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| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! I own a pair of 1.6 Maggies. Imaging is gorgeous when placement is right. Spend the time to tweak the placement and you'll be happy. Bass might be a tad light, but not overly so. As someone else stated, unless you're looking for that "pistonic... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? Back in the early 2000s, I was an IT contractor for BellSouth. A group of us (all contractors) would often go to lunch together and sometimes visit various "interesting" stores while out and about. One day, we went by an audio boutique North of ... | |
| Yes, digital cables matter too Digital cables sound different because we're still transmitting audio using non-ECC transport. PCM just streams the bits with no packetization or error correction. MQA, DSD, and all the rest also do not do any error-correction, just compression ... | |
| Problems with forum lag/performance? I turned off my ad blocker. Didn't do any good. So, now I'm trying it from Firefox. It's a pain in the neck (or three feet lower) to do it like this, because I have my email open in Chromium. I guess I'll have to keep an email tab open in Fire... | |
| Why so few devices with BNC's?? RCA connectors are infamous for impedance "bumps" in the signal chain in RF applications. Since they are not 75-ohm, they can set up signal reflections along the transmission line. Those reflections become a standing wave and that can interfere ... | |
| Subwoofer suggestions for budget system? Lots to think on, lots to consider. I appreciate everyone's input! | |
| Subwoofer suggestions for budget system? Through the crossover. | |
| best amp for a Maggy 1.7i Schiit Vidars in Mono mode, but it will require balanced output. Plenty of current, plenty of power for a room that's an appropriate size for the 1.7s. On the other hand, I've had folks recommend the Crown 300A with a recap job for the 1.5 and 1... | |
| Favorite religious song "I'll Fly Away" Favorite rendition is Allison Krause on "O Brother Where Art Thou?" | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k I'm a bit biased, but I love the look of my Schiit Sol. What I like the most about it is how unusual it is. No, it doesn't have ultra-luxurious wood or platinum inlays, or any of that bourgeois stuff. It's plain, black, crinkle-finish with tech... | |
| Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas? Also, work on positioning the Maggies in the room. As @snapsc mentioned, place them 3 ft. from back wall, nothing between, but also work on the toe-in to get optimal sound. If the toe-in isn't spot-on, you'll lose detail. And, of course, as eve... | |
| King Crimson Just received three KC LPs in the mail this week: Lark's Tongues in Aspic Discipline Court of the Crimson King All 3 in 200g vinyl. Goosebumps listening to them. I love KC. I got into them because I had discovered ProgRock through Yes and f... | |
| Why exotic stylus not used on MM? Sumiko Amethyst is a Line-Contact design and MM. You can also get AT VM95ML and AT VM95SH with MicroLine and Shibata styli, respectively. Lots of choices for styli in the MM range. |