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| Fedex Warning: $100 Limit Insurance on Ground Tok20000: Try shipping a turntable and see how well that holds up compared to speakers and amps. From what i've been told, TT's suffer the most damaged in shipment followed by speakers. Very heavy amps are in third place. I would think that cd pla... | |
| Outlaw 1050 vs. Onkyo SR600 foreverhifi: All of the specs that i posted were from actual testing, not from the manufacturer's specs. All of the units mentioned DID go up in power ( by various amounts except for the JVC ) at 6 ohms but took a major nose-dive below that. Pick ... | |
| Round Two: Best Speakers for LOUD music and rock?? Phasecorrect: You are right about the Dynaudio's and their crossover slopes. I was thinking about them being "parts heavy" and confused the crossover rates. Their crossovers are not "simple" as they use notch filters, impedance compensation, etc..... | |
| VPI cleaner clear tubes cracking Bottom line: If the tubes are cracking, you've either got a problem with physical stress to the tubes or the chemical cleaning agent that you are using is eating them up / breaking down the plasticizers which keep the tubes flexible. The physical ... | |
| Round Two: Best Speakers for LOUD music and rock?? Once again, i repeat that there is NO reason that a speaker using a first order crossover can't play loud. It is all up to the design. Just because the market is not flooded with such designs does not mean it isn't possible. The easiest way to get... | |
| If i had the money..... I'm not going to get into the "tubes vs SS" debate on this one. I will only say that what some people think sounds "good" or "musical" is not necessarily "accurate". Nor is what some people find to be the sound of "accuracy" very "musical". There ... | |
| Whatmough 303 Speakers The first place that i saw selling these were Van L Speakerworks aka Chicago Speakerworks. John has been importing these for over a year now and thinks that they offer a great amount of bang for the buck. He literally had a semi-trailer full of th... | |
| Outlaw 1050 vs. Onkyo SR600 I agree that running the speakers on the "small" setting may help things out, but in order to do so, you would pretty much HAVE to have a powered sub. Some people might not have a sub to start off with and may not be able to afford a decent one af... | |
| If i had the money..... Learn how to read between the lines and interpret spec's. This will give you greater insight as to what to expect out of a product. Listening to it in your system with your ears is the only way to finally judge something. Just be fair enough to wo... | |
| More good news for SACD.... While i've never been a "devout" Peter Gabriel fan ( i personally don't own any of his discs but my girlfriend does ), the more stuff that i've heard by him, the more i like. Seeing im in perform live on this last tour also raised my level of inte... | |
| Advice wanted Excellent point and good question Kr4. This is something that would probably be overlooked by someone without your knowledge and background. Having said that, Jgold might experience VERY different sonics than what they were expecting out of such a... | |
| Outlaw 1050 vs. Onkyo SR600 Other than raw features, i would look at how much power the units do at both 8 and 4 ohms. I recently looked at a bunch of AV receivers and the amplifier / power supply sections were PATHETIC. Many of them did WAY less power at 4 ohms than they di... | |
| Managing flux and solder steam and smoke. We have a good sized three stage HEPA filter ( two layers of foam with varying density, a carbon based filter for odor control and then the HEPA filter ) directly behind our work benches at the shop. This helps draw the solder smoke away from us a... | |
| Speaker tweak You are hearing the effects of damping / altering cabinet resonances. The problem with using something solid to damp resonance is that it too has a specific resonance. As such, you've traded one resonance for another. Try using sandbags atop the s... | |
| What is a "servo" sub and any advantages? Isn't "error correction" aka a servo on a speaker similar to trying to stop spilling the milk after it's already spilled or in the process of being spilled ? Sean> |