speakermaster
Responses from speakermaster
| Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound? Altec lansing a 7 speakers of any vintage are the perfect club simulator for your home they will give you that live visceral experience every time. | |
| To horn or not to horn I am so glad that i took the horn plunge in 2008 because they are truly amazing on the reproduction of any kind or type of music but you have to get one made prior to 1965 to truly hear a good one. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The electrovoice carlton 4 speaker from 1948 but not released until 1954 is the best i have because of the amount of recorded information they reveal that other speakers just gloss over along with unbounded dynamics and authority they are truly a... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K You want to go for a vintage speaker of 16ohm impedance made prior to 1965 for best results with any tube amplifier. | |
| Tice Power Block III I have two tice conditioners and they are setup for american power grid with no way to change the voltage to the unit that is the only answer i can give but they are fantastic products. | |
| TONE Tone is a tough thing to judge until you have a lot of hours of listening experience and finding the right gear to play the correct tonal quality is very tough especially in speakers for sure as well a amps and preamps so all i can say is trust yo... | |
| Why don't more recordings have soundstage outside of speakers From what i have heard only the bet recording have sound that extends way beyond the speakers but what i have noticed the most is that they are always mixed by the same engineers or on the same labels even mono albums can have an enveloping sound ... | |
| heat Make sure you do not run them with the cover on or you could hurt something in the long run but you can cover them any other time you want to. | |
| Did I damage my speakers? I do not think the problem is in the speakers because you have not played them loud at all it is some kind of electronics issue somewhere in the system i would say a bad connection somewhere check every connection closely. | |
| Watt Gives? The reason is that new solid state amplifiers are low current devices based on cost cutting when you listen to a good vintage class ab solid state that is 250 watts with a lot of current behind it the 75 tube watts will sound not nearly as dynamic... | |
| Inheritance ($100K) with a caveat All vintage equipment and solid state because you will need the quiet with vintage speakers and both analog and digital with all audio magic cables, interconnects, and power conditioning. Kimber cable pk10 power cords with analog and digital sourc... | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Class d has been sold by the magazines as the next great thing in audio but all i hear is a next great blunder in audio history it is a way to make an amp cheap and quick and sounds ok rather than spend the time effort and money to make a good amp... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? There are no problems with using different interconnects on different pieces of gear at all in act in most cases t is preferable. | |
| Your favorite OCC speaker cable Not sure it is occ but cardas cross and kimber 4tc are the best copper wires i have had in my systems and they sound good on a variety of gear and speakers but make sure you get the old blue black tc. | |
| Does the Audio Industry Have a Quality Problem? I think there are a lot of quality control issues with new gear and believe the problem will only get worse during the covid situation with increased demand for products the magazines are already talking about a lot o the issues regarding quality... |