redkiwi
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| Isolation Cones. Will I get the point? In my experience cones are just fine and dandy under speakers, but with electronic components, they isolate but add a resonant peak (including Audiopoints, BDR and many others I have tried). Better to deal with electronic components with a top qua... | |
| thoghts about isolation. The simple answer to your question is YES. Different components react differently, in my experience, but this is more to do with the quality and type of the construction of the component than with anything else. All seem to benefit from a supporti... | |
| What is the most decadent, most self indulgent-- I share David99's obsession. We are house hunting at present and I am vetoing anything that will not be an upgrade for my stereo, but currently disguising it with other excuses like "don't like the area", "not enough sun" etc. | |
| Replace Speaker Drivers In Pairs...Or At All? I once borrowed an amp and connected it up to just the woofers of my Logans. And the amp was faulty taking out one of the woofers. Martin Logan, being fabulous people, replaced both woofers saying "don't even think about replacing just one!" and d... | |
| Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit I have found OTA cables to be as quiet or more quiet than shielded cables. I also found them merely promising early on, but am surprised you are not noticing the superior pacing of the OTA as this is present throughout burn in. I certainly found t... | |
| Review: Plinius SA-102 power amp I agree with your impressions JD. The Plinius amps have been promising for some years now, but I too have had problems with hum. I also found the mids to sound a little dry and the treble a touch grainy in the SA100, and found the early SA250s to ... | |
| Bass Response and concrete floors Herman, I think the issue being referred to is resonant feedback rather than acoustics. I absolutely agree that if you have a concrete floor then you will get a cooler less involving sound if you do not get the equipment and speaker supports right... | |
| Brute power cheap?? Adcom Vs. Rotel vs. NAD Dennisj gets my support. Maggies will not like cheap solid state and the Muse 160 is one of the very few that has a midrange worthy of panels. You could also look at getting a Plinius 8200P directly from NZ - stunning after 4 months of run in - a ... | |
| Placette pre amp I don't believe so Sutts. I have the Capitole and a Placette passive (just the insides actually, not the official box - anyone want it?) and there is no way it improves things. It just does the job with minimal damage. The active Placette is anoth... | |
| NAD takes on the Krell Beast 1800 vs 6700?? The only Krell KSA I have heard extensively is the 100S. It was definitely not harsh or bright as some have said of Krells. In fact the mids were sweetened to some degree. It was very smooth, but the amp was musically boring. The key issue was tha... | |
| Bass Response and concrete floors Agree with Clueless, Karls etc.Having a resonating floor helps you to feel the bass you don't hear. Take your feet off the floor and you will see what I mean. In some rooms you will not hear low bass, but feeling it is a kind of [poor] substitute.... | |
| Do you use spikes for tile/marbel floor? It depends. My Martin Logans prefer brass spikes into brass cups and my Thiels prefer thin nylon washers. | |
| Thiel 1.6 vs Proac 1.5 Both speakers want 150W plus in a medium sized or larger room. Use a warmish amp like the Plinius 8200 and warmish cables like Cardas and the Thiel 1.5 is not at all harsh. Can't comment on the 1.6. The Proac 1.5 needs a bit more open accompanimen... | |
| Dumb Question 36 If you have not been leaving your equipment on for days at a time, then you are in for a treat. | |
| Is it my imagination? Coltrane1, you are missing the point that people are advertising stuff for sale on Audiogon that they do not own, and are merely a bidder on at Ebay (and other variations). There is indeed nothing wrong with buying and selling stuff. It's a free w... |