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| Which comm. speaker mfgr. makes the best cabinet? 1) The Thiel cabinets. The cabinet fronts slope outward to improve timing and the fronts curve away to mitigate corner effects. They are very well braced and heavy to reduce flexing. Downsides: Passive radiator (doesn't bother me much most of the ... | |
| Highly Polished wire???? Bwhite, goes to show that manufacturers don't need to be rocket scientists. First I heard that electrons don't move on the surface of a wire -- though I guess they could move on the "inside" surface ;-). What matters is that it works well. Would y... | |
| Acid Jazz? Groove Collective or United Future Organization might be similar (your question sparked my interest so I did some research -- sorry that I can't speak out of experience though). Some interesting sites you could explore are: http://www.musicfolio.c... | |
| WEL -- Wife Equivalent Language cd, that was hilarious! It's good to have a "system" that works. | |
| Any words of widsom changing amp fuses? Sorry about that suggestion to go with slow blows without adding any caveats. Please do check with the manufacturer before going that route if the amp uses fast blows now -- but it could save some future hassle if it is OK to use slow blows. While... | |
| old smokey bar 2:00 am jazz If you want something you probably haven't heard, try Ruby, Ruby by Gato Barbieri (I'm not crazy about all his albums but do enjoy this one). It is a bit romantic but lots of great melody with sax. I have it in vinyl but not CD -- if you don't lik... | |
| Any words of widsom changing amp fuses? You might want to use one of those plastic fuse pullers that are popularly used with car fuses. Please be careful since your capacitors may still be charged and, even after you unplug the amp, you can still get quite a jolt if you use your fingers... | |
| 5 channel amp for Paradigm Studio 100's My 100v2's are pretty forgiving speakers and will do well, IMO, with many amps. I run my Paradigm 100v2 system with the Sunfire Cinema Grand and enjoy it for home theatre. It runs very cool so that could be an advantage in tight quarters or in a c... | |
| Is it just me? Album infatuation has always been part of my life. Maybe I just need time to really grab the details and interpret the poetry of the lyrics, rhythm and melody. Some of the Pink Floyd albums, David Brubek (Time Out and others), Miles Davis (Kind of... | |
| New cd changer? Like you, the convenience factor is a biggie so I use a CD changer: In my case, the California Audio CL-10 (fed into the Perpetual Tech gear). It sounds very good, even without the external DAC. It does not sound exceptional -- but that word tends... | |
| Taming bright Thiels MIT speaker cables did the trick for my CS-6's. Take a look at some of the classifieds (Joe Abrams helped me out). If you are looking to attack a specific frequency range, using cross-over adjustments might be better than decreasing the overall re... | |
| Perfect room size... Sorry, I was getting tired last night. I didn't mean that speakers should be moved around for reverb (a function of surface area, surface type and room volume). I meant reflection time adjustments (back wall, side wall, etc. from the speakers to t... | |
| Perfect room size... Try to get the most length out of the room that you can -- so keep the 22 foot rather than the 20 foot dimension. That allows for a lower standing wave problem area (17 to 308 Hz for 22 ft vs. 19 to 340 Hz for 20 ft). May not be the end of the wor... | |
| Name this Preamp Walter, I agree with your suggestion -- and they are finally shipping. My hat's off to you. It's a tribute to our craft/obsession when someone in the business recommends a product they don't carry. Mr. Integrity, you da man! | |
| Screen Size vs. Room Size/Viewing Distance Ditto. Have a 55" rear projection Mitsubishi -- as long as you're at least 9' away, you're fine (of course, you have to adjust for my aging eyes so this might be age dependent). Wouldn't suggest much more than a 40-45 degree angle though. This is ... |