rlwainwright
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| Speakers that disappear Gallo Reference 3s - without a doubt. Their unique, and revolutionary, design eliminates all the normal edge diffraction issues that plague most speakers. Couple this with the 330 deg. dispersion pattern of the CDT II tweeter, AND the crossover-le... | |
| What is your favorite type of tweeter? I am totally smitten with the Gallo CDT tweeter - superb dispersion, excellent sound quality, extremely fast. Cymbals sound like cymbals and triangles are to die for...http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/gallo/ref3.html-RW- | |
| the black crowes live I saw the Black Crowes a LONG time ago, they were the backup band [smile]. And they killed that night, excellent show! I'll have to go check 'em out again now that they're headlining...-RW- | |
| Help Need to combine L and R feeds for mono amp Can't you simply use a splitter?http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10401&cs_id=1040107&p_id=326&seq=1&format=2-RW- | |
| headphne with at least impedance 300 ohm? I bought a pair of Sennheiser 580s used for $85 last year. They have 600 ohm impedance and sound marvelous...-RW- | |
| Small and Excellent Speakers You mentioned small footprint. I am totally biased, but the Gallo Ref. 3.1s are a small-footprint speaker with ENORMOUS sound capability. And you can buy them from Audiogon for $1400-2500/pr. - well within your budget. Research them, I think you'l... | |
| Cable question Wow, 5 Large for cables! Hope you get your money's worth...-RW- | |
| speaker recommendation 2500 or less small room The Mac is a fine amp for those speakers. Play them loud for 100-150 hours. Loud is 95+ db...-RW- | |
| Could someone recommend a good tube pre/main amp? I would tend to shy away from the Carver amps, I never did like their sound and their relaibility (when I was selling them) was spotty.The B&K and Hafler amps are knwon to be very good performers. Heck, there's a Hafler DH-220 on Agon right no... | |
| Best things 'in life' Best audio system?=== Whatever I'm listening to.Best wine?=== Pouligny Montrachet, 1976.Best dog?=== My old pitbull, Zorro. You wanna tell him he's not? I didn't think so...Best woman in the world? === This one's easy - my wife. Right, honey?-RW- | |
| From Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 to ? Stick with what you have, you're happy - many here are not. If you feel the need to spend some money, have an acoustician come in and setup your room. That'll make a huge improvement in your system's sound quality...-RW- | |
| Emotiva? I have owned their stuff. I had an MMC-1 pre-processor that I purchased new from the company. Well-built piece of gear. Decent sounding, very dynamic, crystal clear. But I did detect a bit of sibilance that annoyed me. My HK pre-pro does not exhib... | |
| Best DIY tweak? Eldartford takes the cake. I'd actually suggest that HiFiSoundGuy wrap his mouth with the tape. Oh, and stop posting those nonsensical tweaks - enough with the damn Teflon tape, fer Chrissakes!-RW- | |
| Review: Mapleshade Heavyfeat/Heavyhats Tweak ChenC wrote:"If you have issues with how a reviewer substantiate his/her claims in the future, could you go right to the point please?"Did you read my response? I asked VERY specific questions, none of which he answered in his follow-up. The revie... | |
| Replacing old CDP for Universal Player? Check with Oppo, they're usually quiote helpful:http://www.OppoDigital.com-RW- |