phusis
Responses from phusis
| two way v. three way speakers For a long time I associated 2-way speakers mostly with smaller, stand-mounted incarnations with all that generally entails; lack of bandwidth/force downwards and overall sense of physique, mids that were somewhat affected at higher SPL's and the ... | |
| "Against design" Martykl --Thanks for your input.There may be an interpreting angle in Mr. Weiss' (and the rest of us) assessment of design and what makes it beautiful or ugly, but notwithstanding he equates the more typical box "designs" with their more expensive... | |
| Has anybody tried using single solid core cables? With the exception of my interconnects (copper/silver alloy, stranded) my power and speaker cables use solid core conductors. The power cables are ~15 gauge DIY Home Depot-style solid core wires, twisted and non-shielded. These are connected sans ... | |
| Digital volume control question... Mkh1099 --Given your fairly inefficient Magnepan 3.6's and the potential use of a digital volume control operating within a full, true 32-bit domain I'd perhaps downplay the importance of poweramp gain compared to the attention needed matching the... | |
| Moving to a dynamic speaker from a Electrostatic Rleff --Many compare electrostatic speakers with good horn dittos (the latter with better dynamics, certainly macro-wise), and though I've yet to audition them I'd recommend you look into the Oswalds Mill Audio Mini's:http://oswaldsmillaudio.com/m... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Mapman --Audioengr,Can your reclocking device deliver massed strings as cleanly and grain-free as the best CD players out there? Or good vinyl?If so, I might have to try one.(I'm obviously not Audioengr, but here goes..)A lot a digital aficionados... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? Marqmike --My 150a ref v2 took roughly 850 hours to reach it's peak. As good as it was about every week I was happily suprised that new nuances of sound for a more positive and natural presentation would rear it beautiful head.I don't know if most... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? Noortje --What speakers do you use, if I may ask? I understand the rationale behind getting more power for them, and in the case of the SA-100 you might have yourself an extra headroom in the vicinity of 3dB's compared to the SA-30. Mr. Belles is ... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? I guess you are right that marketing may play a role here; unknown, unloved. When I was looking for a new amp my dealer suggested to audition the Belles SA-30, even while my speakers have a difficult load. I decided for the SA-100 as that was the ... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? I own the Belles SA-30, for a few months now, and I don't see many user reviews of this sister-model to the SA-100 either, although a few magazines have reviewed it very favorably. It truly is a phenomenally good poweramp, and one I don't see taki... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Tbg --What I think is needed is the counterpart to a microphone, namely a point source capable of 110 db peaks and flat from 20 to 100,000 Hz. I know of no such device.Indeed no small measure to pursue. I can very much attest to this demand, ultim... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I've long had a "sonic crush" on the sound coming from several cinema auditoriums and their associated speaker systems. This hasn't got anything to do with "hifi" per se (though strictly speaking, it should), but simply that the oftentimes effortl... | |
| subwoofer for music? One would be surprised how even bass proficient speakers can become more or less anemic in particularly (bass-)problematic rooms, which hereby becomes detrimental to the overall sonic performance. A friend of mine uses a pair of S.P. Tech Revelati... | |
| Speaker decision $3000-3500...help Adurlabhji --Within the stated $3000-3500 how about the Amphion Argon 3's? There's also the newly upgraded ATC SCM11, which has been very well reviewed over at http://www.whathifi.com/review/atc-scm-11-2013. Both of these candidates appear to be s... | |
| The future of preamps Atmasphere --Phusis, I would guess that the reason is you have had a spat of bad luck, as your experience is one of the minority. A lot does depend on the preamp though and they are not all created equal! Some simply act as filters in the system. ... |