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| Do speaker wires matter The Mirage M1s are an interesting speaker. Not only are they big and heavy, they are dipoles - they radiate both forward and backward. As a result, speaker placement is absolutely critical - they cannot be placed up against a wall with any expecta... | |
| Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i) New speakers are like a new pair of jeans - the material in the surrounds and spiders are stiff and need to loosen up with wear. No magic, just materials science. Paper surrounds requires more break-in than butyl rubber, foam is in between. Down t... | |
| Should mags review stuff not easily available As an ex-hifi store owner, I can tell you it's always a balancing act between what sells in the mid-market in sufficient quantity to make the business viable, and the really cool stuff that actually excites you. It takes a major market to support ... | |
| Easily the best and most significant sonic tweak one could ever make! Before you drop $3K to 5K on hearing aids, check out Nuheara. They have been widely reviewed and have won multiple awards. For $400 you get first class noise-canceling earbuds, Bluetooth, and excellent hearing aids that you self-fit using a versio... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? There are boxes and there are panels. I've owned both. Some large, some not-so-large, some efficient and dynamic, some polite and restrained. But the question at hand is timbre and tone. And here to my ear, the choice is simplified. A box will alw... | |
| What sends shivers down your spine when you play it on your system? 1) Almost any cut from Aaron Neville's 'Warm Your Heart' OK, "Feels Like Rain'. 2) Jewel channeling Janis Joplin while singing 'Have a Little Faith in Me' from the Phenomenon movie soundtrack. It sneaks up on you, then wham, It's Janis with BB&... | |
| MM Cartridge Talk When you say 'MM' do you really mean it to be limited to MM or can we include MI (Grado, Soundsmith) and H/O MC (Hana EH, SH, Sumiko Blue Point #2, Dynavector 10XL)?All those are roughly comparable to the Ortofon 2M Black or Bronze, and don't requ... | |
| MM Cartridge Talk ADC XLMs sounded great - smooooth and far more detail than a Shure V-15MkIv, but had a nasty habit of the suspension just failing - about half the ones we ever sold just collapsed. The other half were wonderful. They were extremely compliant, and ... | |
| What is the best audiophile speaker for a tiny square room? This is a classic case for a minimonitor. The KEF LS-50 is at or near the top of that list, and the new 'Meta' version, even more so. To that I would add a small subwoofer, perhaps a REL. Especially in a small room, a 2.1 setup is easier to balanc... | |
| Is 1990's equipment vintage? Let's distinguish between 'vintage' and old junk. Let's use 1990 as an arbitrary curt-off date. This is by no means exhaustive, but this is some equipment I consider vintage, collectable, and worth restoring.Any American-made tube gear - Vintage ... | |
| Own many mid-game speakers or a few end-game speakers. I'd want to mix it up with at least 3 different genres of speakers. First, a set of panel dipoles, Magnepan 20.7 or 30.7. No box can ever offer the spaciousness of a panel. Next I'd go for a mid-size full range with great dynamics, Wilson Yvette o... | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! Lots of good choices here, Certainly I’d look at the new GoldenEar BRX and the Martin Logan 35XTi, perhaps a 2.5 floorstander with 5" drivers like a Monitor Audio Bronze or Silver 200 series, they flank you pricepoint by a couple hundred dollars e... | |
| Help with TT ideas for my first TT Pro-Ject The Classic SB as offered with a Sumiko Blue Point Special HO moving-coil is awfully attractive for $1200. I don't care for Rega tables or carts, but I do like their tonearms. Clearaudios beautiful, but beyond that they always seem pretty... | |
| Speaker upgrade question. I would consider a pair of Magnepan 1.7s and an REL subwoofer. It's hard to seriously improve on a KEF reference speaker with another box but Magnepans are a whole new game. Detail, image size, and space you can only get with a panel dipole. With ... | |
| ...bookshelf speakers that sound good at low volume... Yamaha amps have almost always had a variable loudness control. This allows you to dial in as much loudness compensation as your situation requires. This will really help you get the sound you're looking for. |