northman
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| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! This forum repeatedly manages to cling to two incompatible truths: 1) listening is subjective; trust your ears 2) my equipment is objectively better than your (respected/revered) equipment, which is objectively terrible These two positions ofte... | |
| Phil Lesh Fare thee well, Phil. Like many, saw numerous shows in the 70s-90s. One night about ten rows back in the Phil Zone at the (old) Boston Garden, I thought those bass bombs would collapse my insides and turn me to mush. As @wharfy (good GD name) put ... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! @yyzsantabarbara, for what it's worth, I went from moderately expensive Ohno speaker cables (no idea what gauge but light and thin) to some inexpensive 10 AWG Blue Jeans cables--and the improvement in sound was considerable. The Ohnos sounded grea... | |
| a naive question about HT speakers +1 to all of you. Thank you! I really know nothing about home theater and this is very helpful. I've heard excellent things about the SVS Prime speaker. "Timbre matching" seems as controversial on the internet as high-end speaker cable! Erik,... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? Thanks to you both. I bet many can relate to this: I was moving forward on the subwoofer path, closing in ... and then life stepped in. In the last five days we've had two major weather events here in northern Vermont where I live, and my house an... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @deep_333, YES. I was thinking along the same lines. Great suggestion! | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? Thanks, @deep_333. Since your post yesterday, I've actually spent a few hours reading about the F8. It looks like a neat sub and offers some appealing controls (not all of which I understand). A few comments have called it "niche," and there aren'... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @deep_333, thank you for the suggestions. I've spent the last couple days reading about Rythmik subs. I'm impressed by what I read about both the F12 and the F8, but at 65-75lbs, they may be too heavy for me--but I appreciate the recommendation. | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @jjss49, that's incredibly generous of you! I'm in Vermont, so not quite local, but I greatly appreciate the thought. I took a look at your impressive system(s) and I can imagine borrowing all kinds of things from you! @sns, it's great to hear a... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? Message received, @mijostyn! As long as the can opener doesn't require an app, I'm good. @jeenam: thank you. I'm not sure how far I'll take any of this, but I'll explore the territory for as long as it's fun. Again, thank you to everyone who re... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? Thanks again, all. Although I realize that we’re talking about a relatively modest purchase here,I still feel lucky to be considering the options. I don’t need any convincing about pairing subs; that’s my plan. And I’m going to buy new, with the o... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? Thank you all--really. I value this site for the experience and knowledge of the community but sometimes there's too much talking and not enough listening. However, each of you in this thread has been thoughtful, insightful, and very helpful. Rath... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @jeenam -- Great stuff. A few others have also recommended Rythmik subs. I'm going to take a look and, ideally, a listen. It means opening the search up rather than narrowing it down, but that's a good thing (until it's not). Thank you. @ronboco ... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? @mijostyn Right on! Great to hear about the Smashing Pumpkins show, and good call on the ear protection. I looked into custom ear protection about a year ago but never followed up. I no longer live in Boston but have moved on up ... to the west... | |
| Little help with REL subwoofers, please? Thanks, @jjss49 -- that's sage and practical advice, and I've been leaning that way. You're right about the used market; I've been keeping my eye out. But what does "be done" mean? I've never heard that phrase out here. Thanks to everyone for yo... |