tomcarr
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| Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7 You’ve mentioned your room. Most all our rooms have issues. After acoustic treatment in my dedicated room my system sounded considerably better than any other change I have done. Definitely consider budgeting for that.Tom | |
| Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7 Just saw the OPs last post AFTER I posted. Doh! | |
| Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7 You didn’t mention the size of your room, is it dedicated, do you have acoustic treatment...?Both speakers you are considering are very good.Maggies need more space and more watts. A lot more.Used Vandy model 2s sounds better than new model 1s for... | |
| Speaker distance Re the OPs addendum, Jim Smith's book Get Better Sound might prove invaluable...And the XLO test CD... | |
| Advice Needed +1 @randy-11, digital gain will typically truncate bit depth at lower levels, likely the use of a preamp to attenuate gain will yield better details especially with the music the OP prefers. | |
| Are my " diamond " tweeters really diamond Regardless of the material, hopefully you are happy with the sound... | |
| Speaker distance @onhwy61 ,Valid question. I knew. | |
| Speaker distance Vandersteen 2Cs, 84" C to C+1 geoffkait... | |
| Why is it so easy to tell the difference between live and recorded music? Have not, but have read wonderful things about the D2D LPs, and about that cartridge. Very special... | |
| CD player for heavy metal up to $400 NADUsed Oppo, Cambridge, MarantzUsed Sony Playstationj | |
| Audiogon is not responding to multiple inquiries HaHaHa!!! | |
| Why is it so easy to tell the difference between live and recorded music? My wife and I attended a middle-school grandchild's band concert last night. Dynamics/tone/timbre. Especially dynamics. Amazing really. Reminded me how inadequate my system is in comparison. Reality check. Sigh...Tom | |
| Leather couch, leather love seat or single wooden chair Cloth, not leather is what sounds better in my listening room. Seating for three. The guests always get or trade places for the sweet spot. Heads are ten feet away from plane of tweeters, tweeters are seven feet apart, so less affect on sweet spot... | |
| Newbie here with a cable question The best improvement for my very modest system was spending a day moving speakers and listening seat to find the best room synergy, then installing room treatment panels.I also am using Anticables and am very happy with the sound.Read Jim Smith's ... | |
| Michael Fremer's system +1 @douglas_schroeder |