shadorne
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| Acoustical Foam Firecracker,If you check out my virtual system you can see how the new GIK Tri-traps integrate into a room in an aesthetic way. These use heavy mineral wool and are broadband absorbers (effective down to 100Hz with a tiny little bit of absorption ... | |
| Clipping and the pre amp... The pre-amp does very little except to attenuate (in the case of a 2 V signal) in this sense it is just a volume control. You should avoid clipping in either the pre amp or the power amp. Your S/N will improve if both devices are operating in thei... | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? To say that there is no difference merely because a bit for bit copy is being made is difficult to sustain. This argument should apply to all things digital. With this logic, all CD players should sound the same, and all digital cables since it's... | |
| anyone with experience of the "CD lathe" The operating principle seems sound Why? The principal physics of operating principle is claimed to be similar to the well known green felt tip pen scam? The description claims that "Light scatter is often to blame for poor sound potential. Light... | |
| do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? No difference...a digital to digital dub will cause no loss - you can make 1000 copies if you wish. Bob Katz and many many others have tested this. If you are convinced that you really hear a difference then you might question the impartiality of ... | |
| Bose Wave Music system NHT speakers that will blow the Bose Wave system away Nice suggestion, Avideo - the NHT Moo/Soo are popular in pro audio circles for hooking up to a PC. Chuck Ainlay (Dire Straits Audio Engineer) uses them. No doubt better than Bose....if you own... | |
| Speaker disappearing act? To be honest I do not believe its an issue with room treatments. I dont think treatments can help my soundstage but maybe I am wrong. Room treatments can do a lot for the sound stage...heavy broadband treatment of the rear wall behind the listeni... | |
| What speakers play the loudest cleanly ? For a non-horn type design, I would say that the larger ATC are the loudest and most dynamic speakers you can find. The ATC 3" midrange has a much bigger magnet than 99% of woofers (just to give you an idea). ATC woofers also use heavy magnets and... | |
| Long speaker wire runs Copper is copper, no matter how its dressed up. Its up to you whether you wanna use Monster or Home Depot type cable. Yes, I second those above who suggest you avoid hype...you can add acoustic treatements or a better component for the same cost ... | |
| Need your help finding a pair of speakers......... Ginas,Given "all that you have left behind"...why not try some pro gear instead of consumer grade fare? | |
| High power amp for monitors? IMHO, I'd upgrade the speakers before getting a 200 WPC amp. I think you will get more of an improvement that way. | |
| Speaker disappearing act? In my friend's setup, the soundstage is taller than his speakers. What speakers does your friend have? As I described earlier on this thread, you simply can't expect a large 3 way BE-10 to disappear as well as Crowbar describes the Gallo Micro. H... | |
| Need your help finding a pair of speakers......... If you are looking for an improvement in sound quality then try an active speaker. You can get top of the line pro gear with your budget. There are many active designs to chose from and they are all better than passives. | |
| Advice for music outdoors The Airport Express DAC is excellent - I would even recommend it for dedicated systems. I am not a fussy DAC person, however, as I can't hear the differences that others claim. I do use some fairly good AKM DAC's in my Anthem AVM20 for serious lis... | |
| Which $7000 speakers to ask Santa? I'd also look at maybe Dynaudio Confidence C2s and ATCs. Based on Beheme's comments on this thread so far, I'd second the above recommendation. |