swampwalker
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| Subwoofer for two channel system Vandersteen 2w or 2wq. Virtually transparent. | |
| Best of Hearing Aids for deaf Audiophiles? Huh??? Albert- Are you sure you're not married to my wife's twin? Although on the third try now, its about 50/50. Sometimes she says never mind (can you hear Emily Latella aka Gilda Radner); sometimes she shouts it at me. Either way, it makes me nuts. Al... | |
| ARC SP9 MK2 tubes Eagle- IMO, the DNA 0.5 is a great audio bargain (although that is not a news flash by any means. In my system, it worked with the SP9 MK2, and also worked when I went up the ladder with a BAT VK3i (which I also think has a great price/performance... | |
| ARC SP9 MK2 tubes The ARC, while not anywheres near state of the art, is a step above the B&K. I had one several years ago, used some Hewlett Packard labelled NOS 6DJ8s with Vandy 2Cis. Never thought they were grainy or hard. Try some NOS tubes; maybe some used... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems Hi Joe- I'm fine. I'm sure the amps are well-built and all, but I've also got a Llano Trinity 300 sitting around that has become an orphan. My concern is not so much with the amps functioning, but that if the company goes down, which sometimes hap... | |
| DLP rear projector recommendation please I haven't done any extensive research and bought a plasma myself (Fujitsu, awesome), but side by side at Tweeter, the Mitsubishi was clearly the best. Better blacks, better fine detail. A quick look showed that; not sure how it holds up with fast ... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems Oh, SH&T. I've just gone and bought a pair of M-602.2s, and now this happens! Well I hope the amps are as good as I would expect, considering the loyalty you all have to their creator! Good luck to him. And btw, from what I'm told, the courts ... | |
| Laserdisc Spine What does it mean? If you use a nailgun, make sure not to modify it to allow for automatic fire and then attack (and kill) your partner in a failing business (and brother in law!!!) with it, in order to collect on the key man insurance you each took out on the other... | |
| parallel receivers No, its whether the speaker outputs are wired in series or parallel. FOr most receivers with two sets of speaker outputs, they are wired in such a way (can't remember if its serial or parallel) that if you switch them both on at once, the effectiv... | |
| Good tube preamp w/ HT bypass BAT VK3i with remote would be at teh top of your price range. It has an HT (unity gain) bypass setting. | |
| parallel receivers The problem that you are experiencing is due to the fact that the way you are wiring them up, the impedence the amp is "seeing" is effectively cut in half and the most receiver amps are not up to providing adequate power into a low impedence load.... | |
| Quick Poll: For Berning / Merlin Owners 1markr- I'm w/you, but mostly normal.Diamonddue18- If you want to venture into the wilds of CT (Hartford area), drop me an email and you can come up and hear mine anytime. | |
| 5.25" Speakers/Amp--Oddball Question... Slappy is right re: using an inexpensive amp and car speakers, but from a technical standpoint there isn't any reason you couldn't use one of the parts express DIY co-ax. IIRC, you shouldn't need a x-over, thats "built-in". Or for that matter, you... | |
| Vandersteen subs 2wq vs the rest Pubul57 is correct. Its the V2W. And Dwhitt is correct. The blend is so good with a fixed filter that you have to unplug the 2W is tell its working. At least I did. | |
| Mcormack DNA.5 vs B&K reference 4420 Never heard the B&K, but the McCormack amp mates wonderfully with Vandys. If you can spend a little more, wait for one with at least Rev B upgrade (or higher) by SMc Audio. One of the great solid state amps out there. I replaced my 0.5 Rev A+ ... |