shadorne
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| Capri to the monoblocs 501, which cables? Clavil,I have no advice for you on cables but your 501 monoblocks ought to be able to drive this speaker (notoriously heavy load). Another Arnie Nudell designed beauty (in addition to your fine R 90's). | |
| Our home system: How good it is? I agree about the seat. I am also stunned by how many expensive systems have a listening position that is a couch with its back up against a wall. It just floors me. People who seem extremely knowledgeable about many facets this hobby who sit agai... | |
| CD recorder? Yes good choice - here is a pro option HHB CDR850In double blind listening tests audiophiles, recording engineers and laypeople participants could not tell when the A to D and D to A of this device was inserted in the signal path. So that is proba... | |
| studio equipment that makes it into home hifi My main point really was to hint at the fact that there may potentially be a lot of purely studio designed gear (often from unrecognised manufacturers) that we would never hear about in hifi magazines/internet forums For sure they have some stuff... | |
| studio equipment that makes it into home hifi Do a lot of the makers you mention actually build to differing standards for home use or studio use - different designers etc? Most of what I mention is the same for home or studio. Although any pro speaker maker needs to add grills and veneer fo... | |
| How to disperse avail. amperage? Jea48,Wow thanks for this info and link to presentation paper from Whitlock. An excellent summary. My personal experience matches this exactly. 1) Items not plugged into the same breaker/mains socket but coupled together sometimes give problems hu... | |
| Food: What does the typical audiophile eat? If you are an audiophile and you are reading this then you love Spam, lovely Spam, wonderful Spam! | |
| MBL alternatives Check out Dlanselm comments on ATC. He used to have the 50's and I think he still has the 20's. ATC are not necessarily "the last word" in sound in any one area but they load a room very evenly (wide dispersion) and have among the most convincing ... | |
| Food: What does the typical audiophile eat? Currents, tubers, anjou pears, beets chopped into Bits and fried in Snake Oil. | |
| studio equipment that makes it into home hifi ATC, PMC, Harbeth, JBL, Dynaudio, NHT in speakersBryston, Crown, Chord, Manley, Meitner in ampsMeitner, Apogee, Alesis, Denon, Marantz in sourcesBehringer ( popular low cost choice in PEQ for room modes )Seinnheiser, AKG in HeadphonesMonster, Shun... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result once the stereo system has been configured to satisfy the requirements of its owner, if it is feasible, the quest is over.This assumes that the requirements are well defined and not a moving target! IMHO, the only known cure for the endless audio... | |
| Attn: Speaker DIY expert Ceramic wirewound resistors (non-inductive type) and polypropelene caps (double layer film) and air core inductors (mounted with brass of course) - appropriately rated - these get my vote. Practical and relatively inexpensive (generally a few doll... | |
| Lie you told your wife to buy equipment? Honey, if I buy this then I will spend days and weeks in the basement and leave you in peace. Not even the postman ringing twice would make me leave my cave. | |
| How loud can I 'safely' play my Dynaudio Focus 140 Cdd,Yes that it pretty impressive for a small two way. It us a testament to the driver build quality from Dynaudio that it can play so loud.I am not sure 100-105 db SPL all day long is a good idea, however, for the peaks that occur in good dynamic... | |
| the process is more challenging than the result the quest implies a journey to achieve a sonic result.Some people may describe it that way (implying they have somewhere in their mind's eye what is "perfect sound"). When in all honesty, it often looks like a random walk. The quest is not actual... |