shadorne
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| differences between tube and solid state designs Keneallyfan,What you point out also explains the fascination with cables more often found with tubed gear...of course with a high output impedance even the speaker cables begin to play a role in modifying the sound coloration...SS amps tend to be ... | |
| The Search It is over for me. Speakers that are good enough for extensive use in many of the world's top recording and mastering studios, are certainly more than good enough for me. | |
| Best Rock Drummers The most accomplished drummmer I have ever come across is Steve Ferrone...although not well known he can play anything as good as if not better than the best (very rare as most drummers are not able to cross over from one genre to another). Steve ... | |
| Forums and Manufacturers: Are they here to help? Consumers do an amazing job of promoting audiophool products that have little value in improving audible sound -I see manufacturers and sales people need do nothing here but enjoy the chic-ching of the cash register. Sadly more manufacturers do no... | |
| Help ...... excesssssssive sssssssssssssssssssss I suspect the problem is your extremely unusual choice of amp and speakers. First Watt F1 is a current power amplifier...it will attempt to drive your speakers with a current that is independent of impedance load.Your speakers only have one driver... | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? I read one thread were an audiophile was reviewing some world class studio speakers at the manufacturer. The audiophile claimed that there was no bass and that something had been wired up incorrectly out of phase. The audiophile even argued veheme... | |
| Taking audio too seriously? Many audiophiles seem like people obsessed with what they eat; those who are always dieting and counting calories, proteins etc. ....they focus on the tiniest details (a meaningless tweak here or there) and completely lose sight of what is good fo... | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? This thread reminds me of another heated thread where an owner of an excellent high $$$ speaker insisted that another very similarly designed high $$$ brand of speaker made his "ears bleed". I respect opinions. I also respect people's ability to f... | |
| MBL 101e's vs. Soundlab U-1's Sounds like you are set on the MBL 101e - I must admit they look simply awesome. Having never heard these beauties and being curious about their design...how do they dampen the lamellas in order to avoid what would be termed "cone break up" in a c... | |
| Buying decision time, or Time for a sanity check? You missed one category; The Client User ListThe choice of musicians and audio engineers is generally pretty solid; the likes of Pink Floyd, Telarc, Sting, Tom Petty, Doug Sax, Mark Knopfler, Lenny Kravitz, Warner Bros, Disney, Hans Zimmer, Rollin... | |
| MBL 101e's vs. Soundlab U-1's ATC's might deliver some of the coherency you like in the SL and still give you the dynamics and loudness that box speakers are known for. (Driver integration is better with active designs) I don't think you necessarily have to go away from box sp... | |
| Tweeter quest I agree with Gregm, matching the tweeter to the other drivers is very important ... I am not sure what the effect is called but "speed" is a very good word for it...in essence the match affects how instruments with some HF harmonics sound to the e... | |
| Can digital and analogue plugged together Unless you own poorly designed CDP/analog amps they should both be able to plug into the same outlet and still perform according to specifications (Not surprisingly, most equipment is designed such that there is no transfer of noise between device... | |
| VSA VR4 SR or JR as a match to my system and room Go for the SR. You won't regret it. A three way system will outperform your Forests significantly and you have the space for the SR. If you prefer an option closer to home, I believe Bryston (Toronto), which sells active PMC's (UK Speaker), is def... | |
| Tweeter quest Sounds risky to me...you are messing with a very high quality and well respected speaker which may be worthless after all your modifications....Since you are a beginner at this, my suggestion would be to get a speaker kit from someone like Wilmslo... |