seandtaylor99
Responses from seandtaylor99
| How important is speaker positioning?My experience IMHO if you put your speakers against a wall you may as well shop at Circuit city ... it makes that much difference. The Audio Physic site is a great resource ... it's what I stumbled upon a few years ago, and it showed me what my Spica's are capa... | |
| CDP home shootout Rotel vs. Arcam vs. Marantz Josh ... I have used the marantz as a transport ... it's my theory that it has high levels of jitter on the digital out (and internally) which is what gives it its warm fuzzy sound. If you like it analytical you need to kill the jitter, as you hav... | |
| Audiolab 8000Q preamp? Agree with Hdm. Audiolab produced very good, high quality products. You've got a great amp there. Audiolab was a no-frills company so the casing looks cheaper than some of its competitor, but taking the lid off reveals a well designed and high qua... | |
| Sonic Differences Between 2-Way and 3-Way Speakers Hi Bruce, I noticed in another thread you used to own Spica Tc50s. I own the Spica Angelus, and they're wonderful for most classical. However my live blues recordings (for which the Spicas also do a stellar job on midrange) come to life now I've a... | |
| Do you pay seller for packaging supplies? while in general a seller is responsible for adequate packaging, I have on occasion , as a buyer, offered some extra payment, particularly if I felt that1) the basic price the seller was offering was very good2) the original packaging might use so... | |
| Sonic Differences Between 2-Way and 3-Way Speakers Drubin .. I don't think there is a characteristic 3 way sound, since 3 way designs can vary a lot. My heybooks are almost like stand mounts with a connected sub, since the LF driver is in its own ported enclosure, with the two HF drivers in a smal... | |
| Sonic Differences Between 2-Way and 3-Way Speakers "The bass response of a given design is the easiest to psychoacoustically adjust for.In other words one won't miss it or pine for it's absence or whatever if the speaker is very good in all other frequencies"I'm sorry .. is this personal opinion, ... | |
| Sonic Differences Between 2-Way and 3-Way Speakers There seem to be some shocking simplifications in people's responses. A two way will cost less, given equivalent quality components. However a two way places a severe constraint on the low frequency driver .. it must shift enough air to provide ba... | |
| did my wife harm my speakers? Sorry for my first post ... I couldn't resist it. I see so many threads where "wifey" has committed some terrible misdeed against a beloved hifi. I'm wondering whether these is, somewhere on the web, a kitchen-appliance-agon, where wifes bemoan th... | |
| Why is Double Blind Testing Controversial? did I hit a nerve ? Or did I miss sarcasm in Redkiwi's response ? It was a joke guys .. let's laugh at ourselves occasionally. HiFi is a very unimportant topic in a world full of war, famine and death, and certainly not worth getting worked up about. | |
| Why is Double Blind Testing Controversial? I have a proposal ... double blind posting. Audiogon allows us to post our views with anonymity. Other Agoners then guess who posted which post, according to the content of the post, and the (extreme) opinions therein.Suggestions for starter threa... | |
| Need suggestions for small room speakers Second the Spendor s3/5 .. it's a sealed box, so it works pretty well close to walls, and doesn't sound boomy. The Sonus fabers are another good suggestion. | |
| did my wife harm my speakers? Are you sure it was your wife that did it? Or are you just a little bit embarrassed ? :-) | |
| crimping vs soldering It has always amazed me that people decry soldering when all of our components are full of hundreds of solder joints.I always solder. (You might have guessed that bit !) | |
| Opinions of Creek Integrated 5350se The 8000s is a fine amp, but I don't think it has more power than the Creek5350. HOWEVER it's a steal at $650 and can later be biamped with an Audiolab 8000P found used here or on Ebay. An 8000s/8000P combination would probably (I have never heard... |