shadorne
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| looking for new speaker suggestions and advice If you can get something that won't disturb your view out the windows (low and boxey or satellites + sub) then I'd place the speakers about 7 feet apart 4 feet off the West wall with your listening position close to the connection to the dining ro... | |
| Window Treatments to Remove reflected sound Wood slated blinds work better than metal but are very expensive. Fabric blinds/carpets/curtains - heavier the better. | |
| Always ON? Change in sound over time is common in speakers. The problem is acute with lower cost drive units.Heating of the voice coils while playing music causes thermal compression. This reduces the dynamic range audibly and can cause drifts in the way the... | |
| Speakers made for close placement to front walls I agree with Linkster - sealed box is probably safer.These are my comments from another post: Speaker placement will be all the more important with tuned port speakers, which have their own non-linear resonances. You would probably be better off w... | |
| Rear Ported Speakers, Backs to Wall? Speaker placement will be all the more important with tuned port speakers, which have their own non-linear resonances. You would probably be better off with a sealed box: a design which will be more forgiving on placement.Placing speakers anywhere... | |
| Speaker recommendations please If you like the Gallo's I think they use Dynaudio drivers. You could always try a high end Dynaudio speaker if you are seeking improvements. Frankly I can't see how any driver could work very effectively in such a small cylindrical box as used in ... | |
| If $ was no object what speaker would you buy? French-Fries,I have not heard the Alexandria's but when you mentioned the $ 135,000 price tag I thought I would have a look at the reviews. I have heard other lower priced Wilson's before and thought they sounded very good, although a bit too much... | |
| What is purpose of a cd transport? Speed of data flow is related to the accuracy of the clock on the data buffer being clocked out to the DAC....so it is not related to the transport itself as in a conventional turntable...as the buffer makes a disconnect in the flow of bits. Think... | |
| If $ was no object what speaker would you buy? Actually I would be happy with many speakers above about $1500 and can understand fully why my choice in speakers may differ from others... it all comes down to what it is designed for and your tastes. The fact that I have spent many times more th... | |
| Change from processor to preamp help Gunbei is right. I would wait until you have had your Merlin's for a while. The TSM's are really good, although I suspect their amazing low frequency specifications might be under some optimal conditions and not free-standing. Just be wary that yo... | |
| What is purpose of a cd transport? CD data is encoded using Reed-Solomon error correction. The job of the transport is to read the bits (1's and 0's pits/no pits) off the disk including the additional data for error correction and place it all into a buffer for software error corre... | |
| woofers gone wild For starters you could simply check the DC voltage at your speaker terminals with a digital voltmeter and see what this reads with power on and power off. I would suggest contacting the manufacturer with the results to find out what is an acceptab... | |
| woofers gone wild If the woofers just make a click then you could be Ok ....but if they click and remain off from their center position then you probably have a DC offset as Eldartford correctly points out. | |
| What is an Audiophile? A person with extreme skill, energy and passion with an air guitar! | |
| Speaker and amp balance question????? Do you have the volume turned up with no source music playing when making your test?If so, you will be hearing the noise floor of your system. It seems quite possible and accceptable that you could have slightly different noise floor levels/signal... |