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| Having trouble with sound deadening I'd suggest reading Premium Home Theater by Earl Geddes. It's well written and easy to understand, and it nicely lays out the theory of room acoustics and specific solutions. You've already hit on the major problem of the structure transferring vi... | |
| TAD Evolution 1 vs Thiel CS3.7 Agree at that price level you should broaden your options, especially since you have some time. You're starting with two good ones, but sometimes it's the one off your radar screen that surprises you and ends up being "the one." Knghifi brought up... | |
| Speakers for newbie You seem to know what you like and don't like, so I'd highly recommend getting out and hearing more speakers. Once you have a broader frame of reference it will make it much more likely you'll find "The One." And it's fun.That said, in case it was... | |
| Advice on Upgrade I agree an integrated makes more sense at this price point. When you say the HK isn't musical enough what do you mean? Is it thin sounding and overly detailed or maybe too warm and not detailed enough? If the former there's a Hegel H70 for sale he... | |
| How much do you have to spend, to get a good Sub? What's your budget? For music I'd go with a pair of sealed subs. You can get a pair of SVS SB12s for $1149 and free shipping. Tough to beat I'd think. I echo Marty's point about incorporating some form of integration software. Best of luck. | |
| Small Speakers For A Large Room... Another vote for Joseph Audio Pulsars. Nice looking speakers that I'd think have a high WAF and play big for their size, especially since you'll be running a sub with them. Also, to Audiokinesis' point, I believe they have very good dispersion cha... | |
| Need advice on building an A/V system Let's face it, at this price level you're not looking at SOTA components and since you've already got your 2-channel taken care of sounds like this system will mainly be for pure fun and entertainment. Since the speakers (especially the center cha... | |
| New Speaker for Under 5K So sounds like you haven't found the magic bullet with the other brands. As I mentioned in the other post, get thee to Park Ave. Audio and listen to the Joseph Audios dammit. What are you waiting for? They're right in your back yard. Just don't li... | |
| Lots of detail, great imaging, not much bass? Now that you've upped your budget I think a used pair of Joseph Audio RM7XLs would be very worth consideration given what you're looking for.Also, I don't think tripling the wall thickness will do much for your bass problem although it may help a ... | |
| Best speakers around $700 with not much bass?? Silverline Minuets are also very good in the areas you're looking for. Best of luck, mostly with regard to marriage. | |
| New cart for under 1K Glad to hear you decided to upgrade the speakers. If you can get to Park Ave. Audio in Manhattan you should go hear a pair of Joseph Audio speakers. I think it would be well worth your while. Best of luck. | |
| Wilson Alexia - what's the competition Ricred, out of curiosity what did you prefer about the Sashas over the Aviors? Do you remember what electronics were in front of them? Thanks for thoughts. | |
| Interconnect Cables for Pre-and Power amp There are some Acoustic Zen Silver Ref. IIs available that posess a lot of the characteristics you're looking for. Best of luck. | |
| Wilson Alexia - what's the competition I'm not a huge Wilson fan, but I heard the Alexia at the NYC show a month ago and I was very impressed -- moreso than with any other Wilson demo I've heard. I actually preferred the sound in that room to the MAXX3s, but they were in different room... | |
| ATC active speakers, anyone heard them? It's been a while, but I've heard the 50s at length (although they were passive and driven by Linn amps fyi) and they are very impressive for what they do -- I'd expect the active versions to be even moreso. There's a level of dynamic power, direc... |