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| Monitors to replace Dynaudio Confidence C1's What about Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento? I am familiar with most Dynaudio as I used to be a big fan and owned several of their speakers, I have also owned most of the Sonus Faber. Like you, I found a little more warmth in speakers can draw me into... | |
| Any good equipment racks that are afordable? Agreed with Stanwal, rack is as important if not more important than equipments sitting on it.big fan of Grand Prix Audio, you can buy a 2-shelf base for | |
| Can I Use One Channel Of A Stereo Power Amp? what's the theory behind a dummy load? if there is no input, there is no output except some cross talk that made it into the unused channel which is minute. if using dummy load, one would need a fairly high wattage resistor I assumed. | |
| Is difference between B&W 802D & 800D worth price? In SF bay area, that room IS the size of a 3 bd rm house. | |
| where to place equipment rack? at 1/4 increment of the room length (19'/4=4.75'), bass node is at max. 1/3 increment of the room length bass node is at min. corners should be avoided due to bass energy storage.best to avoid a location with high bass energy, vibration is bad for... | |
| Speakers in 10-15K price range for Classical music I have owned and heard a lot of gears, some that I like and might fit your taste:Analysis, similar to Apogee. very direct and immediate sound just like other ribbonSonus Faber Homage line, but be sure to get the newer generation because new driver... | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? Jprice, if you like the Rowland so much, why are you selling it already?since you also own Guarneri Memento, you should give BAT SE tube amp a try. | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? Jprice, if you like the Rowland so much, why are you selling it already?since you also own Guarneri Memento, you should give BAT tube amp a try. | |
| How much weight can an upstair room can hold? Older house has an edge because old trees are denser and can support more weight.You can always spread out the pressure point by placing a platform under your rack, can act as vibration damping device as well. | |
| Zero Feedback: Atmasphere vs. BAT I lost count how many amps I have bought and sold in the past 10 years, but one thing I can say confidently is a stock BAT 75SE is not veil or lean. in fact, it's much more transparent than just about anything else and that's where I stopped. well... | |
| Zero Feedback: Atmasphere vs. BAT I followed Dave (Dgarretson) advice and replaced coupling caps and input hook up wires, to say the improvement was dramatic was an understatement. my 150SE, couple with Einstein pre, drives Aerial 20T, a very demanding load and manufacture suggest... | |
| Has anyone used a pair BAT VK-55 as mono blocs I had 75SE driving Cremona before (as well as Amati Homage and others), 75SE was sufficient as long as you don't listen insanely loud. I took the plunge and upgraded to 150SE, changed the caps, internal hook up wires, and wall outlet. even driving... | |
| Laptop as Music Server - Wear? With laptop price under $500, I don't think cost is a concern.As for data transfer rate, I have my music stored in NAS and retrieve them wireless using 802.11g and still fast enough. In fact, I can upload/download music files simultaneously w/o is... | |
| Thinking of buying a solid state amp Guidocorona, thanks for the info on class-D. I haven't followed class-D development that closely since introduction, my impression from the short ownership with class-D was just like what you described, lack of harmonic texture and delicacy. I hav... | |
| Thinking of buying a solid state amp Axelwhahl, two of my friends own 350.5 and I didn't notice excessive amount of heat coming from the amp when I am there. maybe the open layout removed heat from listening room quite effectively, but I will for sure pay closer attention next time I... |