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| New Magnepan "Concept Speaker" introduced at Audio Connection I agree that the 30.7 is a great sounding pair of speakers but I'm really not looking to impress anyone except myself and my wife with my audio/video system and they're friggin' $30K a pair. Did I mention that I'm a frugal guy? I think ... | |
| To pre or not to pre I generally and formerly agreed with the guideline of not adding a component if you can avoid it. However, I recently needed to add a preamp to my system, mainly for the switching functionality between a Lumin D2 dac/streamer and an Oppo ... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? Hello chrissain, Yes, I also prefer the detail enhancing qualities of a low noise floor. Thanks for your input since a hiss would drive me crazy, too. Fortunately, I found a used Levinson 326S preamp for sale at a local high-end audio shop... | |
| New Magnepan "Concept Speaker" introduced at Audio Connection I attended Mr. Diller’s Magnepan 30.7 demo in Indy a few months ago and those speakers are excellent but are priced at about $30K. I asked Wendell if he ever thought about combining and offering a 4-sub distributed bass array system (DBA) with a h... | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? Hello atmasphere, Thank you for your very good update on your class D amp development. Very interesting, although not very surprising, that you decided to utilize GaN FETs in your design given their ultra fast switching on/off capacity which e... | |
| Seating height and bass Hello churchgoer, Based on my experience, I believe you can improve your overall system performance significantly by treating it as two systems: a bass system and a mid/treble and imaging system. Good bass response is usually the hardest to g... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene Here’s what a wrote on my first post on this thread:" Congratulations again on your extremely well deserved awards, Duke and James. I highly recommend the 4-sub DBA concept and system to anyone wanting sota bass response in their systems and rooms... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene luisma31, The bottom octave refers to 16-32 Hz, 32-88 Hz is what is technically referred to as the 'or so'.Tim | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? atmasphere, Thanks for the very good info on amp feedback. On a totally different subject, I just bought a pair of pre-owned Magnepan 3.7i speakers to replace my current almost 25 year old 2.7QR panels. I'm thinking my Levinson 326S prea... | |
| Time to buy a class D amp? Hello atmasphere, As I understand it from you and Bruno Putzeys as a layman, there is no such thing as too much feedback with class D amplification. The generally accepted concept that feedback negatively effects the sound quality of traditio... | |
| Do people know what they are missing? +1 dsper. Maybe we should call it detrumpery instead of debauchery. We need to at least preserve the separation of powers and specifically the House of Representatives check on Presidential powers. Any president denying the legiti... | |
| Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs Deep and powerful bass response along with impressive musical dynamics are instantly recognizable qualities that I believe distinguish live music heard in person from music played back of recorded music in one’s home. Due mainly to the extrem... | |
| Anyone Else Using an Audio Kinesis Swarm or Debra Distributed Bass Array System? jdlynch:"Could a system like the HSU ULS15 quad system be made into a swarm array?" Hello jdlynch, The answer is a definite Yes. A custom 4-sub distributed bass array (DBA) system can be created utilizing any four subs one chooses. The su... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Hey mapman, Did they create a good soundstage image with stable and solid images?Thanx, Tim . | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Hello mapman, Since Merrill came out with their new line of Element amps using the faster switching GaN transistors, they're getting a lot of pairs of Veritas back as trade-ins on the element amps. Merrill told me they're checking these out t... |