shadorne
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| Spikes between speakers & stands, up or down? I'm with Jeff and Cytocycle, I prefer blu tak or rubber...so that less vibrations travel to the stand and floor...to me any vibration that is not coming from the speaker or through the air is unwanted. My exception is when you have thin-walled spe... | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Dave,Perhaps it is all hype - certainly there is some marketing! I once shared your skepticism too. However take time to Listen to what Bob Stuart of Meridian has to say"Active Speakers are 1000 times better..." | |
| Spikes between speakers & stands, up or down? They are very heavy 1" plus Thick walls, relatively braced MDF with internal damping.. They are ported as well.Then I would be careful about spending huge sums of money on spikes....rubber pads should be fine. Since the box should not be adding t... | |
| Spikes between speakers & stands, up or down? If you have thin wall speakers like Harbeth's then this can obviously make a big difference.If you have very heavy braced speakers with thick walls and a highly damped cabinet then it probably matters very little what you use...So it depends mostl... | |
| Actively bi-amping B&W Matrix 800's I read somewhere that B&W allows you to Bi-Amp but you still go through one half of a passive Xover...at least you reduce IMD distortion that way but you don't make it a whole lot easier of a load to drive. Full Actives are possible but are pr... | |
| Best mastered recordings I really like Bernie Grundman's work. I also like Stan Ricker. Indeed how could I have missed Bernie/Stan off from my list of good audio engineers.... | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Yes Active Speakers can indeed surprise you that much!! No passive crossovers and dramatically reduced IMD distortion and huge dynamics is like having a veil removed from the sound compared to passive speakers.Of course it is not for everyone. Man... | |
| Presenting some Harbeth SHL5 in room measurements It all depends on what SPL levels you desire. Remember that at 20 Hz a signal at 75 db SPL is just at the threshold of audibility...you need copious energy to even hear clean ultra LF sound.I doubt that the small DD12 will get you much above 100 d... | |
| Apple Lossless Encoder - Audiophile Quality? I use Applelossless - it works as far as I can tell. | |
| Your First Concert was..... Average White Band in '79 | |
| Best mastered recordings Craig,I spend a lot of time researching the label/audio engineer/mastering. It makes an enormous difference. Budget and target audience also plays a big role - often movies soundtracks get more money and you get a much higher quality production ai... | |
| Signal Power Cord with digitial components I recently purchased a Signal Power Cord for my Audio Refinement amp and was instantly blown away by the improvement in the soundstage it gave over my stock cord. "instantly blown away" is significant - so you may indeed have problems with dirty ... | |
| Best Speaker for Wall Placement? Have you considered in-walls? | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist Keb 'Mo | |
| I am interested in upgrading my late 80's system? B&W DM110 were less than $200 new in the early 80's - so I dont think you can get much for them. You can certainly do much better than the warm sound of these speakers but you will need to start in the $500+ price range (new) to get equivalenc... |