shadorne
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| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Andy,The Watt Puppies are a classic but you might go for a 7 used. The 8's may give you some of the compression problems you mentioned that you had with the Avalon Eidolons.If you look at measurements the 7th plot down from the top you can see sig... | |
| Some of the Best speakers for Prog Rock/Metal You probably want something that does not sound harsh or forward. Look for a design with a midrange scoop ( a dip in the midrange response from 1K to 4K or in practice a speaker with 6" or larger midrange and with a tweeter crosssed over high say ... | |
| Balanced vs Single ended? Agree with Al. Balanced helps with ground loops as well as EM/RF. Balanced also runs at a higher signal level so it improves S/N. Balanced amplifiers are usually found in pro grade gear and can usually handle tougher loads with higher capacitance ... | |
| High End CD players give errors on copy CD's??? Since you have the originals (surely you did not copy 900 CD's illegally - I mean everybody has the odd CD they have shared with friends or burnt for the car but nobody would systematically do this - or would they?) then why not you use those. If ... | |
| Best "dark side of the moon" The 30th anniversary and SACD were done by James Guthrie (Das Boot Studio) on ATC's (same as what Pink Floyd use). The orginal (back in '73?) was done by Alan Parsons (on B&W's?). Rather than spend $500 on a pressing it might be worthwile look... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Republicans believe in deregulation but that only works when these institutions are honest & can be trusted. Good one. Yes indeed what can we "trust" - the problems run deep!"Trust Me" the wild claims are all bona fide fromSpeaker cable and i... | |
| Using a 15 inch woofer to do mid range 15 inch won't go more than about 500 Hz before beaming, however, horns are narrow directivity anyway. Done correctly, they will try to match the beaming from the 15" driver with the narrow directivity of the horn to make a smooth transition in the... | |
| DAC or a new cd player If you use the DAC1 then you can buy an HDMI switcher that handles four Toslink inputs to one toslink out (out to the DAC) - that way you can have any of your digital sources going to your DAC and no need for a mixer... | |
| You're probably listening too loud Violins have a lot of overtones between 2 and 7K (these can be significantly louder than the fundamental - it is quite normal that in certain situations you can find this instrument strident or unpleasant (especially loud as the overtones are not ... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you I had problems with the ceramic midrange distorting with dynamic vocals That is common enough with consumer designs. Do you like to listen loud in a large space? Do you want something approaching panel sound in the midrange but more compact and w... | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? Aldavis,Nice post. I'd agree that if you have an excellent system then a small portion of your collection will have a little too much sibilance (that is because not all studios are equipped with decent gear - many speakers have a midrange scoop fo... | |
| Where's the bass? To pass bean counters small cab, easy to build and ship,small drivers again saves cost, for WAF small and a nice finish. So many audiophiles buy the costly wee loudspeakers hoping to get performance but also tying to get loudspeaker past she or h... | |
| Wilson Alexandria V2 My Maxx's are great speakers but i'm constantly blowing the midrange capacitors. Have you considered trying pro gear? Most consumer designs don't like being driven hard as the drivers are not built for it. Soundstage won't even test a speaker abo... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Okay Shadorne, so you were right. Tell us what's next. Will Dow go down to 4500 as some now predict I began buying back in when the market dropped close to 50% (bargain hunting). Right now I will continue cost averaging down as the market falls f... | |
| I am sick of cables AlThis kind of thing has been demonstrated many times. One of the most lauded systems on Audiogon suffered a similar fate. Sighted the "special" cable sounded best without doubt but unsighted it was not possible to tell when the "special" cable wa... |