stanwal
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| Diffusion versus absorption behind speakers? I had a full "Live end - dead end " set up at one time using Sonnex. I liked it at the time. My present room is 35'x13'x7' and had serious problems. I would also start with bass traps in the corner and go from there. I eventually added 7 more, mos... | |
| Are you ever satisfied? We should distinguish between "tweaking" and careful set up. I find that most audiophiles are prone to buying new equipment rather than maximizing their present set up. Most never get the maximum out of what they have, I agree with those who think... | |
| Are you ever satisfied? "Life is that which ever must surpass itself". Remember, never being satisfied was what saved Faust in Goethe's version of the story. If it true then the devil won't get me either. | |
| Diffusion versus absorption behind speakers? I use absorption but I would think either could work if used correctly. It would depend on room characteristics and your own ears. Apogee told me to leave the wall behind the speakers bare, but I have heard planars that could have benefitted from ... | |
| Wilson Sasha's - All evolution in Wilsons are..... One of my friends in Louisville has gotten a pair but not yet delivered. He is going to use Mac solid state. From the HIFICRITIC review, a vary favorable one, they are a bear to drive, they also ended up using the Krell 600. | |
| Amp to match Avantgarde Uno G2 horn speakers A friend has a pair and uses a custom Brazilian made tube amp with BAT preamp, he likes the combination very much. Sorry I don't know the name of the amp. | |
| Can a Cary SLI-80 power Martin Logan Spires? A friend has these. The main problem is the impedance curve, which drops to .9 Ohms at 20KHz and also very low at the bottom end according to the HiFI News measurements. The transformer in tube amps should deal with this better than most transistors. | |
| purchasing a Scout/Scoutmaster: need input please I was a Technics dealer in the days when they made far better tables than they do now and am astounded at the vogue for the 1200, which the other experienced audiophiles of my acquaintance all regard as a DJ table. If any of you out there have a R... | |
| Question about external crossover with tube preamp I should have added that I also wanted to avoid running the main signal through an electronic crossover, as I have always heard a degradation in the sound quality when I did so. Others disagree. With the RELs I set the subs to start rolling off at... | |
| Question about external crossover with tube preamp If you want to cut off your main speakers at 80 Hz you will have to have either an active crossover or a passive attenuater between the amp and pre. The option is to run the main speakers full range and run a parallel set of signal leads to an act... | |
| Usage of Outer Ring I have VPI [dealer] and TTWeight. They give a quieter background as they damp vibrations that would otherwise be reflected back to the stylus. Vacuum tables do the same thing. In general it is quite worthwhile in my opinion. But not all tables rea... | |
| VPI Single Motor Flywheel / SDS / Aries 3 I just had an interesting experience. As I said my voltage is usually 72 at right on 60 Hz. I decided to connect the SDS to my Scoutmaster, I had to lower the setting to slightly below 60 to get the exact speed. When I went back to my listening se... | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem I have switched to a wool rug for the sonic benefit, happy with it but am getting a similar effect in the very dry conditions of the cold weather we are having. I can unmute my MF M3 amp just by touching it. This, obviously,is not a desirable effe... | |
| Cables for Sophia 2 and Burmester Three of us here have wildly different systems, Mine is Spendor or Focal driven by a MF NuVista M3, one friend has AvauntGuard Horns driven by custom tube amps and the third has Martin Logan Spires driven by MacIntosh SS. The only thing we have in... | |
| VPI Scout - Cartridge Issues I use a Denon 110 on the Scout I have set up for demo and it works fine. I think they are essentially the same cartridge. My counterweight is not set all that close to the pivot. If it is too light look for one of the lead weights that use to come... |