twoleftears

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The midi range, not the tweeter, is the most important driver in a speaker.
Let's pose this question another way:within the normal range of human hearing, how many octaves are typically handled by 1. the tweeter, 2. the mid-range, 3. the woofer? 
Upgrading System...Help/opinions on Parasound and others?
Doesn't Audio Advisor have a free return policy?  And they carry Vincent. 
Hey K.....tt, Do you even have speakers??
Speaker hoarder?  5 or 6 prs at a time?? 
What CD Transports Provide the Most Detail?
Project recently came out with a $3K top-loader.  They're evidently still serious about this medium.  And it only reads Red Book. 
The midi range, not the tweeter, is the most important driver in a speaker.
Perhaps because mid-ranges can be great or just OK.Whereas tweeters can be very good or really obnoxious.So that's what draws the bulk of the attention. 
Any good shelf systems out there?
Like this?https://www.comoaudio.com/products/musica  
New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID
Based on my auditioning of the BeAT and Encore, I'd endorse everything dep14 says about the SS 9.5.  Unfortunately haven't heard the other models he mentions.  Take a look over at the Salk forum on AudioCircle. 
Atohm GT1 SE vs KEF LS50
Glad to hear you're sticking to the strength of your own convictions and not following the sheep. 
New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID
The SS 9.5 is Salk's best speaker.  The only issue is where to audition it.  But if you can hear the Song 3 BeAT or the larger Song 3 Encore, that will give you more than a taste of the 9.5. 
dissapointed - new LS50w's vs old PioneerFS52's/Luxman R113 - so far Kef's not so great?
LS50's are the poster child for why one should never believe "professional" reviews. 
Are sound bars worth it?
I run a ZVOX soundbase (the deep cabinet style) that the OLED sits on. They’re pretty much identical widths. So far so good.  And it enables me to keep the two systems separate, which I prefer. 
Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Footers
Normally you see Gaias attached to floorstanders.  I keep wondering how they would work on standmounts.  Would you put them on the feet of the stands, or at the interface between the speaker and the top of the stand?  Would they be as effective, o... 
Yamaha NS 5000
@steve59 See my post from November 1.  Distribution initially will be very limited and through a handful of stores selected by Yamaha.  How those stores demo the speakers is obviously less carefully curated by Yamaha. 
Blown away with 2 speakers hifi sound!
No love for the new CD player?  Seems unfair to me. 
Bending wave, low order crossovers and tradeoffs
I dunno. Frankly, I don’t really understand how they work. At CAF the designer Paul Paddock was there with a guy doing the dog and pony, and PP was pretty cagey about the details.This is him:https://patents.justia.com/inventor/paul-w-paddock They ...