nsgarch
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| bedroom system need quality at low volume Getting rich sound and good imaging at low levels is hard to do in general because of the Fletcher-Munson law. It was discovered many many years ago that human hearing is less sensitive at both ends of the frequency spectrum as the absolute volume... | |
| Turnable Rack Vibration TT's in general, and especially ones w/ floating sub-chassis like the Linn, are always suceptable to bouncy floors. I don't care how good/expensive a rack or isolation platform, when it comes to external vibrations, they will bounce right along wi... | |
| Magnan and Exactpower Clio, it's a long story, which I have detailed elsewhere on these forums -- just search Exactpower. I have spent the last year working with the new owner (of the name and the 'feed-forward' AC processing patent) to provide some "repair relief" for... | |
| Magnan and Exactpower CAUTION: A correction to my post of 01-10-09 above; DO NOT run the SP-15A from the EP-15A. Plug it into the wall separately. Ordinarily this shouldn't be a problem, but the previous owners/manufacturers of Exactpower forgot to provide the EP with ... | |
| How do I get the Platter off my SP-15? Apply some super penetrant to the joint. (Wipe off any visible excess) Get a heat gun and evenly heat the aluminum platter. When the whole platter is warm-to-very-warm, heat the area immediately around the spindle. The aluminum will expand quickly... | |
| Genalex Gold Lion EL84 I understand the JJ EL84's are popular. Anyone try those? | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed Philojet, you are right about the Quad however low listening richness is a quality that extents to all electrostats IMO. | |
| Boy, do I need help Cerrot, you will probably find out more when you talk with Roger Sanders. But a few points:Most people who fairly compare direct vs. thru--preamp settle on using a preamp, even in those extreme cases where the CD is the only source!Second, I don't... | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed Drubin, my remark about low level listening with Maggies might not apply to the small(er) models, I don't know because I haven't spent time with any of them.With the right amplification, they do stand up and sing nicely at higher levels. At lower ... | |
| Boy, do I need help I didn't want to say it before, and be accused of trashing Shunyata or RG, but I totally agree with Ozzy. Conditioners have their place; but as far as I'm concerned, they represent old technology; there are better types of devices for addressing d... | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed I have some thoughts.Maggies vs. Stats:1.) Maggies are not satisfying at low levels, so like me, if you use your system for long periods at background levels (in between actual listening sessions) you probably won't be happy. Electrostats remain f... | |
| Boy, do I need help Cerrot, it just occured to me that Monday won't be a good time to call Roger because he'll just be getting back from CES.You can certainly email him though, link to your system, and explain the problem. Say you're planning to call him in a few day... | |
| Boy, do I need help OK, you need to do ONE THING! And that's to call Roger Sanders on Monday (after sending him an email with a link to your system page) and ask HIM what the problem is.He designed your speakers, amps and preamp, and can give you a pinpoint diagnosis... | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed I think your room is just fine.However, true "panel" (dipole) speakers can be of three basic kinds:Electrostatic (MartinLogan, ET, Acoustat, Soundlab)Electrodynamic (Magneplanar)Full-range ribbon (Apogee)They're all technically planar dipoles (fla... | |
| MAC Autoformers? I agree with Stan. I just wrote this a few minutes ago:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1262654269&read&3&zzlNolitan&& |