rodman99999
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| Difference between today and yesterday. Mrtennis- If a person attends live performances on a regular basis, it's natural to become accustomed to certain things that ARE consistant. IE: the sound stage of live venues, the SPL of live music, impact of a kick-drum, how the size and timbre ... | |
| Whats with the Watts ?? Montytx- And you stated that absolutely correctly. Given Silver911's admitted "tyro" audiophile status: I thought it would be good to head a possible mis-perception off at the pass. A large number of people have the idea that a 3db SPL increase at... | |
| Whats with the Watts ?? Since you mention a liking for solid state, and this is your first foray into high-end: You might look into the Plinius 8200 integrated (http://www.pliniusaudio.com/reviews/review01.asp). Good power, tranparency and accuracy(for SS). Magnepan will... | |
| Reference level cables that are 10-years old? buy? Have you asked the dealer if you can audition these in your system? They would take time to burn-in if they've been idle for that long, but it would still be worth the effort to try them. I'd otherwise have to agree that there are better/later cab... | |
| Whats with the Watts ?? The idea that a doubling in volume takes twice the power is incorrect, but a common error. Our hearing is logarithmic, while the db or power scale is linear. It actual take 10X the power to produce what we hear as a doubling of volume. For more in... | |
| Tuning a back loaded horn PS: Polyester is nice because you don't have to worry about moths and their larva. | |
| Tuning a back loaded horn Stuff the area behind the woofer tightly, and progressively looser towards the vent. The object being to convert acoustic energy to thermal and reduce peaks/nulls in the cabinet response. In other words: Add 1/2lb/ft3 of fiberfil to the coupling v... | |
| 400W amp under $2000 The Hafler Transnova 9505 puts out 750W at 8ohms, in bridged mode, and is fully differential from input to output(unlike a lot of other amps). They are still supported by Rockford Fosgate, that actually built them. Fosgate bought the Hafler name a... | |
| DIY solid gold interconnects? Gold is not a very good conductor at all. RCAs and tube pins, etc are plated very thinly(as you observed) simply because gold does not oxidize. Silver's conductivity is not affected when it tarnishes, but it looks bad, so most people that sell sil... | |
| Considering a change. Avantgarde for Wilson. Most definately: Get some curtains up in front of those windows. Standing waves are a killer, wreaking havoc on everything you are trying to achieve with your high-end system. | |
| Considering a change. Avantgarde for Wilson. With what are you driving the Avantgardes(tubes or SS), and using what interconnects/cables? They are very revealing of any shortcomings upstream. Not to say there has to be junk before them, but any stridency/glare/grain at all could become intol... | |
| EQ before Preamp? That's funny: The old fashioned vacuum tubes(mil-spec from the 40's, TungSols and Sylvanias)work best in my amps too. Thanks and happy listening! | |
| EQ before Preamp? Eldartford- A question completely off the audio subject(referring to "flying through a nuclear blast"): I thought anything with Metal Oxide Semiconductors would get fried if anywhere near a thermonuclear detonation. Have they gotten around that so... | |
| EQ before Preamp? Most people that have purchased the better power purifiers thought their systems were quiet before they introduced the new piece. The general description of the difference is, "a blacker background", I suppose for a lack of better terminology. The... | |
| EQ before Preamp? OOPS- My bad. The end of the sentence about the encyclopedia article should have read, "the goal of any critical electronic circuit is low noise AND stability." |