noble100
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| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? Thanks for the input, yysantabarbara. I formerly used a VTL 2.5L tube preamp, with a set of 4 NOS Mullard tubes swapped in, with my very low noise and neutral class D monoblocks. This really allowed the sound characteristics of the VTL an... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene Hello all, Well, my first test post today, 11/17/19, confirms that Audiogon seems to have a system malfunction that places the most recent post on a thread first sequentially which is the exact opposite of how post sequencing has been handled h... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene Hello all, I was following this thread but it now seems like something mysterious happened to make it somehow be out of sequence and therefore no longer easy to follow. I posting this on Sunday morning on 10/17/19 just as a test to find out... | |
| Need a new BD player, region free Hello jafreeman, As far as auxinput's comments on Region Free is concerned, he is partially correct. Here's a linked article that explains the details well, it's from 2016 but I believe it's still accurate:https://www.220-electronics.com/blog... | |
| Need a new BD player, region free Hello jafreeman, Just another sign of quality that your excellent Kuro Elite plasma is still working well for you. It seems we’re both also using classic models of plasmas. you in Europe using the first generation of the excellent performing ... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene davekayc:"Most every frequency had a standing wave in a slightly different location from each other . But most landed where i had each of the rear subs. (Rear subs off ) sound right to you tim ? Felt like i should be putting them in the obviousl... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene Hello c_morris999, The 4-sub Swarm DBA system requires no equalization, bass room treatments or room correction. Just follow the sequential positioning procedure for each sub, one at a time, until all 4 have been optimally positioned in the ro... | |
| Need a new BD player, region free Hello auxinput, Good info but I think a lot of Oppo owners are interested in upgrading to a 4K universal disc player that has the high quality video/audio performance and features that the no longer produced Oppo 205 possesses at anywhere nea... | |
| Need a new BD player, region free Hello jafreeman, I own an Oppo 105 player that has performed great for my system's 1080p video needs and for excellent performance on audio discs. It also serves as an excellent 5.1 surround sound processor with its analog unbalanced rca outp... | |
| What is wrong with audiophiles? Hello boxer12, I like your user name. I don't recall you ever judging me but it's really no big deal, people have been judging me my whole life and I'm usually convicted of something. Now that we're opening up and civilly communicating with... | |
| What is wrong with audiophiles? What is wrong with audiophiles???? If your talking about this audiophile, well, I don't even know where to begin. First, I don't even like being called an audiophile. I think it's too snobbish and pretentious. I prefer to refer to myself as... | |
| Separate subs for music and HT/surround Hello DB, Happy Thanksgiving! I'm disappointed, you're not even going to give the 4-sub DBA concept a try? Please trust me, you'll be amazed if you give it a try on music or HT. I certainly was. C'mon, be adventurous.Tim | |
| Subwoofer pairing for Sonus Faber Elipsa SE Hello doitwithlife, I have no doubt that rdoc and ricred1's suggestion of a pair of REL Carbon Limited subs would work great with your speakers but, if a pair of REL S812s at $6K/pair was too expensive, I don't know why they thought a pair of ... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene Hello davekayc, Are you stating you're using 2 Greg Timbers designed 12 cu.ft. sub cabinets with an18" JBL 2245h driver in each as DIY main subs and you're also using 2 JBL sp-150 subs for a total of 4 subs in your room? Thanks, Tim | |
| Subwoofer pairing for Sonus Faber Elipsa SE Hello doitwithlife, As I'm sure you know, the Elipsa SEs are very high quality performers. However, they each have only a single 10.25" woofer in each cabinet and the bass extension is only rated down to 35 Hz. I don't know your budget or a... |