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| It's Magnepan 20.1's or B&W Nautilus 801's An interesting choice, Roy, as those are two VERY different sounding loudspeakers, which excel in very different parameters. I will not tell you what I would buy in your setup, as I think it is less relevant than the following advice:The audiophil... | |
| Any harm in using an amp with the face down It might be a problem if it interferes with the heat dissipation of the amplifier circuit. I operated a Krell KSA-150 face-down (raised off the floor on lead bricks) but the amp eventually malfunctioned as the thermal breaker was triggering premat... | |
| Small monitors for a dear aunt Twenty-three years ago I sold my pair of Rogers LS3/5a's to my aunt for $320. I still regret it, but my aunt has lived happily with those driven by a NAD 7020 receiver ever since. Secondhand LS3/5a's go for around $700/pr now, and, like other true... | |
| Outdoor antenna setup In Los Angeles, most of the broadcast transmitters are located on Mount Wilson at a height of 5400+ ft. This helps with the line-of-sight problem, adding another degree of arc earth radius and extending the range to 100+ mi through the Southland b... | |
| Review: Theta Digital DSPro Gen Va DA converter I recently compared my Gen Va vs. the EVS Millennium II, a 24/96 upsampling DAC, for two weeks in my home big rig system. The EVS sounds more neutral than the Theta, with better overall resolution. But the Theta has much more slam in the bass, an ... | |
| Songs that you just have to sing "There's a bathroom on the right."Anytime CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" plays on my car radio while driving, I point out restrooms with my right arm while I sing this botched version of the refrain. | |
| Best Female Rock Group Hole works for me. Also L7, anyone? | |
| Vinyl Old timers: HK's and Rabco's Sean,There is a better description of the mechanism in Jason Gold's review of the ST-7 at Audio Review (of all places!):http://www.audioreview.com/TurnTables/Harman,Kardon,RABCO,ST-7/PRD_121324_1597crx.aspxBecause the rotating tracking arm is coup... | |
| Vinyl Old timers: HK's and Rabco's Sean,You should follow this recent thread at AA for info on Rabcos, esp. Dave Shreve: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/vinyl/messages/129076.htmlShreve is well-known for his modified Rabco SL-8E and his pioneering work on optimizing VTA/SRA.Rabco ... | |
| It's a Bad Movie, But It Was Fun to Watch Anyway ANGEL FIST--Naked female martial arts and Thai boxing movie starring Vidal Sassoon's daughter. Joe Bob Briggs said: "She sticks her fist in your face and has a face like a fist."Oh, I'm going to hell for that one. | |
| Best looking / worst looking amps & preamps Best Looking: Audio Devices (ultra-expensive Japanese components made in the late-'80's) champagne gold and ivory components, and Mike Maloney's MAN (Scientific Fidelity) triangular amp and handlebar preamp.Worst Looking: I thought my Krell FPB wi... | |
| Ugliest speaker ever? Similar design concept to Egoss' ugly Sequerras, but with a cloth-covered grille frame to hide the mismatched enclosures. | |
| What's the best mid-range driver available? Hi Sean,I'm using Innersound Eros in my bedroom system and there is definitely something to be said for electrostatics and midrange quality, especially for guitar, harpsichord, and other plucked instruments. But to hear a trumpet well-reproduced, ... | |
| What's the best mid-range driver available? ALE drivers from Japan are cost-no-object products. Their 7550DE lower midrange and 4550DE upper midrange compression drivers are approx. $2,500 each without horn. Their 1260 upper bass/lower midrange driver is $10,000 each. Adding an appropriate ... | |
| Infinity Column II's They are listed on this Infinity speaker site: http://oellerer.net/infinity_classics/ |