shadorne
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| Loudspeakers - how best to prolong their lifetime? I was told to rotate them 180 degrees also.I'm not sure how often this needs to be done.Maybe going by looks,if it's sagging.Keep out of the sun like mentioned above. It theory yes, but what if your wife refuses to go through with this? | |
| How essential is shielding? The importance of [insert any term] is sometimes exaggerated.The above statement is so true, especially in high-end audio. | |
| biwire trick If the wires are the same type and close to the same length and are all grounded together at the binding post on the amplifier end then this cannot possibly make any difference at all - unless you fixed a poor contact when making the change or unl... | |
| Loudspeakers - how best to prolong their lifetime? Materials do age and heavy use will cause wear and tear also. However, some speaker manufacturers have been supporting their original products for over thirty years. Meanwhile other speaker manufacturers role out new models and obsolete old ones e... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Frank,Those Accuton drivers are indeed world class as well as expensive too. To get 14 of them in a pair of speakers with a Sonus Faber quality finish is great value - I imagine you got a good price. Sorry to hear that Consensus went out of business. | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Frank,Can you comment on the sound versus the others on the shortlist or was their stunning tall elegant look that grabbed you. | |
| Can you overpower a speaker Yes and quite easily as most consumer speakers use cheap drivers and opt for an expensive finish instead, as this is what matters most to customers. | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system Revel F12, Paradigm, PSB all make good towers with plenty of oomph in the bass. | |
| New Tom Petty Mojo is nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album | |
| What monitors sound OK on a bookshelf? Try Genelec 8040, 8050 or Focal Twin 6 Be - all are designed to sit on a studio meter bridge and should sound great on a book shelf.I have the Genelec 8020b as office desktop speakers and they are without parallel for their size (if you like preci... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Frank the OP gave a shortlist - how did this get so far off topic - oh of course this is Audiogon and we always go off topic! | |
| computer isolation As for the OP's question, there are probably more important things to try to optimize in you computer audio rig.Exactly my point. The extent to which vibrations affect electronics has been greatly exaggerated due to people's experience with tubes... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Rascal Flatts version of Tom Cochrane's Life is a HighwayThey are very tight and Jim Riley does a great job of giving it a lilt (shuffle feel). | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range I concur with Trelja - the Sashas are a good choice if you like precise sound - an exception in the Wilson line, which is normally colored by a house sound that leans towards heavier resonant bass (especially in the WP line). Frankly, the others w... | |
| computer isolation Unlikely unless your laptop has tubes or uses a stylus to read a vinyl groove. Modern electronics is not micro-phonic. Frankly, if it was a problem then passive speakers would not work as the crossover would pick up vibration.Just another urban le... |