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| What makes a speaker thousands more... Its a combination of a lot of factors as mentioned already, R&D, better quality drivers, hand crafted cabinets, nice materials and time intensive finishing methods. After all of that though there is still the value compared to others in the ma... | |
| Receiver going in protect mode Or you could pick up some garage speakers and probably decide that you like them better than the Bose. | |
| b w / martin logan / definitive I had the Definive Technology BP20's and the Powerfield 1800 sub in my home theater for a long time and I was very happy with the sound for home theater. Definitive has a variety of good matching center channel speakers and surrounds. I had the CL... | |
| RF picked up from cable It could be a ground loop created by having your basement equipment plugged into one electrical circuit and the stuff upstairs on another. Perhaps as a test you could temporarily run an extension cord down to the basement so that all of your equip... | |
| Pro Sound XLR Cables? Some of the high end recording studios will use the esoteric audophile type cables for microphones and interconnects between the equipment and playback system but I suspect that many don't.For sound reinforcement I think other things take priority... | |
| What s in front of your chair? It might have a sonic impact, but I couldn't say for sure until I know what kind of CD transport you are using and which cables you have in your system. Just kidding - hey lighten up and get an ottoman. I have a leather ottoman with my chair, and ... | |
| Any info on the new B W Nautilus 800 s? From what I have heard, they should be out in April or May. They will look similar to the 802 but use (2) 10" bass drivers instead of the 8" of the 802. They will be priced at the top of the Nautilus line, I heard rumors of maybe $16,000, but it c... | |
| FLUANCE Speakers. Look like BW 802 Yeah, I'm sure they will work out great for you. Good luck on your bidding. After you win, I have some garden hose for you that looks like Kimber BiFocal XL that you can use to hook them up. | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology For a long time I considered that all wire was the same. My Dad who has been an electrical engineer for a long time would say that for speaker cable, as long as the gauge was large enough for the length, that was all that mattered. For interconnec... | |
| UPS vs. Line Conditioners There are many different types of UPS - and as mentioned, many are designed to be just "good enough" to keep the computer running so you do have to be careful. Most of the UPS's are line-interactive, which means that they just pass the line voltag... | |
| Best Copper IC under 200. I would suggest the Tara Labs RSC Reference Generation 2 although that may top the $200 a bit, like $215-220 I think. Or if you want to stay strictly under $200, then the AudioQuest Viper at $195 (1M). Both of those are close in performance - neut... | |
| Help wanted in regards to monitors... I have not heard the Aerial or Tyler, but of the rest of those, I would probably go with the ProAc 1.5. When I heard those at a local dealer, I fell in love with the imaging and the detail especially on jazz stuff. For rock music though I might le... | |
| cable length I read something similar a while ago about length of digital coax cable. I can't remember which company it was, but they were talking about the ringing in the cable. Some of the signal echos in the cable, and if the cable was less than 1.5M long, ... | |
| Dynaudio 3.0 vs. ProAc 2.5 I got a chance to audition the Dynaudio 3.0, Proac 1.5, 2.5 and 3.8. The Dynaudio wins for bass extension, but as mentioned above, it likes a powerful amp. The ProAc 1.5 and 2.5 blew me away with their imaging and fine detail. I would say that the... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System I often find the prices of some of these cables to be incredible. Certainly it doesn't cost considerably more to use teflon as opposed to PVC, or one grade of copper over another. Making jackets and tubes, braiding or twisting etc can have their o... |