onhwy61
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| New Magnepan 3.7 i ? Brownsfan, your position in not reasonable. The nature of high end manufacturers is to constantly try to improve their product. It's a market driven process and it doesn't stop just because you might be inconvenienced. | |
| New Thiel Speakers - Post Jim Thiel Era I think they call it the destructive creativity of capitalism. Love it or hate it, it's real. | |
| Anyone Damp the insides of your Speaker Cabinets? Some manufacturers factor the resonate nature of the enclosure into the overall sound of loudspeaker. The thinking is that most dampening simply smears and delays the resonate behavior without truly eliminating it. Having a cabinet that quickly re... | |
| Benz-Micro SLR Gullwing MC The criticism of your preamp is overblown. The Adcom has a very nice phono stage noted for its low noise/distortion, but unfortunately it does not have the gain required for the Benz Gullwings. The Adcom recommend 2mv input and the Benz Micro high... | |
| Zen Crescendo or 5a...will they work in my room? The question isn't which speaker should he choose, but whether the room will present any problems to either speaker. I don't have an answer for that question. | |
| Use Your Own Ears I'm glad you're happy!Imagine if for a whole year every meal you had was at a Michelin 2 or 3 star restaurant. The food (and wine) would be truly amazing! But how far into the year would you start having cravings for meatloaf and gravy soaked mash... | |
| Speaker Set-Up: Use of a Plumb Bob It's important that both loudspeakers are the same, but whether that's straight up or titled forward/back depends upon the design, your room and your listening chair height. Most loudspeakers give their smoothest response only within a small range... | |
| Using a RS SPL meter Why 90dB? Try measuring at 75 to 80dB. | |
| The quest Strongly agree with Charles1dad. | |
| Impedance mismatch question If your specs are correct you shouldn't have an impedance mismatch. A 10x ratio of output to input is usually recommended. Search the forum for other threads on this topic for a more detailed explanation. | |
| 33.3 is now superior to 45 Is a remastered version of an existing title conceptually any different than an equipment manufacturer trotting out a Mk2 or Reference edition of current production preamp? The purpose of a remaster is to improve upon an existing versions. How is ... | |
| Audiophile Staff There is a bit of humor in my question, but I'm also somewhat serious about it. If you were one of the 1% with multiple homes across continents, varied business and social interests, more than one ex-spouse and a large brood of offspring, I just c... | |
| Isolation platforms for turntables Congratulations on a great system. Also thanks for posting your system with pictures. It's very helpful for thinking about your situation.There are any number of threads on this topic, but I would strongly recommend that you reposition your equipm... | |
| Stylus force digital scales Swampwalker, thanks for the informative answer. | |
| Stylus force digital scales Is there a sonic benefit for having better than 1/10th gram accuracy? |