speakermaster
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| I need help with an amp decision Try to find a used parasound hca 3500 or a used parasound a21 amplifier with a good preamplifier like a tanberg 3002a or 3008a. | |
| HELP! I bought equipment drunk, don’t know anything. The audiolab is a british amplifier that means usually for smaller rooms and of lower than average current it probably will drive them ok for low volumes but usually not the type of amp that works with every speaker. | |
| D’agostino preamp - unfortunate its SS? Good solid state gives up nothing to tube equipment, they are just slightly different sounds and both are valid, but i have found you never want to mix the two due to too frequent mismatches. | |
| Will accidental max volume damage a speaker? If they still work and you hear them as sounding ok you probably got lucky you did not hurt them and i am glad you did not . | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? I have found that component isolation always thins out the sound and causes a weak tonal quality, it is for the detail oriented listener, it is not for me at all, you lose too much body to the music from it. | |
| Audiophile Loudness Wars—Too Much again!? Setting up the system for the amount of gain you need or want is an important consideration. I can say that the loudness wars are real and the best equipment is the kind that grows on you not the stuff that just sounds loud on first listen. | |
| An ideal (minimal) 2.1 setup Try the vintage jbl l212 system, or at least try to hear one. You will have to go out of your way to hear one but you will be pleasantly surprised when you do for sure. | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? The biggest advantage to better components in the last forty years was the advent of the compact disc and the dvd and blue ray which caused the amplifier to put out more power and dynamics to meet the demands for the new mediums. The other key com... | |
| Noise floors It would be better away from everything and everyone else for sure but building a dedicated room for listening and then giving it the proper tweaks to stop the sound from escaping from it can be a much easier and time consuming solution. | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! interconnects, speaker wires, power cords for all components, top three in that order. When you use isolation it is only desirable for a springy turntable. I only change the caps when they need it. I only would go for vintage fuses because the hig... | |
| Electrovoice 18" Woofer: smallish Magnet; only 2.3 ohms? I have four pairs of electrovoice speakers and none of them measure that way. The dc resistance is way higher than that in all cases so i would be leery of a fake 18 inch woofer for sure especially if the magnet is small, ev did not use small magn... | |
| Used Martin Logans They are hard to drive because of their impedance dip in the treble so you need a superamp that can drive sub 1 ohm loads in the treble but if you can manage that then they are worth the time and effort to get one but you will lose some body to th... | |
| RCA to RCA versus RCA to XLR no benefit might even cause an impedance mismatch because of the age of the scott | |
| Tone of Shindo Tandberg 3008a apt/holmanadcom gfp-750audio research ls-15 | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl zz top-zz top's first albumsteve miller-circle of lovedeftones-adrenaline rushventures-walk don't rungeorge thorogood-first album self titled |