tgrisham
Responses from tgrisham
| Monitors and full range? Today, I believe the term is used for speakers that sit on a stand to reach ear level and usually have limited bass response, either by design or the fact that they are away from the floor, which reinforces the low end frequency response. Few stan... | |
| Need Help Choosing A Subwoofer They are very different from each other. The Hsu is large with a large driver, is ported and has a large amp. I barely use it for music because my floor=standing speakers go to 34 Hz. Not much music goes below that, but some does. My REL is a smal... | |
| Putting Audio & HT on wall floor is $1000 sq ft Excellent question! What you are looking for is a near-field system, like a recording engineer's. If you look for speakers that sound good up close, then match electronics to go with them, especially a source that is not too bright on the high end... | |
| Need Help Choosing A Subwoofer For your size room, it will be easy to pressurize it with bass. If it truly is 10 feet by 10 feet, then there may be problems with modes at certain frequencies. Don't go too big, you will waste your money. I have both Hsu VTF-3 Mark 2 (in a big ro... | |
| What makes a $20,000 cd player cost 20,000? Incredibly wealthy people who don't mind spending that much money on one component of their system! | |
| New speakers and excessive midrange I had to wait forever for the break in of my Aha! Njoe Tjoeb CD player and Von Schweikert speakers. about 300 hours now and I think they have finally settled in. I wouldn't change anything until you have passed the burn-in period. | |
| Monitor/Tower; easier to mate with sub? Great question, lots of opinions. The towers I use are Dynaudios which go down to 34 Hz (-2 dB) so I cross over at 50 Hz. I use a Hsu research VTF-3R Mark 2. When I have listened to mine without my sub there is a very subtle loss of "presence" in ... | |
| Good Headphones...What should I Get?... There are ways to compensate for the lack of spatial orientation when you use headphones. There are times when they are useful. They will not replace the effect of listening in a room with speakers. If you don't plan on using them alot, you may no... | |
| Good Headphones...What should I Get?... There are so many on the market, it will depend on how much moneyyouo have to spend, what headphone amplifier you will use, and what style you like (around the ear, in the ear, on the ear). I recommend that you check out the following websites for... | |
| new at this...which amp? I pleased for you. The hunt was good! This website is really great and unlike so many other similar sites it has very few obnoxious "know-it-alls" who preach but don't teach. I'm glad you were able to hear your speakers at their best. All speakers... | |
| new at this...which amp? I think the advantage of listening to the B&Ws at the dealer is that you can not only listen to the sound they make, but also what is paired with them, esp the source. I have not found a DVD player that can match dollar for dollar what you can... | |
| new at this...which amp? It's really hard to get so much advice, isn't it? Maybe more than you bargained for! The difficult thing about audio is that all the individual pieces have to work together. If you are like me you put together a system one piece at a time, when yo... | |
| Classical music - starting points It's interesting that I have listened and played Classical music for years and yet the most "approachable" Classical is the excellent movie soundtracks that are out there, as Chadnliz said. My recommendations are the Star Wars, esp. the first, Lor... | |
| new at this...which amp? I second the post from brownsfan. The room is very important-taming resonances, toning down harsh reflections, taming bass modes, etc. I had an ADCOM amp and sold it. I thought it was too brilliant on the high end, and that was a "soft" room. I re... | |
| Upgrade time way past : Amp/Pre or Int for $1000 Most of us have been in your shoes. No apology necessary. I looked for a used good SS integrated amp and got tired of waiting. I looked at the Marantz 7200 (?) and Musical Fidelity, but opted for the Creek 5350SE through a mail order outlet. I dri... |