speakermaster
Responses from speakermaster
| Can the need for novelty and change be mitigated by rotation? There is always a different sound to any amplifier or speaker and finding that magic combination can be difficult , but having kept all the amps helps in that regard, and like i say if you get rid of a good amp, you will not get back what you like... | |
| ORANGE Fuse rejected It does not surprise me that you like the audio magic fuse so well because i love all of the audio magic products that i have and they continue to get better with age and the longer i listen the more i like them, they are without a doubt the most ... | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? I would never give up any of my disc spinners because i have a vintage system and streamers do not sound good enough on vintage speakers, disc spinners are the only way to go when you have the speakers capable of playing what is on the disc. | |
| Any idea which headphones I’d like? I would go try and hear a grado headphone with the wood body along with a good headphone amplifier like the grado amp or a quality unit from pass labs, hi-fi man, or luxman. The sound you get will be great, but you will miss the tactile sensation ... | |
| Very new to high end audio - Recomendations With your budget i would look into buying a set of used pro audio active monitors for your setup. The average pro audio monitor will offer a lot of sound for the money and a high degree of flexibility over the typical home model in that price range. | |
| Different subwoofer settings for different albums? It can be a problem in some situations and recordings but usually you can find a setting for your subwoofer that works for almost all of your music. | |
| More watts or better power ? The only reason to upgrade the amplifier is if you do not have enough volume level for the speakers otherwise you will be wasting your money buying better power cords/ speaker wire/ power conditioning will only improve the power you have they will... | |
| Parasound A21+ vs Adcom GFA-585se The parasound amps will outperform the adcom amps but you need the best preamp you can get the parasound for it to truly strut its stuff. | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? Rotel is under the same ownership umbrella as b&w so i can understand how you would think that is the best combination for the money but you can do better for 3k for sure. I would try a good used model to save money and get superior sound. | |
| Speaker magnets Most modern speakers do not have anywhere near the size magnet or magnet strength of a good vintage speaker at all, nor anywhere near the voice coil size and type and amount of wire around the coil, which gives the vintage type driver a tremendous... | |
| Long hiatus from audio, getting back into it, speaker/room help please You will be okay with your budget but the room is a bit too big for a small maggie and i would look for a good used amp to save money as well as a good used preamplifier and phono stage. Finding the right amplifier to properly drive a magneplanar ... | |
| What does a uncentered speaker sound like if you refoam and don't get the cone centered. It will sound scratchy due to the coil rubbing in the coil gap and will ruin the coil and coil wire if it is not fixed right away. | |
| Rippling cones You need to have a subsonic filter to remove the low rumble from the table, it removes the ultra low bass that causes the rippling or overexcursion in the bass driver. | |
| Downward firing subwoofer It would be a problem due to the impedance load on the amplifier in the sub as well as mess up the sound of the bass from the subwoofer. If it is a passive unit with no built in amplifier then you would just mess up the tuning, double active drive... | |
| Get a load of this Deceptive add for a Gryphon Amp here on AG Stay away from everything about this sale it sounds like a total misleading scam to me of a fake amplifier, buyer beware. |