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| b&k or Bryston or McCormack? Out of the three mentioned, the McCormack is probably the best sounding. However, it does appear that you have a pretty good sized room with speakers that are not especially efficient. While the sound quality that they are capable of is quite reas... | |
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| Replacing my tweeters a good idea? I hate to have to say it again, but changing the impedance of the driver ( or the load that the passive crossover sees ) WILL affect crossover frequency. If you don't believe me, try asking on the Madisound board. Calculate the crossover for a 4 o... | |
| Question from a Poor Pass owner I have had at least 5 ( that i can remember ) different amps that Nelson designed and thought that, like most other SS amps, they sounded best after being on for at least 24 hours. While none of these were from the current Aleph line, i can't see ... | |
| prevent hardening of speaker surrounds While i agree with Carl that the spider is "theoretically" the most important and stressed member in the suspension of a dynamic driver, i would like to add some observations. Having several older drivers that were in excellent shape other than fo... | |
| Leaving Class A amp on all the time Heat and large current surges at turn on are what typically kill components. Since this is a "big beast", you want to take as many steps to keep it as cool as possible to extend its lifespan. This means DO NOT put it into an enclosed rack, allow p... | |
| Replacing my tweeters a good idea? While i hope that nobody takes this personally, but "just inserting" a resistor into a speaker circuit is NOT a good idea. Outside of lowering the output level, it will alter the crossover frequency, change damping and tonal characteristics, etc..... | |
| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 I would take an old Phase amp over a Crown ANY day. They offer much more of a platform to work from in terms of sonics. While they weren't bad amps in their day, they can be GREATLY improved with the implementation of simple upgrades and tweaks to... | |
| Crown Amplifier for Advent 300 Crown amplifiers are very hard, sterile and lifeless sounding. They are basically "pro sound" amps sold and marketed to the consumer. While they are built like tanks, they will only reproduce "sound" and not let you hear music. Sean > | |
| CAL SIGMA II upgrade 24/96? I have both the 16 bit Sigma and the 24 bit Sigma II. I would say that the 24 bit offers a much more open sound with better high frequency resolution and detail whereas the 16 bit is definetly much warmer sounding. Either can work very well but wo... | |
| Counterpoint amp (need input) I would tend to agree with Tkmetz' observations. The Counterpoint gear that i've had experience with was rather forward sounding with a hard upper midrange. The bass was also slightly bloated and lacking definition. This was tried with several oth... | |
| Top Audio Designers Of All Time? Nobody can argue with the fact that Nelson Pass has given us MANY, MANY excellent products and done tons of research to all of our benefit. Nonetheless, i think we owe far more to John Curl than to any other audio designer that is currently with u... | |
| Legend Audio Speakers My brother and i listened to the little Legend pyramid shaped monitors. While i can't vouch for the price ( $4000 and a big "OUCH"), their sound was EXTREMELY good. While you will never get extreme bottom end out of a tiny two way, the speakers so... | |
| Best small/monitor/bookshelf speakers? Here's the website for Reynaud. As it turns out, "Figuy" and i were talking on the phone and he forwarded me the info on them. http://www.jm-reynaud.com Another possibility might be the Castle Richmond's. GREAT little speakers. Hope this helps. Se... | |
| Satisfaction Guarenteed? Musicians listen to the performance first while the reproduction is a secondary thing. Audiophiles tend to let the reproduction detract from the performance and sometimes rob themselves of the great enjoyment that a lesser recording may be possibl... |