ultrakaz
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| A better matched amp for my Totem Speakers? I would get the 150 watt Plinius integrated. With the exception of the BAT VK60, this amp sounded the best with the Totem Model Ones Sigs. If you sell your preamp you will have enough money to buy the Plinius. | |
| Speakers for Rock JBL 250ti or L250, I saw a used pair for about $500. Of course, Klipsch Kornerhorns or Lascalas would be good too, but more money, although you would save a lot on amplification. I read that VMPS plays effortlessly loud like the above speakers, bu... | |
| Audiogon Members I agree with the above comments about the Audiogon membership. Whenever, I've contacted an Audiogon member they took the time to respond and were courteous. I've been particularly lucky with the full range driver/horn and SET community. These peop... | |
| Treating foam speaker surrounds I have used 3m Scotchguard on my foam surrounds on a pair of home speakers for about 5 years or so with good results-no rot yet and I live in rather high humidity. I have heard of others putting foot powder on the surrounds because they believe it... | |
| What do you think about Marsh amps? I owned a Marsh A-400 and used it to drive my Magnepan 1.6QR. The Marsh was significantly better than the Bryston 4bst and Rotel 150 watter (I forget the model number). The Marsh also beat out the BAT VK-200, but just marginally.I am not all that ... | |
| Do You Understand Music? I have a much simpler approach to music, if I like it I listen to it. If I don't like it I will not try to understand (listen) it. I simply, do not have enough time and what time I do have I would rather spend on something I like. There are alread... | |
| New Berning SET ZOTL prototype. Of course "we" would like to read your review of the the SET ZOTL. Also, I'm curious to find out if two watts is enough power for your Voigt/Lowther pipes. I once considered Mr. Berning's Siegfried 300b, but was not convinced it was enough power f... | |
| 300B Amps 300b amps do not double their output into 4 ohms (although the beefier Art Audio amps might put out more power into 4 ohms than a classically designed 300b). 8 ohm or higher impedence is preferable, power might even increase a little bit. Higher s... | |
| Plinius 8200P or Bryston 3B-SST for Maggie 1.6 QRs I did not have much success with the Bryston (4b-st) and the Magnepan 1.6 QR. The bass was ill defined and the midrange was lacking in dynamics, dull and dimensionless.A much better match was with the Marsh A400 or BAT VK-200. Both of these amps g... | |
| Best Acoustically Untreated Room You Have Heard? Streetdaddy, try looking at the Acoustic Sciences website for some basic information/theory on room acoustics. Typically, "deadening" the entire wall might be a bit much and a combination of deadening (especially in the corners) and diffusion work... | |
| Counterpoint Hybrid Amps: How do they sound? I used to sell Counterpoint equiptment in the mid 80s. Generally speaking the amps were pretty reliable and the preamps amps were not as reliable. I owned a pre-amp and it blew up. I remember the amps and pre-amps sounding very good at the time; m... | |
| Lowther Voigt Pipes are up and running Congratulations and thanks for sharing your project with us! Sounds like you hit a home run at your first at bat with the Voigts. You mentioned that you coated the back of the speakers with acoustic dampening spray, was that on the outside or insi... | |
| Are Totem Arros shielded? No. At least the ones that were manufactured about a year ago. I know this for sure when I knocked over the speaker and the magnet popped off of the driver. | |
| New Lowther Drivers. Here's another variation of the Voigt Pipe that you may be interested in: http://indigo.ie/~walton/voigt.html Also, there is a construction tip on the Pipes at that site.The "Pipe" is a bit larger than the original and has a modification at the bo... | |
| New Lowther Drivers. There is another cabinet that looks to have a lot of potential and is a variation of the Voigt Pipe. I saw it on the Single Drive website under the DIY menu, titled: Bigger is Better. Basically, it looks like the Voigt Pipe but has the "other half... |