onhwy61
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| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? @calvinj since you see this a lot, please give a few examples of thrown together systems. | |
| First system, bought Yamaha AS-1200, wondering about what DAC to pair it with ? That's a reason to add a D/A, but why add a separate preamp? | |
| Focal Diva Utopia active speakers less than impressive. Should loudspeakers, or any other component, sound impressive? Just wondering if that's a good measure of quality. | |
| First system, bought Yamaha AS-1200, wondering about what DAC to pair it with ? Why do you want to add a preamp to an integrated amplifier? | |
| What are your opinions of DSP's for speakers To misquote, keep the signal path as simple as possible, but not simpler. Who out there uses a single driver loudspeaker with no electrical crossover? It's a far less cluttered signal path than the complex multi driver setup most people use. Bu... | |
| I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah! Does the plate amp have to be in the cabinet? | |
| New buy, no return policy I find it interesting that no dealers participated in this thread. It would be interested in hearing from a dealer as to the actual logistics of transporting and setting up 200+ lbs loudspeakers for an at home demonstration. Do they crate the lo... | |
| New buy, no return policy show room and order If it wasn't for the dealer performing the showroom function, how would you have known if you liked the Acoras? As I stated earlier, I think you made the right decision, as did the dealer. But at some level this is another... | |
| New buy, no return policy I think the OP and the dealer both made the right move for themselves. As detailed above there is much work and risk involved in doing an at home demo for expensive large loudspeakers. The buyer had a less costly alternative with the option to r... | |
| polishing pins of NOS tubes I don't have any experience with highly corroded pins, so I just insert the tube into the socket a few times. Are you all cleaning your interconnect pins in this manner? | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" @magon yes, live music is different than reproduced music. Good luck with your further explorations in the meaning of music. | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" Music is something that happens in your mind. The stimulus need not be a sound. A written score does not need to be played to be understood as music. A sound designer/editor can look at a waveform and see the music. A profoundly deaf person ca... | |
| Billie Holiday's Best Vinyl Recordings? They come in various collections, but the Billie Holiday/Lester Young recordings are a must listen. As a stylist Billie owes much to Louis, as do all jazz singers. | |
| How to choose speakers that won't overpower your room? Think about how far you have to place the Sonus Fabers from the rear wall. An absolute minimum of 3 feet, but preferable 5 or 6 feet. Then, how far are you going to sit from the loudspeakers? As a factor of how far apart you place the loudspeak... | |
| Background vibration and your system. Fascinating. At one point I lived in an old wood framed house in Indianapolis about 12 miles from the airport and a half mile from the interstate. The passing of heavy trucks over a short overpass bridge on I-65 was something you could hear and ... |