paulfolbrecht
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| Q. on shootout between time/phase coherent speaker Hi Pubul57,I don't know the answer to your question on why Thiels and Vandy's are not so easy to drive but you are right about that. OTOH, they're not extremely difficult loads either, but the point I wanted to make is that 1st order crossovers ar... | |
| Q. on shootout between time/phase coherent speaker This is an old thread, but that is nonsense. 1st-order crossovers are the simplest and such speakers can be made *very* easy to drive - GMA's sure are. | |
| More power or better quality power? Bob,We agree that speakers are the "most important" component (have the most influence on sound) but that is about all we agree on, I think. I'm really not sure how you could *not* hear major differences, irrespective of power, between, say, a cla... | |
| More power or better quality power? Bob, you should maybe just get out and listen to a bunch of gear; it would probably help you to understand what people are talking about when they say things like different amplifiers sound substantially different. You might become less set in you... | |
| DeHavilland As a follow-up - contact James Ridell at sounds real audio if you're nearby. He demos their stuff @RMAF and is a good guy. Hell of a room he puts together.(No affiliation - never bought a thing from him.) | |
| DeHavilland They will get back to you soon.The GM70s are some of the best amps I've ever heard in my life. Have you noticed how many times they win 'best sound in show' awards?No, don't own them, but if I had speakers that needed 50W I would.When I have commu... | |
| Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks Two things. 1st, I want to retract what I said about Zu tonality - in a nutshell, it was the room. Re-placement and treatments solved it. A bit embarrassed about that.I also decided to forego the La Scalas due to too many people telling me 2W woul... | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? The best amp ever is a Sanyo model QV-30 receiver made in 1979. Serial #64522 only (the rest of them suck). | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Had to make a post about the Pope 6SN7s Kevin Deal sold me. Ok, I have not compared them to other NOS tubes yet but they are waay above the EHs. I let the EHs go for 100 hours or so to see what they could do, and of course the unit sounded great w... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hear you on that speed! Direct-coupling and short paths is where it's at. I do not know the technical details, but don't really understand why anybody makes non-direct-couple tube linestages as they seem to always have that slow, mushy sound in co... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I did want something very clean and neutral and the sauv is that. I run Consonance 845 SETs. This is a very nice combo. Soundstage has exploded over the passive TVC and it's still such a clean, transparent sound.I didn't know the non-dual Cab was ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Don't buy a PC - buy a custom power-supply-to-chassis umbilical from Revelation. That's what counts (so I hear). | |
| Upgrading Klipsch La Scala crossovers Of course that is not what I want to hear right now... I thought 104dB with 1st-order networks would work quite well with 2W. You know those Welbornes have some serious iron and serious power supplies. All I can do is try it & see. The LaScala... | |
| Upgrading Klipsch La Scala crossovers What're you basing that on, Josh? Experience or speculation? | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Need to chime in with some feedback about my Sauv after a couple weeks: it is now really showing me what it can do. It is stunning me on everything now. Truly, I have the transparency I had with the TVC with a lot more body and dynamics where it c... |