shadorne
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| Harbeth Madfloyd,I think you will like B&W more than Harbeth but you could try the SuperHL5 (it might fit in a small space). I suspect the reputed B&W N802's might be the sound you are looking for. | |
| Harbeth I'm looking for very detailed & airy speaker that has articulate bass and warm midrange.You are asking for an oxymoron. In essence an articulate tight bass will tend to strip the midrange of some warmth or softness. A warm sloppy bass will mas... | |
| Floorstanders designed to be against the wall? "large loudspeakers should not be placed free-standing but flush-mounted to perform in the best possible way." | |
| How to choose a DAC? The main thing of course is how the units sound. I wouldn't focus on jitter because by definition a DAC with a lot of jitter is going to sound crappy. Agreed. A jittery DAC will sound crap. However, you need to be aware that some DAC's require a ... | |
| The best "imaging" speakers? Since sound from the speaker radiates around the edges of the speaker then you inevitably get edge diffraction which interferes with imaging. There are two ways to deal with this:1) Small narrow baffle so that the edge diffraction occurs very earl... | |
| How to choose a DAC? I'd suggest auditioning what is currently reputed for excellent jitter immunity and then pick what you prefer the sound of. | |
| Subs: DIY Kit vs. Martin Logan Copper flux modulation shorting rings This is typically used in speaker drivers that have long coil in short magnetic gap - these type drivers may have high amounts of non-linearity (distortion) due to the voice coil design (most of the voice coi... | |
| First Trip outside of Best Buy, a real newbie. I second Jaybo and Newbee.Don't rush into this. Take your time. I'd suggest auditioning Martin Logans given your taste - they have some convenient sized panels that sound good although not as dynamic as a box speaker. The speaker and listening roo... | |
| Breaking In New Speakers... It will take a while to get accustomed to the new sound but they should break in relatively quickly - a few minutes of hard driving music will generally do it for the suspension (spiders can be stiff initially) and perhaps a few hours for the cap ... | |
| May go back to Tannoys, which Monitor Gold for Me? I'm wondering if I would be disappointed with anything less than a 12" speaker. Yes, at least from my perspective, I would. I'd suggest a DD - 18 or a JL F113 and keep the WAF friendly Dynaudios. | |
| I need help improving the sound qualities of my ba Keith is gone and can't help you with your ba's but these guys can help | |
| binding post break in Here is some info. Some postulate that the ability to filter out low frequencies reduces masking effects and possibly lets us concentrate on a sound or its direction. Perhaps useful to our ancestors to detect predators while we were eating or simp... | |
| Hopelessly mid fi? Much to my chagrin, the difference was minimal at best. This matches my experience. I find differences are relatively subtle - often far less than typically found between a good recording and a bad one. I had a friend over and he could not hear t... | |
| Harbeth For a bedroom it has to be Harbeth... | |
| Anthem AVM 20 or Integra DTC 9.8 I also have Benchmark DAC1 which I prefer for music. The AVM20 is fine for analog music but I do detect a slight improvement on a digital input using the DAC1. So the AVM is perhaps "adequate" at jitter rejection (good enough for TV and movies ) b... |