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| Have you ever wondered why speaker manufactures do not consign speakers to dealers? "When I was in the sales side we tried to resolve some of this by offering in home demo. With the condition that if the customer did not like it he would not get a refund but credit."Yikes, while I'm very empathetic in regards to the problems fa... | |
| People That Have Upgraded From Harbeth 30.1s.... jacksky,It's completely the opposite: The 3.7s are one of the easiest to place speakers I know of, their coax design with the special flat midrange (so so no coning around the tweeter allowing full dispersion) provides one of the widest sweet spo... | |
| People That Have Upgraded From Harbeth 30.1s.... @cd318I do find the SLH5+ to be quite neutral sounding to my ear. By that I mostly mean sounding smooth, without obvious frequency deviations, that kind of thing. I did find the smaller 30s, though seductive, to be just a bit too rolled off and... | |
| People That Have Upgraded From Harbeth 30.1s.... I became infatuated with the idea of owning a Harbeth speaker for a while. I auditioned the 30s but ended up buying a pair of SuperHL5 plus as I felt they were a step up in every way - airiness, neutrality, bass depth and control, realism.Thought... | |
| Totem Forest Signature v. Joseph Audio Profile larstusorThere’s a reason why you pretty much never see measured documentation of wire "burn in" (or see it demonstrated as audible).For one thing, it’s a rather convenient idea for sellers to promote "Don’t like what you hear? It’s not our gear, ... | |
| Totem Forest Signature v. Joseph Audio Profile I do agree with Dave that cables and cords make a significant difference. I don't agree.I auditioned the JA Perspectives numerous times at a high end store, with various different high end cabling (because I auditioned them several times, they put... | |
| Paradigm Persona series What I find interesting in your post about the customer's in-home setup is the complete lack of discussion about speaker and listening positioning, the room itself, and acoustic treatments / furniture therein, all of which affect perceived so... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Thanks atmosphere!!I'm being a bit lazy in getting around to changing the tubes in my CJ pre, but I'll see if I can note any difference other than (hopefully) lowering of noise floor. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Question:What type of sonic issues occur as tubes get old? I had a tube in my CJ power amp fail, and the local shop said it was getting time to replace all the tubes. But what is likely to happen if they are just left and keep on running? Is it... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? dorkwadI will chime in with the problem with straight line tracking air bearing arms is definitely the pump and all parts of the air supply leading to the TT. I had a Maplenoll Ariadne air bearing TT/arm combo for 12 years that was absolutely ... | |
| Vinyl Sleeves and Jackets MOFI sleeves and nothing else. Ultrasonic cleaning is snake oil and actually makes records sound worse.^^^ and this is how audio myths are spread.... | |
| Thiel Owners It's anecdotal but FWIW: I've run the Thiel CS6, 2.7 and 3.7 on my CJ 140W tube amps, playing soft and loud (I crank them especially when I'm listening from another room in the house, make it sound like a live band).My amps have yet to be eaten b... | |
| How good's your hearing FWIW...I'm 55 and played in bands but started wearing earplugs fairly early on so luckily my hearing is well preserved. Though I can now see it's starting it's more precipitous decline.I have a mild dip around, I believe, 4k.But I can hear almost... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? As I’ve mentioned before in the Thielowners thread, one of the salient characteristics I find in my Thielspeakers is a focus and density to the imaging. This is a purported feature of time/phase coherence and I can not verify it’s due to that tech... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? orpheus10——“Since "holography" requires the best electronics, and speakers set up by professionals, that statement lacks credibility.“As I’ve made clear through the thread: I’ve been referring to a holographic quality in the sense well understood... |