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| why do so many discussions turn contentious? +1 @jw94ts depressing | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening The "usual" approaches for lowering noise floor seem to include mechanical isolation, AC power treatment, and room treatments. | |
| Brothers from another Mother ? @oddiofyl I recently heard Ken Micallef say that the Forte IV's are a substantial improvement over the III's. Have you heard the comparison with reflections of your own? At some point I may want to trade my III's in for IV's - and I will proba... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? I can't believe I'm reading this thread and watching it devolve into the very conversation, full of contentiousness, that it was created to highlight -,and perhaps draw inspiration to remedy. As long as we continually search for someone to blame ... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics It’s 58 years of collecting LPs. That’s 6,000+ LPs. I have started the process of weeding out 600. If you have any interesting 50s/60s/early70s jazz that you want to purge just reach out ;-) | |
| The value of embellishment? It's a matter of priority. Many brands offer faceplate choices, upgraded veneers and finishes, etc. While many people can rationalize a few hundred dollar upcharge in certain areas I suspect very few would be game for doubling the price of an au... | |
| Tube Amp recommendations to drive Klipsch Forte III Music Reference RM-10 Mk.2. Now there's an amp I'd love to add to the stable someday! | |
| My Experience With Tekton So in case folks weren't connecting the dots on my last post, the takeaway is that using the "magic" of the voltage spec a 4 ohm speaker can claim to have a higher sensitivity than a 8 ohm speaker which is more accurately using the wattage spec.... | |
| My Experience With Tekton @phcollie Good points. The other thing that some folks obviously don't understand is that using Watt's law, only at precisely 8 Ohms does 2.83V = 1W. At 4 Ohms 2.83V = 2W. Speakers are current driven, and amps are spec'd for the wattage they outpu... | |
| My Experience With Tekton @charles1dad +1 Ralph (@atmasphere) has q cogently made this observation numerous times on this forum. Focusing solely on the stated sensitivity of a speaker is an incomplete view/assessment. You have to also be aware of a speaker’s impedance ... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics @kennyc is correct. I really need to refrain from letting MC drag me down to his level - a level that only exists in a vocabulary full of "butt hurt", "rent free", YouTube links, and "whatever". Honestly, what adult talks like that? His actions wi... | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Well it's not my favorite piece of gear, not by a long shot - but purely based on "bang for the buck" I am hard-pressed to name anything that has squeezed out $400 of value as much as my old Bluesound Node2 that I picked up 5+ years or so ago. | |
| My Experience With Tekton I really like John DeVore’s approach as described in this snippet from a 2019 interview: Before 2000 I’d never even seriously considered starting a speaker company. I was having fun building just for me and my friends, and a quick survey of the Hi... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics Thanks for sharing your experiences @danager... exactly the type of input I'm so curious about. The roles and impacts of tweaks relative to entire system/room. With that foundation I can now work on tweaks. I totally agree with this. Get eve... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics @danager I've had mixed success with replacing stock AC cords. It had zero impact on my old Pass XA30.8 (even using a Purist Audio) but had a very notable improvement on my Sugden A21SE (I'm using an Audio Envy - under $200).Installing a dedicat... |