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| Reference 3a Decapo Anniversary I had a pair a few decades ago. Their lone "Achilles Heel" was tweeter smearing on the speaker face, which was easily corrected with fiber rings (think flat donuts) that fit closely around the tweeter and extended to cover the metal face. Of cours... | |
| My problem with music is it's simply out of tune with our brains? See You Tube videos of music recorded at 440 v 432 | |
| How do you go about selling large speakers? Donate locally to a dance school, high school drama class, Salvation Army..... | |
| best-sounding class D amp? arro222A trumpet player knows the speed and bite necessary to reproduce a horn, but it also requires fast speakers with exceptional tweeters. An excellent ribbon shouldaudererucaNice to see someone finally preferring class D to Pass room heaters | |
| 2way vs 3way speakers: different or is one "better" I have owned many different types of speakers over the decades, including box (monkey coffin) speakers, electrostat (Accoustat 2+2s, planar magnetic (Magnepan 2.5Rs) and several so-called book shelfs, Reference 3A MM deCapos, and a pair of Callo C... | |
| Singular Amplification Experience; Review Now Published d2girlsyou need not spend mega bucks anymore to get great sound amplification.Over the decades, I have owned a lot of different manufacturers class D amps, some were dogs, a few were really good (PS Audio M700s, Audio Alchemy DPA-1), but the class... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Soft rubber devices under components will likely muddy the sound. Instead I use Machina Dynamica Heavy Duty Springs: I also use his New Dark Matter on my CD trays (AMAZING!) MD has a plethora of odd sounding tweaks that I have incorporated into my... | |
| Amps XLR vs RCA input impedance difference. Another factor is that many/most SE/RCA connectors/connections are of poor fit and quality. Eichmann eXpress designed RCAs that overcame the probability of arcing. I have a number of these (Series 2) from before I went 100% to Differentially balan... | |
| best-sounding class D amp? Over the decades I have owned quite a few class Ds. Of late (last 3 years) I had the Emerald Physics 100.2SE monos with special fuses), Audio Alchemy DPA-1, PS Audio M700s and now a no longer made EVS 1200. All of these were used with the same pow... | |
| What do you sit on? The ideal chair would be a dental chair which provided height and tilt adjustments as well as a thin non interfering profile, unlike most recliners. Scan Design had a really nice one, but it was out of m budget, which is why I settled on a office ... | |
| What do you sit on? I have a high back office chair with mesh seat and back, articulating headrest, swivels and is on rollers. I just bought a rectangular mechanics seat with wheels from Harbor Freight for a foot stool. Both are light weight and easy to move around | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience The ICs are you using between the phono pre and the Elacs can be your real issue. I would start there before going down the speaker rabbit hole. There is a company (Mr Cable?) that sells used cables (best value) look into Wire World Series 7+ Also... | |
| XLR cable with warmth without losing resolution In my system I sue WW Series 7 XLRs , power cords, and speaker cables. Whether the music is poorly mastered or wonderfully so, either comes through clearly hth | |
| Balanced DAC — XLR or SE ouputs? I have bought quite a few brands. If your components are on the dark side (and you want more light) I have 2 pair of cryoed Surf Cable XLRs that I would sell but with my very light system (but with jet black and ginormous sound stage) I use 1.0M ... | |
| Balanced DAC — XLR or SE ouputs? 3 easy p'sthat is not true when one’s kit is true balanced, but has rcas for convenience, as is often the case with unbalanced components that provide XLRs as a ’convenience’ Charlatans pretending to be hi-end audio. SE, properly called unbalanced... |