speakermaster
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| Harbeth 30.1, 30.2, XD I would stick with the old model newer speakers tend to sound thin and bright with the sound all about the soundstage and not about natural tone or a musical tone. | |
| Benchmark / Anthem / Rogue The rogue would be the best bet and it is a very neutral tube unit that will work on many pairings also it has a tube phono stage built in and it also allows you to tube roll to fine tune the sound to your system using nos vintage tubes which is t... | |
| Which Phono Pre? the pass, luxman, or accuphase would be good choices as well as a parasound jc3+ for your setup if you have a dealer nearby you may want to try some others as well before you make a final choice. | |
| How much reality do you really need? The important thing is when you become happy with your system there is a time when that will happen and when it does the upgrades cease and you just listen for pleasure rather than worrying about how the system sounds if you are always worried abo... | |
| Speaker repair...is it easy? It is not that difficult but you will need a good surround adhesive and some patience and some knowledge and experience otherwise you could make a mess of the surround and the cone. | |
| SS Budget "Tone" Integrated Amplifiers I would go with a good vintage integrated amp from accuphase or tandberg they are two integrateds that would give you a good musical sound. | |
| So how can a great system solve less than great recordings A great system will only show the flaws of bad recordings more but that is only a problem if all you listen to are inferior recordings the search for great sound in a system is findings the great recordings to play on it and enjoy them and there a... | |
| Clear vinyl vs. regular black vinyl It is normally all in how much care was taken when the vinyl is mastered and pressed that determines the quality of the pressing not the color of the vinyl i have great recordings of all colors and types of music it is all based on the care taken ... | |
| Violin Moves All Over the Sound Stage It could be that the recording has two violin players on it but it could be a setup issue with phasing or speaker placement, the speakers too far apart from one another. | |
| Arrangement of components on rack I try to separate the source components from the amplifier as far as possible so turntable on the top and amplifier on the bottom with the sources and preamplifier in the middle of the rack making sure to keep a good distance between components an... | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? You are correct there are a lot of big speakers that would thrive on fifty watts per channel and there are a lot of bookshelf speakers that would too because they do not handle much power but everything is about mating the right amp with the right... | |
| Cut lower frequency to help my bookshelf speakers You probably have already damaged the speakers because of the overexcursion of a small driver but i would use a crossover to cut the lows to the dynaudios. | |
| Tube Flavor Make sure you go for nos tubes from someone like andy's tubes he has a wide selection of different brands to try and he can help you with the selection process but you want to change the driver tubes first because they will have the most effect on... | |
| What’s the relationship between gain (dB) and power (watts)? Gain is the amount of gain the amplier has usually between 20 to 30 db and power is the amount of watts it will put out into an impedance in ohms. The higher the gain the more loud it will be at a certain volume setting on your preamp or amp but w... | |
| Bin dug noisy records. Does it diminish your enjoyment? Not at all if it is good music but if you clean them well a lot of those noisy records can be utterly silent and in remarkable condition for their age. |