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| Amp more important than speakers? Elizabeth, you're probably going to laugh at this, but it's true.A while back I bought a used pair of Maggie SMGa series II speakers for use in my smaller room (I had 1.6's in there previously but they overpowered the room in the treble).I was not... | |
| Speakers in rear with TV in front. Will it work? No, it wouldn't sound right. Why don't you just get the wall-mounting bracket kit for the TV and mount it slightly above the speakers? I would think that would work much better. | |
| A true believer I just know that if I spent $71k on audio cables that in 3 months some enterprising company would come out with cables for only $35k that sounded better.I hope that at least this fellow had the good sense to internally rewire all his components wi... | |
| A true believer I like Marakanetz's system philosophy. It makes sense and I'm sure it makes nice music.These days putting big bucks in a CD player is, dare I say, foolish, and putting insane money into the audio cables is probably alright -- provided you own the ... | |
| Stupid Newbie Bass Question Don't know... I have Comcast Cable and the sound is well balanced all the way around except that sometimes CD's tend to sound more boomy than other programming. Though from what you've said it sounds like you don't have the bass fully dialed in. A... | |
| 4-ohm setting with 8 ohm speakers Magfan, I think you read my comment wrong regarding me saying you'd get "looser bass with the 4-ohm taps." Perhaps I didn't make it clear but the 4-ohm taps (compared to the 8-ohm) would increase damping factor for tighter bass. Distortion would a... | |
| 4-ohm setting with 8 ohm speakers Okay, I see a lot of erroneous info flying around in this thread. A 4-ohm load is a lower impedance and thus a tougher load for an amp to drive (not easier).Some confusion creeping in here involves the typical solid-state vs tubes. Typically, soli... | |
| 4-ohm setting with 8 ohm speakers This doesn't make sense to me and what Arnettpartners said doesn't make sense either. So just accept it as one of those weird audio interaction anomalies that works for some unexplained reason. Perhaps the maker of your amp or the maker of the spe... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound STI-500 Breakin Time I own the STI-500 and the DAC2 and it did take quite a long time for the STI-500 to sound its best. But if you're missing detail, that could be something different. Presenting fine detail is one of the many strengths of the STI-500 so maybe it doe... | |
| Speakers for a large vaulted room? It will make them sound louder... not necessarily better.Come to think of it, they may not even sound louder because volume level drops off quicker with increasing distance from the speaker when comparing a planar line source to a standard cone sp... | |
| Townshend Rock III audition Manitunc,It looks like you've had quite a few turntables and arms to play with so your observations should carry more weight.I too had a Townshend MK-III Rock and also thought the front headshell damping was superior. It makes perfect sense if you... | |
| Dialing in my analog rig - Need help Three things... experiment with different interconnects especially between the GCPH and the Pass amp. Different speaker cables and power cords could make a difference too, so try every possible combination of the 3 types you have available. It's t... | |
| Help diagnose problem with my amp Did you change your speakers? | |
| Anyone bi-amping with the Behringer DCX 24/96 ? Guys, many thanks for your replies and insights. I think at this point I am leaning more toward keeping a single-amped passive crossover system.Frank | |
| Wyred amps and Merlin VSM-MXe speakers In my experience, many of Eva Cassidy's recordings are harsh sounding... even when I had a tube preamp going into OTL amps and electrostatic speakers. So maybe the Wyred is letting you hear how those recordings actually sound... It is a very revea... |