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| Sound room flooring advice needed I had a similar experience but in reverse. I had my system in a second floor apartment and moved to a house where I have a dedicated listening room in the basement with carpets directly on the slab. In the apartment I had to plug the speaker ports... | |
| Speaker suggestions?? You're not the first to post here looking to tone down the Focal tweeter. Given your preferences the first thing that popped into my head was PMC. There is a nice pair of PB1is on sale here that would probably be just a little over your target aft... | |
| Wet speaker cables Our basement flooded or at least got wet a couple times a year and I got sick of humping my audio equipment upstairs every time it happened (my cables also got wet and they're fine). We had french drains installed a couple years ago, which is basi... | |
| XLR cables that sound bold, natural, real..silver? Third the AZ Silver Reference II. Detailed but still natural sounding with good tonal properties unlike some silver cables. The original Silver References weren't bad either if you can score a good deal on them, but the IIs are a little more refin... | |
| Let's Talk Audio Companies Second Audio Connection. Heard good things about Park Ave. Audio too. Worth a road trip to Goodwins outside Boston. Great products and they know how to treat customers, unlike most places in our area. Let us know how it goes. | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Seems like CAT, ARC, VTL, VAC, LAM -- what is it about 3-letter amp companies? Obviously Atmasphere and Rogue too. All those great choices aside, ever think of Class A solid state? Clayton Audio. Pass Labs. Plinius. Gryphon. They might be worth a ... | |
| AUDIENCE AU24e vs CARDAS CLEAR for HEGEL/JA PULSAR I've had AZ Satoris and Audience AU24Es in my system as well (both shotgun biwire), and I was hard pressed to tell significant differences in my system. But my system for whatever reason doesn't seem to show differences in speaker cables as much a... | |
| New tv? Bo, I'd be interested in your opinion of the Panny vs. the Sammy once the former is broken in and calibrated and what the major differences are. Thanks for any thoughts. | |
| 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... |