quadophile
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| the 4 ohm rating A friend of mine drove Maggies with 5 watt cary! Who says Maggies are power hungry? | |
| the 4 ohm rating Rabelais,You really know how to explain things! :)That was one heck of a response, not just interesting to me but anyone who stumbles upon this thread will benefit from your wisdon.Thank you indeed. | |
| the 4 ohm rating Rabelais,Thank you for enlightning us all.The 4 Ohm Kef Reference 2 have two 6-1/2 inch bass drivers in cavity of the speakers with a force cancelling rod and go down to about 30 Hz. Is this not a good example of what you explained? | |
| Good match with Sonus Faber Grand Pianos Power requirements are dictated by the listener not the speaker. Some are happy with wattage in single digits and some can never feel they are getting enough even if they have few hundreds of watts. If the manufacturer says 50-250 they are not wro... | |
| Who's got the best user name? I was once reading a thread which discussed something about the classic threads on Audiogon and one of them was to do with refigerator, I was laughing for at least a week after having read that, now it is going to be history repeating itself.Alber... | |
| Upgrade bug - speaker choice and your opinion Thank you guys for the input, I will reconsider my options based on some more speakers recommended. I had posted the same message elsewhere and got loads of ideas from many fellow listeners. Thanks again. | |
| What's the 'ideal' room size? These days I am doing nothing but reading on room acoustics as I am having sleepless nights thinking about my new abode where I intend to move into and from the present room size of roughly 12x12.25 feet (pidgeon hole)ideal for near field listenin... | |
| Good cable mate with Paradigm Studio 100v2? I just got the Canare starquad biwire cable for Paradigm 40 V.2 and found it to be much better than the Monster Flat Speaker wire I was using. Canare sounded very civilised compared to the Monster which was a bit harsh in high end. I also feel the... | |
| Speakers for vocalists Eldartford,I agree with you 100%! The human voice is the ultimate test signal. Not just a Mans voice but female vocal too. At one time I used a few tracks like "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega for my reference besides others. | |
| Speakers for vocalists What planar speakers can do to voice no other can, the likes of Quad, Maggies, ML, Apogees etc. | |
| How Loud Do You Listen??? Do You Know????????? Q-man, I surrender unconditionally :)I am glad to know you restrict yourself listening to it loud for a shorter period of time. Sometimes it does help to get the adrenaline flowing freely!Cheers! | |
| How Loud Do You Listen??? Do You Know????????? Q_man if at 19 feet your systems SPL is what you say it is, how come your system has not taken off and is still on ground :) Did you know that the Concorde generates 130 db SPL at take off?SPL measurements are done at 1 meter, not at 19 feet, God ... | |
| Bi-wire Cable Choices?... Mrpapa,Thank you for the link I shall go through it later in the day. | |
| Bi-wire Cable Choices?... Mrpapa,You wrote:"bridging the negative cable posts can eliminate some of the problems caused by bi-wiring"That sounds very interesting, could you please post the link to the thread? I am keen to find out the details.Thanks | |
| Bi-wire Cable Choices?... Keeping my commitment to report back on my opinion of Canare 4S11 Star Quad Speaker Cable.I finally connected the Canare 4S11 today and so far the going is really good, sounding better than the Monster Flat cable as well as the German Powerline St... |