shadorne
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| B&W 801 vs 803s But beware, some of the more "accurate" and "revealing" speakers can be very tiring in long listening sessions. Agreed, that is why B&W and many other speakers have their rightful popular place (actually also B&W have several models that ... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? I must add that the othee plots of BOTH the focals and Ushers are HIGHLY impressive - so I am not saying either one is not an awesome speaker - they both are!! However, I would not expect to be able to drive them hard playing a big jazz band or ro... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? FWIW - the Ushers show signs of compression at a mere 90 db SPL - so you can forget about clean 110 peaks that Ralph mentioned.And the as for the Focals, well ouch the distortion from what might be the tweeter resonance is scary. I have always con... | |
| How loud do you like to play your music? When I played the Focals at the same mark, the sound was uncomfortable. As Ralph pointed out - distortion and particularly of higher harmonics is usually what makes the sound uncomfortably loud or just plain "uncomfortable" in small stereo sys... | |
| headphone amp Huh? Get the headphones first. If you are happy with accurate pro sound then the Sennheiser HD 25-I-II is extremely dynamic and detailed (love percussion on these babies) and the closed cup on tehse headphones will cut out leakage and noise from t... | |
| B&W 801 vs 803s Abbey Road studios uses B&W 801 with Bryston 7B - they need power, power, POWER- he gives a cruel chuckle!B&W are a popular design that fits many people's tastes. Purists can critique their tendency towards laid back midrange and hefty bas... | |
| So, What is the Verdict on the Beatles Box Sets? There are already about twenty new Beatles threads over the past few weeks - on Audiogon alone. Do a search. | |
| Tight accurate midfield monitor pair suggestions They are the TIGHTEST and most ACCURATE pair of two-ways I've heard, By far. FYI, I've auditioned everything the pro-audio market has to offer ATC, Barefoot, Proac, Adam, K&H, PMC, JBL, Genelec, Meyer etc.... and none are as clean or natural s... | |
| Which matters more, DAC or transport? having owned and demo'd a good portion of what's available on the market. What they do is offer the most natural tonality within the most complete harmonic envelope I have ever experienced. You may think your system has no stridency, but when you... | |
| Which matters more, DAC or transport? The idea of splurging on a DA then buying a cheap transport, is foolish. Foolish if the DAC is unable to handle incoming jitter (most DAC's unfortunately). Not foolish provided the DAC is specifically designed to be able to reject incoming jitter... | |
| Your favorite cd of Hammond B-3 organ ? Some great "Four-on-the-floor" stuff She Breaksand Pound it OutEnjoy! | |
| Trying to sharpen the vocals...EQ related question Check your DSP settings on the Marantz - perhaps it is doing some processing that is messing things up.... | |
| Beatles Remasters: Mono vs. Stereo Debate Thread Lucked out and managed to pick up a mono box set today. Cool - let us know your thoughts. My box set has not even shipped... | |
| "Get Better Sound" The standard $150 paperback version is good but the text is a little jittery on this version - I compared it to other similar publications and it appears built at a specific price point for run-of-the-mill audiophiles (by all means go for it if yo... | |
| Totem model 1: woofer rubber stiff -- Slight buzz Rubbing voice coil is your problem. They were probably over-driven. All you can do is re-cone (if there is a kit available) or replace the drivers. $500 for two drivers is cheap - so why not just replace them... |