speakermaster
Responses from speakermaster
| Biggest audio hoaxes The hoax that new speakers have somehow solved a problem of sound quality over a good vintage speaker is the biggest lie in all of audio and until you try one you will never know what your music can truly sound like. | |
| New turntable: please help with cartridge selection: Ortofon vs Lyra vs Charisma vs Hana I would try a dynavector te kaitora rua cartridge i think it would be a very good match for your setup. | |
| Does length matter ? your wires should always be the same length for sure to match sound in both channels. | |
| Solid state amplifiers and sound stage, especially front to back "depth" Solid state amps do not play depth in the recording unless the recording has depth information but when you play a good recording they will have a lot of depth especially if your speakers are two or more feet out from the wall behind them. | |
| Interesting thought Not knew but it might be in your area and might be well accepted because most of them are but i would be afraid of ruining a high quality system in a bar setting for sure. | |
| Better/best fullrange nearfield speakers? You want to use a real good monitor speaker designed for nearfield use like the large british monitor the good american monitors were too big to gel at six feet away. | |
| Diagonal Connection With Two Pairs Of Binding Posts you should only remove the jumpers if you biwire the speaker using all four connectors with an amp capable of such a connection or two amplifiers i you are using a diagonal connection you leave them in but i always use the bass connectors with jum... | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo My favorite guitar solos are by billy gibbons of zz top he just makes me forget about the world when he plays. | |
| So you think wire conductors in cables are directional? Think again... The reason that some manufacturers put the arrow on the wire is because they made the wire and know which way the copper was drawn through the dies when it was manufactured the other manufacturers listen for best sound but i can understand how the... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading You load the cartridge to what sounds good to you on your system and every system is different it is not a band aid but a load as you like it type of thing but i have found that you load a mc at about ten times its internal impedance for best resu... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? It is sad especially when there are very few audio guys under the age of 60 to 65 but we are here i knot of a few in the 40 to 50 year old range but we do not have the numbers to sustain the majority of the brick and mortar stores and it is sad wh... | |
| MSRP, diferentiation and the illusion of value In the search for the best sound for your system you need to understand that a lot of audio guys will spend what they need to to enhance their system no matter the cost and if it makes you happy when you are finished that is all that matters. | |
| thoughts on the bose 501 speakers The 501 had the biggest cabinet and the largest bass driver in the bose line so it does have the warm full sound that a lot of bose speakers do not have so i would have kept them for a different type of sound compared to the 901 just for a change ... | |
| Keeping backup equipment? You need to have all kinds of backups because different speakers need different kinds of amplifiers keep the schiit amp and possibly even setup a second system around it that you can enjoy. | |
| Us: hobbyists vs perfectionists vs aural epicureans vs rampant consumers vs bad Buddhists? I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase a vast amount of gear and speakers and kept all the good ones so anytime i want to upgrade i just hook up another pair of speakers or hook up an alternative system. So when the urge occurs i am lucky t... |