rad21
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| Studio Electric M4 I don't visit this forum much but saw your post today. I own the Studio Electric M4's and they are excellent sounding standmounts. I owned Gallo Ref Stradas, KEF LS 50's, ProAc Tablette 10's and I prefer the M4's over all of them. I posted a revie... | |
| Seek non-ported speakers - $700 to $1500 To stop the port-itis in my room! Drumbe, I also have a small room and found the LS50's kinda wooly and bloated in the bass as well. I now have ProAc Tablette 10's which are sealed and sound great in a small room. Nice tight bass and great imaging. You will need a sub (get a small... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? You did not mention your room size. I experienced the same issue that you did. I am also over 60 and my listening room is a small second bedroom. I found floor standing speakers would overwhelm the room with bass so I got KEF LS50's. Even when I p... | |
| Modwright Preamp Owners. I have owned my LS 100 since 2011 and have no desire to change it. Before that I had a number of line stages ( Melos, Simaudio, Audible Illusions, Audio Note M zero) and passive preamps, none stayed in my system as long as the LS 100. | |
| Low Volume listening - Gallo Strada? I have a pair of Strada's and they sound best when you turn up the volume to normal listening levels. When you say low volume, if you mean "late at night" listening levels, I would prefer to listen to my headphones if volume is an issue. | |
| Speakers for 8.5 x 11 room? I have a pair of Gallo Strada's in a room about the same size as yours. When I listen in the nearfield (3 feet from the speakers) they sound incredible. The Strada's are 3 feet from the rear wall and I am using a subwoofer and when I sit in my lis... | |
| Has any had experiecne with the MF 550k superchar? I have a hard time accepting something like the supercharger. It reminds me of the "power boosters" they sold for car audio 20 years ago. You added it to your existing head unit and it boosted the power along with the distortion, hiss, etc. What a... | |
| 840C and MHDT Havana Xenithon,I found that tube rolling with my integrated amp resulted in fine tuning the overall system sound much more than adding the Havana did. Based on your recent experience, go with the 840C and roll some tubes in your amp. I am sure you will ... | |
| 840C and MHDT Havana X, I just sold my Havana here on Audiogon. I owned it for 2 months and while it sounded good (especially with better tubes)compared to my Rega Apollo, I did not hear enough difference to justify the $800. Keep in mind that I use a tube integrated ... | |
| Am I getting it all? Islandmandan,I agree with what Tomcy6 said 100%, my system is nowhere near yours either but I still feel that my Rega Apollo at under $1,000 blows away the sound of my MMF 7/Eroica Cartridge/Ray Samuels XR-2 phono preamp that costs twice the price... | |
| Gallo reference /TAS vs Me Jeffreybehr,I have a small listening room and the bass extension is excellent without the subwoofer amp so I won't need to add that to the Gallos. | |
| Gallo reference /TAS vs Me It sounds like the pair you listened to were not fully broken in. The speakers improve remarkably after about 80-100 hours. I didn't believe it and now that i have the speakers over a month, they sound incredible. Check out the review at audioasyl... | |
| Hot Rodding Magnaplaners Here is a good starting point. http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/tweaks/index.html | |
| What phono setting to use for Plinius 8200 I don't know what the gain is on your Plinius for MM but I have the same turntable/cartridge as you and I tried MC settings on a few phono preamps and they overload the preamp and do not sound very good (loud crackling sounds). I wouldn't worry ab... | |
| Speakers: all-time worst The worst were Acousti Phase sold by Crazy Eddies in NYC back in the 70's. They would disconnect the tweeters on JBL L100's or put speaker upside down and then play Acousti Phase with an equalizer hidden away to improve the sound. They sold many o... |