stanwal
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| Subwoofer that can blend with Wilson Sophias? I would go with one of the bigger REL "S" series, Stadium or Stentor; Studio is even better. They will operate under the range of the Sofia and not interfere with their sound at all. I use a pair of the Stadium with speakers with some similarities... | |
| Balanced to RCA interconnect--is it beneficial? If a unit is specifically designed to be balanced, the high end Audio Research for example, it will sound better balanced. Otherwise opinion is split widely. Some units are not really balanced and will not sound any better; there would be no benif... | |
| Will Quantum Computing Bridge the analog gap? The simple answer is that no one really has an idea of what quantum computing would involve; Roger Penrose has written a book outlining his idea that it is quantum processes that allow human conciousness to function. While "Quantum" has become a b... | |
| Buying used or sight unseen speakers a bad idea? I have bought a lot of equeptment on here and on Audiomart before it, including 4 pairs of speakers and 2 subs that I can recall, probably more. I have never had a problem; can't guarentee that you would not but odds are in your favor if you deal ... | |
| What happens to an amp below 2 ohms? Very few amps will handle such a load but I know of only 2 speakers myself that go below one ohm: the aforementioned Scintilla and the Quad 57. The latter does this in the top end so is not nearly as difficult a load to drive as the Apogee. In a p... | |
| Best small speakers? If you do not require very low bass, loud volume or have a large room to fill then smaller speakers have some great advantages. Since the drivers are so close together the inaging is better than a larger speaker, everything else being equal. Also ... | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? I find myself posting less and less for several reasons: among them are that many of the threads seem to repeat themselves endlessly at frequent intervals. Also questions like what is the best --- at X$ with nothing stated as to the rest of the sy... | |
| Buying Tubes Again; Maddening I got my first SS amp in 1963 and never went back; I don't want it to sound like tubes but like music. The tube amps I used were mainly Dynaco but I have occasionaly tried out others over the years and have heard quite a few on others systems. My ... | |
| Rega DAC? Oppo 95 and wait? Don't worry about some of the Rega already being for sale; this happens all the time; buyers don't even wait until a unit is broken in to dump it. I got one a couple of weeks ago and am very happy with it; the different filters allow you to match ... | |
| How to make a preamp bypass switch? A good pasive preamp would do this and have a better volume control than the Oppo. | |
| Why has audio become so specilized over the years? There are only two answers to this question; either complexity has increased through evolution or it was designed by God to be this way. The second is obviously correct.Signed: Gov. Rick Perry | |
| Buying Tubes Again; Maddening While I am a SS user I used tubes when I started; it seems tubes do not last the way they use to; after all the world use to run on tubes and they were not always failing. While some designs do seem to overstress their tubes in an effort to wring ... | |
| Buying Tubes Again; Maddening Test on why audiophiles, the overwhelming majority of whom are male, are still using tubes.A. Tubes sound a lot like boobs.B. Look at all the pretty lights!C. I wouldn't know what else to do with all the money I spend on them. D. I really hate mys... | |
| Have asr emitter ii, dcs puccini. speaker advice ? In this price range there are many great speakers out there and since we do not know your taste, listening habits, room size etc. anything would be a guess. | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? I just meant that its performance came first; if you get that then apparence is secondary. But you are right that many buy on looks; I have no trouble with the apparence of a lot of modern arms. I have a Graham 2.2 and a Jelco 750 and both are goo... |