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| Adding a sub. - can i start with one? Starting with one is fine. However, the issues of damaging the soundscape from a large subwoofer are typically due to running the sub too loud, using too high a crossover frequency, or too shallow a crossover slope. Likewise, localizing sound from... | |
| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 Yamaha A-S301, the Cambridge Audio AXA25 or used. My choice would be the Yamaha. It's as close to $300 as you will get. and has an unbeatable feature set. | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Lots of good responses. Pretty much anything Eva Cassidy sang. Mary Chain Carpenter's version of Lucinda Wiliam's Passionate Kisses. My version of Leonard Cohen's 'Dance Me To The End Of Love'. Arguably his best song besides 'Hallelujah', the orig... | |
| Analog vs. digital At 16 bits, the 'etching' you hear is distortion caused by the limitations of 16-bit digital. At 24-bits, it is actual detail that even the best analog has a hard time duplicating. I recently picked up a pristine copy of Jesse Winchester's 'Let Th... | |
| Internet Radio on Audiophile Quality 2 Channel System KNKS streams jazz 7X24 at 256k. SQ is excellent. | |
| Best turntable for the buck For $4K without question the VPI Scout 21 and Hana SHshould be high on your list. Bought together there would be enough left over for decent cables as well. I would go with the high output SH version as it eliminates the need for a MC preamp and e... | |
| Top 10 vintage cassette decks Nakamichis were clearly overall the best performing decks, but not all that reliable, Same for the Tandbergs. Great when they worked. The Japanese decks with solenoid controls overall were as reliable as they got, but tended to be a little noisy e... | |
| Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music Overlooked truths about Magnepans: 1) As a line source dipole their power doesn't fall off like the usual inverse square law, 2X distance = -6dB level, it's more like -3dB so while still not efficient, in a 550ft2 room they will fill it better tha... | |
| Is There A Device For Home Use That Can Measure How Low The Bass In My Speakers Is? Lots of spectrum analyzer apps available for Android and iPhone. You can get an inexpensive calibrated mic from Parts Express. Pink noise can come from an app, CD or Vinyl. Do not use interstation noise. White noise from FM is equal energy per fr... | |
| Need some Cart recommendations, $300 - $700 (New/Used) range…warm, full, yet great def. You already own the clear class leader with the Hana SL. You might get different with a Grado or a Soundsmith, you might get value from an AT or Nagaoka or a Denon, but you're not going to get better than your Hana from any of those. That said, I ... | |
| which is a better speaker Not a fan of either. Pioneers had a nice tweeter, but that's about it. JBLs were built better, but boomy and hardh. Find a pair of JBL L-110s ca. 1980. Those are killer, will be very happy driven by a 2265B. JBL got all the pieces right - it was t... | |
| Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept? When you go down the non-standard rabbit hole, don't be surprised if all you find at the bottom is rabbit turds. | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! News flash: because on average speaker cabinets have roughly 10X the surface area of the enclosed speaker element, the only have to move 1/10th as much before they're contributing just as much to the output as the driver. If they move 1/100th as m... | |
| 10k Towers with biggest soundstage? For under $10,000 nothing can come close to the Magnepan 3.7i. Add to that a good subwoofer like a REL s510. For image size, well, everything else is just some variation of a vibrating cone or two in a box. And sounds like it. At just under 6ft ta... | |
| Bookshelf dilemma KEF R3 - much more 'livable' than the LS50s. Like the difference between racing skiis and advanced recreational skiis. Racing skiis are ultimately more capable, but are very demanding - as a monitor should be. But they are not necessarily the most... |