steve59
Responses from steve59
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers the Tice clock, The realistic(radio shack) clock radio that when plugged into the same circuit caused an audible change in a reviewers hifi system so Tice runs to 'the shack' buys up all the units he can then quadrauples the price and claims he ap... | |
| Speaker match for Powernode 2 That thing looks sweet! It's small enough to bring with you when you demo speakers. | |
| Focal Kanta 2 I believe the margins depend somewhat on the models. My dealer is pretty fair with me and while he was offering silly good deals on the 102-38's he didn't have as much room with the Kanta's. I, personally wont pay more than 30% off list for any ne... | |
| Audio Doctor goes to Axpona observations so far Miam, There's large rooms on the first and second floor and then many regular hotel rooms with some vendors renting 2 rooms together. I saw more acoustic panels this year than last and it really helped keep every room sounding just like the last r... | |
| Blown Mid Driver The foam surrounds shouldn’t cost more than $20 delivered. I replaced the foam on a pair of 6” mids without any drama and there was no voice coil rubbing, just don’t lay them at an angle while the glue is drying and if 1 of them rotted I would exp... | |
| Audio Doctor goes to Axpona observations so far Overall I would say the sound was much better this year. I think the previous attendants learned their lesson last year and really stepped it up. I loved those big a$$ horns and gave myself a chuckle at the thought of using 5 of them in a surround... | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? Got to hear the kef muon at the show, it looked like they were using Hegel H30’s to drive them. Sounded great and I wanted to stick around for the a-b to hear how close the domestic model came to the world class sound | |
| Revel Ultima Salon 2 My h360 is a terrific match for revels sometimes slightly dry mid range but my Hegel would get a little too warm driving the salon2s. I made an offer for a used h30 because besides my experience others have had great success with a single h30 swit... | |
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers I think i'm going to disagree on the base that there's about a million loudspeaker manufacturers out there and the path has been paved as to their audible value in a sound system while there's still a pretty large group that believe all amps sound... | |
| Focal Kanta 2 For the $2k difference I would look at the kanta 3’s unless the room is smaller. I put the kanta 3 up against my usher be-20dmd’s and with the $6k advantage the ushers ate them alive in their bass output but the mids and treble were a different st... | |
| Paradigm Persona series It needs to be stressed more. I have a couple dealers I use, (kinda like the old days,sniff) don't anyone to know how bad the addiction is. One of the dealers is very clear about component matching and has no qualms about telling me when i'm in th... | |
| Another Speaker Recommendation Request Tell us what you bought? | |
| Paradigm Persona series That should be the standard! | |
| Paradigm Persona series AT I was mimicking the point you made. That it can take years to get the best out of a pair of speakers. I was making my own point that I find it unacceptable that a high end pair of speakers is a black hole that needs years of tweaking to get the... | |
| Paradigm Persona series So what have been the most cost effective speakers to extract their best out of? The better the speaker the higher the ceiling right. If that’s true then active speakers would be the safe bet for someone on a budget. Is the ls50 active better soun... |