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| Suggested speakers to take the place of Dunlavy I have replaced my much modifed Dunlavy SC4's in my main system recently with the new Caravelle speakers and dedicated Sistrum stands..These are remarkable speakers in everyway..The Dunlavys are for sale..I am a Caravelle dealer..Tom | |
| Dunlavy 4A, High Frequency Improvment?? Rja I have made extensive posts on Dunlavy mods.They are in the archives please check out these posts and contact me if you like..I welcome the inquiry..Tom | |
| Perreaux 350P The Perreaux products I heard in the past lacked dynamic contrasts.. well there were not any. Thin to the point of being anemic.These in tow of B+W's would create laser burn around your ears..Sounds as if a dealer may have gotten 120 day billing o... | |
| Any one familiar with the Threshold Aduio DAC1e Keith I think I use to sell this unit maybe 10yrs ago..It was a 1 bit dac..Most at that time were multi-bit and many used the Ultra Analog dac'c like in the PS Audio Ultra Link..The Threshold as I remember it was quite a suprise because it was a 1... | |
| Has MAS done it again ? So what other cables do you have in the chain, or are they all MAS? Tom | |
| Speaker cable length for L/R channels critical? El you have never heard your system.Tom | |
| Speaker cable length for L/R channels critical? You cannot hear time and phase errors while your speakers swing free air like a pendulum. Tom | |
| Speaker cable length for L/R channels critical? Remember your brain/ears are resolute to time and phase response as well as frequency response.The more resolute the rest of your system is the more cable length will matter..It all is additive..Tom | |
| Is the B&W Signature 805 less harsh than the N805? Larry just compensate with wire that is rolled off and some tubes that are half dead and then all would be perceived as musical. Oh, how about some sorbathane footers and a Richard Gray power conditioner to really quiet things down.Tom | |
| I need more Funk Nrchy thats about as funky as Peter,Paul and Mary..Check out George Clinton.. he doesn't look a thing like Bill Clinton though their appetite for women are about the same..The Parliament Funkadelic performances are legendary in time and scope. Som... | |
| cones under your tube amps?? I am not a manufacturer,just a Starsound dealer..Before I became a dealer I had a buddy who was looking for a new amp to replace his Conrad Johnson that was driving his Thiels. I lent him a Sistrum Sp1 to put under his Conrad,he thanked me and tol... | |
| A difficult LP reproduction question The Grado family of cartridge builders have been around for 50 years..I think John Grado took over from Joe who was in the first group to be inducted into the Audio Hall of Fame. Anyway the family has been around and doing cartridges since the ear... | |
| The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test Remember who's speakers are hanging so they are never properly time aligned. All net gains previous to the speakers would be masked by hysteresis distortion..Tom | |
| Current Trends in multi thousand dollar speakers I use to sell the Hegeman model one speaker...back in the early 70's....I think thats what it was called. It did have a metal cone woofer mounted at the top on an angle with the tweeter mounted separately above the woofer dust cap. The tweeter I b... | |
| Digital Direct TV vs HD via Cable The best picture is over the air HD and its free..Hd network off air decoded thru a sat box looks better than cable network hd..At a store I ran we could abcd Direct TV, Dish, Insight cable, and off air hd going thru the tv's built in hd tuner..Tom |