
| Making High End Clones at Home for Fun and Savings I haven't been allowed outside links for a while.Audionova is a listing of starting points.Raw accoustics has some unfinished speakers.Nelson Pass still contributes at DIYAudio occasionally.Borbely audio has very nice kits.You might want to start ... | |
| Plinius 9200 or separates? I may be wrong but it seems you want a more forward and lively soundstage. I think tubes would be the answer for you and a newer ARC near the top of the list. The Forests, at 87 dB and 6 to 8 ohms, would seem to be in the 100 to 200 watt territory... | |
| Are DIY Cables Worth It? 48 hook-up wires in parallel? That would be fun to terminate. Don't get any of those confused on +/- because amps don't like shorts. At least it would look impressively thick with all that "secret" type of insulation.For less than $200 (don't ask ... | |
| Shouldn't the Bass be felt? Duh There's a lot of speakers I haven't heard but I have yet to hear anything that can shake the house like some of the old Infinity IRS series and later Genesis ribbon hybrids. | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Sure, now everybody's gonna want one. Here was this quiet little secret for people who did their homework and were willing to step out of the mainstream while accolades slowly leaked out the underground. Next thing you know, Bent Audio will be on ... | |
| Best system ever Counting my blessings, the best system I've ever heard is sitting in my living room. Even at that, it's far from perfect. I haven't had the fortune to listen to thousands of systems but I've heard a few systems that cost hundreds of thousands. The... | |
| The Shape of the Watt / Puppy and Others Don't forget about the Genesis V and 501's (currently GAT 502's) which are nearly identical in appearance to the WP's. These have their own bass amps which means that amp selection is easier. They can be dialed in for similar upper bass emphasis a... | |
| it's the ac..... Under load, batteries aren't completely quiet either, although the noise is higher frequency. I would still recommend filtering caps. I lost some links on the last computer crash but I read somewhere that one of those "super regulators" combined w... | |
| Questions on PHILIPS TRANSPORT MECHANISIM The first is a top loader. The 12's and 12.4's use drawers and have had some issues for their age. Philips doesn't make CDP's anymore so supplies are fading but still available. I think Sony dropped out of that business too and went to DVD. | |
| Buzz/hum caused by new a electric lines Are all the new lines on the same phase? There are two phases coming into residential. | |
| C-J amp with Genesis panels Arnie Nudell used an ARC tube amp to voice his IRS and Genesis speakers but I can't remember which model. I'm pretty sure it was quite a bit bigger than 60 watts.In my experience with the 350's, matching with the bass amp requires something with s... | |
| Playing Customs Games with Our Northern Neighbors I had a package come up that caught the custom's officers attention. Had to go out to the airport and get "interviewed" by a large guy with a gun. He also called the seller and checked Ebay and Audiogon for records of the transaction. These guys a... | |
| How high is your soundstage? The problem is those speakers and gear you have. You should sell it all to me. Just kiddding, at least the first part. Yup, I think some 2' by 4' by 2 or 4 inch thick rigid fg panels or something similar in the corners behind those speakers would ... |