ozfly
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| What's better 100w class a or 200w class ab? Sean, what is a high rail voltage? What are the typical ranges? My amp runs at 60 volts and I'm wondering if that's normal, low or high compared to others. I love the sound, so I'm assuming it's high ;-)Great posts already. Much depends on how you... | |
| Thank you Audiogoner's for your civilized attitude Generally, folks here understand the subjectivity of the hobby. What sounds better? It depends.That attitude, based on experience, makes all the difference. Plus, the knowledge level and/or enthusiasm of the posters is really something! That's a p... | |
| Have You Ever Put Your Golden Ears to the Test?? Albert, that was bad, but I loved it! Let's move back to beer tasting for a moment.I had a number of parties where blind beer tasting was the theme and involved at least five couples. We even kept score and rewarded the individual who was closest ... | |
| I can't really hear a big difference Great posts. Something else to think about is whether the unit needs a good cleaning or alignment. Could be that the Sherwood is just a pretty good unit though. | |
| Affordable cables The Phoenix Gold line is a nice buy. You can also check out Sound Quest (their interconnects are very neutral and inexpensive but I am not 100% sure they sell speaker wire though). If you want to splurge, check out a used Stealth Premier at about ... | |
| To bridge or not to bridge.... I've owned the 4bst and 7bst and found that the former could play very loud without red lighting. I liked the sound and punch better with the 7bst regardless of usual listening volumes. I can't recall turning my preamp up more than the 1 o'clock p... | |
| Have I finally lost my mind? Sean, I had no idea -- thanks for the tip and I'll check into the Audio Desk System. Tireguy, Mezmo is likely correct. The weight of the ink so close to the center is probably not substantial enough to make a noticeable difference. But, why not tr... | |
| The best way to design an audio system. Twl, I approached it with a combination of philosphy and preferred components (i.e., speakers). Here's what I did when I got reasonably serious:I started out with a set of goals: 1) B+ system (did not want to spend a ton of money), 2) system that ... | |
| Raising Speakers As usual, Twl and Dekay are right. However, I am not familiar with the Hales speakers (no web site either I guess) and there may be one caveat. If the speakers are designed with the bass slightly forward of the midrange which is slightly forward o... | |
| What's the size of your listening room and/or ht? I am moving into a new home with dimensions of 32x19'8"x12'1". Not yet set up so I can't comment on the sound. I know I'll need some room treatments but a lot of the specs seem like they should work nicely. My old listening room was about 27x17x9 ... | |
| I'm in the dark....... If you have access to the fuse box for your apartment and if you are reasonably handy electrically, you could check to see if the grounds are even attached to the outlets. You could also try reversing the hot and neutral -- I've heard that sometim... | |
| Is my listening geometry too small? Rlmm, welcome to the forum! You are, of course, absolutely correct that tuning speaker placement is a matter of inches, not feet. Your advice is very sound and pointed out my failure to say "move it around a foot here and there and see if it makes... | |
| To bridge or not to bridge.... If you are happy with the 4B-ST, I too would suggest a pair of used 7B-ST's (what the heck, a 20 yr warranty). The 4B-ST will not give the same performance level on a bridged basis. If you like to listen loud, you will be hard pressed to find more... | |
| Is my listening geometry too small? From everything I've read and per my interpretation of it ... A small room will produce more standing waves than a larger room (all dimensional ratios equal), which leads to peaks and valleys of sound in the bass region (up to about 300 Hz give or... | |
| Being reminded of the big picture... I was listening to a very nice system at someone's home and thoroughly enjoying it a few weeks ago ... unitl a neighbor came in, sat down at the Yamaha grand and let loose. As much as we would like to, it is still extremely difficult to recreate t... |