randy-11
Responses from randy-11
| What's the deal with coloring CD's and/or tray mechanism Exactly - don't waste your time - or money.People who do not understand electronics or physics can be convinced to believe it works, just as snake oil was sold to people decades ago. | |
| Magneplanar Listening Comparison 1.7 vs. 3.7 Speakers On the short wall. The pic shows where they would go - on either side of the TV just like the 1.5QRs.I asked Wendell if the internal design differences were the reason the 3.7 was acoustically smaller than the 1.7 and he said yes. The stmt may a... | |
| Magneplanar Listening Comparison 1.7 vs. 3.7 Speakers the big space you can see on the RH side extends into a kitchen - so the room is about 30 ft wide at the speakers; but is about 12 ft wide at the listening position (not counting the cavity in the chimney created by the firebox - the smney stack i... | |
| Magneplanar Listening Comparison 1.7 vs. 3.7 Speakers I should also say the comparison at the dealer's was less than ideal:- time required to swap speakers was too long to get good comparisons (where you really have just a few seconds)- non-blind -- I could see the speakers, so the bigger, nicer l... | |
| Magneplanar Listening Comparison 1.7 vs. 3.7 Speakers I previously decided on Maggie 1.5QR and somd my Vandie 2c (or 2ce?). That was 21 years ago, and I am now planning an upgrade.I’ve spent about 3 hours listening to the 3.7i vs. 1.7 (no i) at a dealer and the 3.7i’s do sound better to me; maybe sig... | |
| What's the deal with coloring CD's and/or tray mechanism far better tweak is to draw green rings on your power cables | |
| HAPPY FESTIVUS that pole reminds me of a ribbon tweeter... | |
| Warm-up time for amps and preamps for the same reason that anyone here should have to exercise correct word choice - a question was asked and people are giving answersas to how to test - you would want two copies of the same component - warm one up (w/o listening) for an hour or t... | |
| Recommendations for top-notch banana speaker cable connectors please post your drug choice | |
| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers Bryston 4B or 4B SST? | |
| Can I put a 60" tv behind my Magnepan 3.7i speakers? stick some over the tv and find out - if worth the trouble you can then wall mount them | |
| How come a power cable changes the sound? Rayleigh scattering causes the sky to appear bluepower cables should not affect your sound - if you think they do, try some blind testing- if they really do, a real moron designed your amp | |
| Room treatment-I was afraid of this http://www.topacoustics.com/product/fd-480-fractal-step-diffuser/- looks good; too bad I don't have enough room for them... | |
| Wireless speakers causing negative growth on Surround sound systems? wireless surround sound systems seem to be the way to go for manyI have trouble just getting 2 channels right, so... | |
| Just wondering... time for a blind listening testI am also going to launch a kickstarter to make balsa wood cabinets that look just like the Nagra DAC from a distance - you can stick your Dragonfly or iFi in there. |