swampwalker
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| Replacement for Vandersteen 2ci Need to know your budget and what changes you are looking for from the 2cis. Albert's suggestion is a good one. Triangles are very nice and good prices to be had on their previous line- Celius maybe. Might want to consider Merlin VSM series which ... | |
| Can I hook up sub directly to amp? If your sub has a low pass filter and you do not want to run your mains full range, you should be able to go CD OUTput (not input) to sub to amp. Also many subs can run from the high level speaker outputs on your amp (essentially in parallel w you... | |
| "Watts" Versus "Current" Great analogy from Danmyers. Most important part of his post, IMO is this "vastly different design parameters required for flow/current and pressure/voltage. Which is better? Well, it obviously depends on what you want to do with the water" IOW, d... | |
| Looking for info on headphones Jim- the AKG K1000s run off speaker output terminals. They have very high impedence and require several watts (maybe 5-10) to sound their best. They are awesome cans, but since they are open to the air, front and back, they are not for everyone. T... | |
| Strange amplifier problem YOu might want to check to make sure you have a secure connection at the IEC, esp. w heavy or inflexible power cords. I have been told that if these sag and/orget loose, and not have a nice, tight connection, it can cause problems. I often have to... | |
| Entry Level Cables T-bone- Great idea!!! | |
| In need of an amplifier... Budget??? | |
| box to music ratio Intersting idea- I'm gonna be the other way around, 'cause most of my vinyl (est. 400 lps) was bought in the old days (I used to agonize over the $2.99 vs. $3.49 lps), I get most of my cds used, and my equipment, although mostly used, was bought r... | |
| Headphone Amps and Portable/Personal Stereo??? I would not recommend mp3 files but if you get a big enough digital player and use a lossless codec you should be fine. If you do some research at head-fi.com, you will get tons of info on headphones. | |
| Despriately looking for amp for Maggies 20.1 "My room is huge 30x40 with 12 ft walls and 20fr ceilings"WTF???? Its late here on the east coast, but I've never seen a room described w 4 dimensions!!! | |
| Vinyl NOOB questions There is a thread about mm vs mc if you search the archives. Simple answer to #1 is that there are very good MM and MC carts at various price points. To answer #3, an SUT is an alternative to an active gain stage to bring the output of a low outpu... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility RE: "Expensive" arc protractors- the $100 Mint has been demonstrated to my ears and many others, to provide big improvement in "dead nuts on" aligned rigs. One major advantage of a mirror-tractor over a paper protractor is parallax correction. Sec... | |
| Neighbor Complaining... Excellent. Rock on!!! | |
| Audio Research Tube AMP Reliability Never owned one; first time I have heard that "rap", but IMO, the horizontal, stacked output tubes in some of the ARC amps is asking for trouble for all but the bottom tube. | |
| Widening Soundstage Pat- Looking at your pix, it seems to me that you are listening near field, where, I would guess (I'm no psycho-acoustician) that soundstage width would inevitably suffer when compared to imaging. It is just a guess and I am glad that you are gett... |