subaruguru
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| need to upgrade my center speaker Spendor SC3, also. I have a front trio consisting of the SP3/1p and the SC#, and the sensitivity and flawless coherence of this grouping was PERFECT straight from the get-go. Extraordinarily natural! | |
| best DIY power cord? I've been building Belden 83802 PCs (VH design) for a couple of years now, and am routinely selling the stuff for $2.50/ft (the $1.60/ft is for a 1000' spool!), AND a complete kit with 5' of 83802, a 1/2" clear PVC jacket that finishes the cable n... | |
| SS amps that sound like tubes? Decaf, marakanetz...! | |
| What is the most difficult component to upgrade The heaviest! | |
| the Listening Room Gajgmusic...my room is 14x24x8, asymmetric, with a double-door opening on the right rear, and another behind me. AND I also have a 7' Steinway B near the front wall.The only room geometry that worked was to set up a nearfield triangle (7.5') in FR... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Paul, great post!Muralman, whereas I fundamentally agree with your premise, but even in a live situation (actually, quite often for me, in some of the cheaper seats!), the INaccuracy of the first-arrival/secondary arrivals mix DOES get in the way ... | |
| Transport under 1500 new or used Why don't you just get a used EMC-1 MkII. 20kg transport is to die for, and the latest 24/192k DAC is SMOOTH and totally lacking in grain or digititis. About $2k used or $3k new here and there. | |
| speaker redesign You'll find AFTER measuring them at various points on the vertical axis whether or not they are more forgiving with the tweeter on top or the mid. All depends upon the drivers and the crossover. I'd suggest building the thing as a (sub)woofer cabi... | |
| Reccomended power cords for Cary gear Why don't you try DIY with Belden 83802? I'm putting together kits ($32) or selling just the wire for $2.50/ft.Sorry if I'm being crass here, but this magical FireWire is cheap and clean...you simply needn'e spend $$$, IMHO. | |
| Verity's Fidelio vs.Talon's Raven: Who Wins? Actually, it's down to your ROOM!The Fidelios use a fixed rear-firing woofer, which Verity optimistically states works in 80% of rooms. I tried them, and was completely UNDER-whelmed at the loss of the bottom octaves compared to my 6.5" two-way sm... | |
| Verity Audio Lohengrin: WOW Can't beleive this... Hmmm...my Encores have no problem filling my VERY damped medium-sized room with explosive SPLs down to 30Hz!And coherent? Phew.I can only imagine what Veity's done at $80k, but used Encores for one TENTH that are going to be my speakers for life! | |
| Am I nuts or what? Too bad, guys. Try listening to an Electrocompaniet EMC-1 MkII through an all-Pass amp chain and you might reconsider. | |
| 3 Brit players around 2,000 retail-which wins? Used Ikemi or EMC-1! | |
| SS amps that sound like tubes? Ligi, is your cigar a pleasing fequency response anomoly provided by your tube amp? Maybe it's just a great speaker/room/amp synergy that provides a spectral landscape you like. Perhaps a great ss amp with a different speaker could provide the sam... | |
| Are your used items selling? Naming yourself "UNsound" probably results in subliminal avoidance in some of us? |