pragmatist
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| Your First System I forget the model numbers. It was a Heathkit preamp,a Crown amp(used),a pair of Heathkit four ohm three ways,a Dual turntable with a Shure cartridge,and Sennheiser cans.Fresh out of school with plastic burning a hole in my pocket,I made a mistake... | |
| Oooops Just got caught... "Did you see that? When you walked in,the moving air fanned the fern fronds;note the changing reflection patterns on the ceiling and walls."Make room on the couch, "How was your day?"((I had a cat once with an emotional attachment to the refrigera... | |
| Review: Jolida JD-1701 Tube amp William,Thanks | |
| Review: Jolida JD-1701 Tube amp William,Does the hybrid amp have a preamp out to add a sub(Yes,I read your review.)in a room where one might be needed?Thanks. | |
| Small Room. 2-channels. $1,500 & nothing else. Option #1(If you can pull the speakers three or four feet from a wall.--circuit city loss leader disk player,under $100--Scott Nixon dac,$250--Nad 740 integrated,used about $400--Magnepan MMG,$575Option #2--disk player and dac as above--a stock Jo... | |
| Jazz Boxsets Combumbia's Miles Davis collection is worthwhile. Time-Life's(don't laugh) Art Tatum anthology is good. I'm sure there are others. | |
| Best floorstanders for classical? By no means have I heard all the speakers available and the upstream electonics have effects.That said,in your budget,for a medium room,of the ones I've heard,I will suggest these two:Either the Meadowlark Kestrals(89db into 8 ohms) or the Meadowl... | |
| Forth Order Noise Shaping?......... Bombaywalla,Thank you. | |
| Why so much???? 1.More than you need or want.2.Some were impulse or curiosity buys;I probably listen to about half, three or four times as much as the other half.3.I hope not,but how would I know? | |
| How is your many titles in your digital collection Maybe two hundred redbook and a handfull of Sacd that I play on a redbook player. I rent and return dvd-v s. | |
| An audio system for a district office $8.000 I would keep the transaction simple and get a complete system from either of these two companies:http://www.odysseyaudio.comorhttp://www.avahifi.comEach company offers quality equipment at reasonable prices,will answer your questions honestly,and ... | |
| Is this the ultimate 2-way speaker design? While I prefer panels to boxes,among the two ways I've heard, that I can afford,the North Creek Music Rhythms are outstanding. | |
| Driver efficiency vs. overall speaker efficiency Satch:I'm not an expert,so allow me to quote my source:http://www.northcreekmusic.comIf you link through to the page that describes their rhythm speaker,in the fine print,it talks about an mtm set-up and its effects.(It's the paragraph labeled "Se... | |
| Driver efficiency vs. overall speaker efficiency If you connect two drivers in an MTM configuration,the impedence will be halved,drawing twice the current, but about 6 dbs will be added. So,it is possible to wire two 88db,8 ohm speakers so that the final result is 94db sensitive into 4 ohms. | |
| Education: Best place for Audio Engineering? Nicholas,When the world was a larger place,you went where the specialists were congregated. Study automibles? Go Big Ten school close to Detroit. Motion pictures? Go Southern Cal close to Hollywood.Now that the world is smaller,the best research a... |