stehno
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| Carpet Spikes, WHY? I can't really speak for other spikes, cones, or points, but Star Sound's Audio Points do nothing to isolate bass from the floor.The Audio Points act somewhat as a conduit to expedite resoance away from the speaker (or whatever) and down in the fl... | |
| Perfect Speaker Cables Highly recommend auditioning Audience-av.com's Au24 speaker cables and Au24 interconnects. Considering their sonic qualities, these are definitely a best buy. By far the best cable I've owned.In addition, Audience will provide you a 30 to 60 day e... | |
| Standing vs. Seated-Big Difference in Bass??? At least move them out to see how well you can make them sound. Then you'll be in a better position to negotiate.-IMO | |
| Standing vs. Seated-Big Difference in Bass??? You do not mention how far out from the wall your speaker's woofers are from the wall behind them. If they are not located at least 5.5 ft out from that wall, then I would recommend trying anywhere from 5.5 to even 8 ft out (measured from the woof... | |
| Where does the designation of "Audiophile" fit... I'm with Wellfed. And by the looks of things, I may be with him for what could seem like an eternity.1. God.2. My wife.3. My son.4. Others. (hey, I'm trying okay?)5. Audio..8. House projects...19. Sports...167. Hollywood...1845. NPR..5291. Re-read... | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Flex, thanks for the clarification. However, I am quite aware of all that you say. I remember about 15 years ago, a siesmologist saying with over 400,000 earthquakes registering around the world in that previous year, that the world was literally ... | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Labtec, thanks for clarifying. I did not confirm exactly what Barry stated and I certainly don't want to misquote or even misinterpret what somebody else says.But I got the impression that Barry was addressing his products effects from a somewhat ... | |
| Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe? Barry, I know we've touched on some of this before. It would be wonderful if one's products addressed every aspect of a given issue. And perhaps this can be accomplished by some products in some industries. But I have my doubts that your products ... | |
| Does Your System Sound Like the Real Thing? This is a loaded question where daggers will probably come out flying.But I would say the following:o That it is more possible today than ever before to come close to a live performance.o Indistinguishable? Doubt it. Better than? Perhaps in some w... | |
| Best Line Stage Preamp? I am curious and I'm not looking for confrontation here. As I've never listened to a passive pre and althought I hear from others is that the transparency is usually quite good, the dynamics are most always weak at best.In fact, as I recall, I bel... | |
| Best Line Stage Preamp? Gregm, to better qualify my statements about the Ayre k3-x.I should note that I was unaware at the time that Ayre puts multiple 'Ayre Conditioners' strategically throughout the frequency spectrum.Since I was unaware of this, I was using my Foundat... | |
| Best Line Stage Preamp? The Placette active line stage would be nice. But along those same lines, I would not discount the Pass Labs X-1 nor the Chapter Audio Preface preamps.I've owned all of these and are all top runners in their solid state price categories.I've demo'... | |
| Adding a Base to Floorstanding Speakers There are several methodologies at issue here; coupling and decoupling. Based on my experience, I would think that the goal is to expiditously transfer the vibrations and resonance away from the speakers into the sub-flooring system.To insert a sm... | |
| What needs to go? Hiflyer, bulldogger may be correct on two counts: 1. It may very well be your preamp. And 2. that a good analog pre will solve your problem. I think I understand where bulldog is coming from, but it would appear that he is not correct when he stat... | |
| What needs to go? Hiflyer, although I've never listened to the Ref. 30 pre/pro, I've read several reviews on this unit and all were negative when it came to sonics. Therefore, it should go. I've been using a Primare P30 pre/pro off and on over the last few years an... |