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| What does the term "Speed" mean in a speaker? All speakers have mass and inertia, because they are mechanical devices pushing air. This means the "thing" in the speaker that moves the air will never respond instantaneously to what the amplifier throws at it (i.e. be fast). Electrostatics is o... | |
| Can someone explain to me why : Accupahse Equipment is that expensive ? 1) Importers and retailers all adding their profit margin2) It's extremely high quality product - very pure electronic engineeringI bough a P7100 off the brochure last year. Couldn't get to hear one. The unit weighted in at 124 pound and is twice ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? I went for a Hattor passive with 6dB attenuator and remote which I'm really pleased with. The audio path is clean. XLR balanced into the power amp. Sounds great. You are at about 1500 USD though I think.http://www.hattor.com/index2.html#mini | |
| subwoofer question......what size sub ? If you look at speaker driver's data, you find 8" to 10" bass speakers perform the best in the right cabinet. An 8" in a transmission line cabinet may be better than a 10".Cone speed is as important as frequency response; the greater the mass of ... | |
| Speakers least affected by room acoustics Whichever speaker you choose you will be compromised. Sound is just air waves bouncing around a room, and if you have a sub-optimal room, no speaker will fix that - just change the dynamics of how/where the waves move and thus what you hear. Have ... | |
| Getting good sound from MacBook via DAC. Do an experiment. Take a MAC Mini, Mac Book or PC, download Pure Music, Amarra, Audirvana Plus, Bit Perfect. Pick your track, load them all up with the track at the same place, and A/B switch play the track. Use the same DAC.You will hear the diff... | |
| I asking for suggestions in choosing a pre-amp [that won't "break the bank". Have you thought about going passive? Get a simple MM/MC preamplifier for the turntable, and a passive preamp - of which there are a few around (e.g. http://www.khozmo.com/index.html). If you want to keep the sound pure and unmolested, worth consi... | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. I agree. That Krell looks like the ticket. Get one second hand, get an electronics guy to give it the once over - aka http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?27792-Krell-KSA-200-for-sale-Complete-nut-and-bolt-rebuildyou'd have a sweet amp | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. There's a downside of having a father who was an electronics engineer, building amps from age 12, and still designing and building them while training for four years as an electronics engineer....Any amp, any class (a/ab/d) can be good or bad. Ele... | |
| I'm ready to pull the trigger on some new speakers.looking for some last minute advice Shahinian Obelisk 2 - see how many ’I don’t like’ reviews you can find :)You may need to upgrade the amp to get the best from them... | |
| BEST AMPS FOR WILSON SASHA You could buy a valve amplifier with an output transformer to get the impedance and current drive you need to drive the Sasha. You’ll adore the ’warm’ sound, a.k.a harmonic distortion, and convince yourself it is ’technically pure’, even though th... |