rsuminsby
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| What's your profession? Age? 41 year-old USAF Officer; I fly F-15Es (no my hearing isn't shot..I wear ear protection to guard my audio investment!) An active audiophile since age 17. My combined audio/home theater system rings up at about $20K...but a major upgrade is in the ... | |
| Best reciever for Paradigm Reference .. Keep the Bryston, Romy! You're a fool if you don't! | |
| Disappointment I went through a stage where my system was static for many years, and I found myself listening to it less often. Ironically, it was my plunge into Home Theater that got me back into the "gear lust" mode, and I've since combined the two systems (ha... | |
| Best efficient Line Conditioner UNDER 1K I've had a PS300 since Christmas and am enormously satisfied. Before you eliminate the Power Plant based on efficiency, consider what you'll be running with it. My front end (DVD player and processor) only draws about 30-40W..well below the units ... | |
| Surrounds for Thiel 3.6 system? I have Thiel 1.5s and an SCS2 in the front, and use the Atlantic Technology 454SR for surrounds. Not an exact match in timbre, but I only notice the difference when cycling pink noise through the channels. For program material, it has always sound... | |
| Parasound vs. Mccormack, Bryston,Classe I own a Classe CA-100 and a Bryston 9B-ST, and have heard the 3-channel Parasound. The Parasound amp was very "exciting", sounded great for HT. I think the Bryston has the edge for music however. The low end on the Bryston seems a little more soli... | |
| Elite bigscreen HDTV or Sony VPL-VW10HT? Where did you guys see the Sony? I checked all around the Wash DC area with no luck...do you know of an east Coast dealer that has one set up? | |
| Acoustic Treatment I just added 4 Tower Cube Traps to my room, and a large panel to absorb a first reflection from a fireplace. It made a big improvement in the articulation of the bass, and made me a believer that no matter how much "foam" or diffusors you put in a... | |
| Aerial 8B vs Aerial 7B I'm not an Aerial owner, but my brother is, and I've listened to his system at length with Aerial 6s and 8s. The 8s are a fantastic speaker with loads of bass energy, but it takes a lot of amp to keep them happy. If you've already dropped the coin... | |
| Ideas on building a listening room!! The Stereophile website (www.stereophile.com) has an archives section with three excellent articles about choosing/designing a listening room. The most useful would be Tom Norton's Jan '95 article, "Building the Hi-Fi House". A great place to start! | |
| Tube Traps and other room treatments Anyone have any experience with diffusors? I've considered adding a 4'x4' RPG Skyline diffusor behind the listening position....anyone tried a similar arrangement? | |
| Tube Traps and other room treatments The argument I've heard in favor of full rounds is that you can rotate them to adjust the amount of the diffussor covering that is oriented towards the listener. I assume the Frescoes are absorbtive on one side, and diffusive on the other? | |
| Tube Traps and other room treatments Tab110s - will have to pass on the Shadow Casters; it cost me a fortune to get four large cube traps shipped to England, so any more large treatments will have to wait a year until I get back to the states. Carl - can't say I've read ALL the liter... | |
| How Cool Is My Wife! Having thought about my previous posting, it occured to me that none of us who are married could not possibly enjoy this hobby to its fullest without a lot of understanding from our spouses. Those of you who suffer from a less-than-supportive spou... | |
| How Cool Is My Wife! Currently living in a cramped (by American standards!) house in England, but my wife let me add four 15" x 15" x 60" Cube Traps for bass treatment! And she only winced a little at the $600 shipping bill! |