nighthawk
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| Jazz Big Band Recommendations? Thanks, folks. This is exactly what I was looking for. Lots of great recommendations here.VVrinc, I agree with you on Buddy Rich. There are lots of good drummers. Buddy was incredible. | |
| If my subwoofer has no LFE input... Rich, I certainly see how you could interpret it that way. My 5800 manual words it a little differently. It says "When the LFE+Main playback mode is selected, the low frequency signal range of channels set to large are produced simultaneously from... | |
| Amp recommendations for Soliloquy 6.5's? I think John Potis nailed it in his Soundstage review when he said to buy the finest SS amp you can. Jeff Rowland amps are a great match to the 6.5s. Cabling is also very important. Neutral and quick works best. | |
| Expert advice needed for cable upgrade............ Zenieth, balanced cables have just as much tonal variation as RCA cables. Golden Reference sounds warm and lush, in any configuration, and probably was not a good match for you system. Cardas Neutral Reference is a much more neutral cable and woul... | |
| If my subwoofer has no LFE input... Rich, the only way to get the LFE content in the mains is to select the no subwoofer option. The LFE, LFE+main is what goes to the sub, not the fronts. I've tried both, and greatly prefer the LFE only going to the sub. LFE+main causes some weird p... | |
| Any tips on jazz guitar trios or quartets? Another vote for Jim Hall. Also Joe Pass. | |
| spl levels It sounds to me like your amp is running out of gas. If your average is 90dB, your amp is probably clipping on peaks, assuming your speakers are roughly 87dB sensitivity. 100W would give you a peak loudness of 107dB, i.e. 17dB of headroom, which c... | |
| Kimber Select KS1021 interconnect How well broken in is it? The KS1130 sounded like that at first. After 100 hours or so it became a lot more neutral. | |
| Switch for 2 preamps to 1 amplifier You could run the pre-outs from the Krell to a tape input on the Marantz. Then the pre-outs from the Marantz would always go to the Aragon amp. Use the tape monitor on the Marantz whenever you want to hear the Krell. This is a quasi-HT bypass setup. | |
| Legacy Focus 20 20 vs Soliloquy 6.5 I have the 6.5s. IMHO, a 30W tube amp will not have enough control over the woofers. They are fairly efficient, so volume won't be a problem, but I think they will sound too boomy with that amp. Before I bought my Rowland Model 10, which controls ... | |
| Help me find it again I've heard the Piega C-40s and they sound pretty much like you described - very detailed and somewhat thin sounding. I think you would be happier with warmer sounding speakers. Your electronics are quite good. I don't think you need to do anything... | |
| Krell sacd+Chord Dac64 Help please I tried a DAC64 with a Sony 999ES a few months ago and had similar problems. The DAC64 seemed to have a hard time locking to its output. It seemed like the 999ES was turning off its digital output whenever the transport was stopped and this drove ... | |
| Next Biggest Improvement after Speakers ? Nrchy, Ivor wasn't exactly unbiased. His primary goal was to sell turntables. What do you think he would say?Assume you are correct that the source is most important and all the other elements in the chain only degrade the signal. Can't you at lea... | |
| Soundstage there/gone/moves - poor current ???? It sounds like it could be an intermittent connection. See if you are getting sound from both tweeters when the problem occurs. A lack of highs can cause the soundstage to drop to the floor. Also, check your speaker cable connections. | |
| Best big flat screen under 4k Get a front projector. After owning a front projector I wouldn't even consider a plasma. Go to avsforum.com or projectorcentral.com to learn about them. |