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| Best MUSICAL subwoofer for Maxx 2's quality sound? It should be remembered that bass, especially low bass, is felt as a pressure wave. While the Maxx 2 certainly has state-of-the-art bass, the use of a subwoofer with a low pass point of 30-40 Hz will reinforce the Maxx 2 bass by pressurizing and d... | |
| 2 10" subs equals 1 12" or 15" sub? Like Shadorne says, there are too many variables to equate the sonic performance of subwoofers based on driver size. The best thing is to listen to some and draw your own conclusions. | |
| Audio Research CD7's 6H30 tube rolling I had both Audio Research and Conrad-Johnson power amps with new production 6H30-EB drivers a few years ago. I replaced them with pricey NOS -DR versions and I couldn't tell much difference. Maybe it might make a difference in a CD player, but bas... | |
| REL Subwoofer Cable Upgrade? I bought an aftermarket cable for my Storm III from Mark Zikhmark here on the Gon and I thought it made a slight difference in bass definition, although I only ran the sub up to 32Hz with my Wilson speakers. I agree with the others that buying a $... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2: grills on or off ? I had Sophia 1's and I listened to them both ways, and to be honest, to my ears there wasn' t much difference, at least in the nearfield. Since I was always paranoid about bumping into my speakers in my small room, I left the grills on. I think th... | |
| Speaker cabinet materials. Most speakers, as you state, use some type of wood product, mostly MDF. There are some like Rockport that use molded layers of a hard and soft materials to help damp resonances. Wilson uses layers of methacrylic and a damping material, and also a ... | |
| CES08: Room: 30-127: Acapella, Einstein system Hi, I just bought a pair of used High Violons and they are the best speaker I have ever heard. The ion tweeter is amazingly detailed and delicate, the horn has great soundstaging and midrange detail, but robust-sounding. Their only weakness, but n... | |
| What If Wall Shelf Isn't Option For My Turntable? A cheap fix is to get some wheelbarrow inner tubes and place them on your horizontal surface, then put a cement block or slab of wood on the inner tubes. On this you can set your turntable. I learned this trick in graduate school where we needed a... | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find I agree with you, Oshag. The midrange and treble on this speaker are stunning. Detail in these areas is the best I have heard, bar none. Soundstaging, dynamics are state of the art. Unfortunately the bass is just ordinary. Extension is OK, speed a... | |
| All time favorite speaker cables Intuitive Design Chimera Reference carbon nanotube speaker cables. I did a review on them here on Audiogon. Another league up from conventional cables. | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find I have had BAT SS amps, the VK500 and VK600, and the bass was pretty darned good. The only thing I didn't like was the lack of soundstage size, but for bass, they are great. You might be able to pick up a used VK500 cheap. I would think just about... | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find Hi, Ralph, thanks, yes, I would imagine my single woofer version to be an easier load, even for my big SS amp. It will be interesting to hear what Amfibus finds when he tries driving his suboktav version with a SS amp. I must admit the indicated w... | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find I thought I would weigh in here. I have a 3 year-old pair of High Violins with the single woofer and drive them with a very powerful Essence solid-state amp, actually monoblocks. Each one has 230K of filter capacitance and a 2 KVA transformer. I t... | |
| Best jazz or blues female vocalist ever Sarah Vaughan and Helen Humes come to mind. | |
| tube Watts vs solid state Watts Other than the tubes vs. solid-state argument and the class A vs. class B argument, an amp with a larger power supply will often sound louder and more dynamic due to its ability to drive more current, i.e. dynamic headroom. When I was in school I ... |