undertow
Responses from undertow
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? Grannyring, your right, and here is the deal, your post came out and got approved at the same time as mine to be viewed by others... actually about 5 other posts went at the same time and hours later posted that were not up when I wrote mine, so w... | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? I have found the opposite, if you want Body and the absolute dynamics, warmth etc.. Nothing can replace a good Tube Preamp, even no preamp.. Just my opinion, but something is always dry or missing in the emotional connection running digital raw, s... | |
| Speakers under $750.00...Preposterous Notion? Klipsch my friend... Lots of great choices used for 500 to 800 per pair.. even shipped. Look at the reference Series with the Copper colored woofers. Or Heritage series, such as the chorus models, Cornwalls, Hersey models.. All well over 95 db eff... | |
| Why are we so passive? I guess the point is there are SELF Powered speakers, commonly called Active, but are Not necessarily Active speakers in the true sense.. And then there are True Active SpeakersÂ…Which in most cases would be best done with external amps and externa... | |
| Queen song question? Kelton, if your in that range then you have a whole different ball game.. Zu Definitionswww.Zuaudio.com | |
| What can I expect from Klipsch RF-7 w/small tube? Kclone, they can be... You may not be a fan if you are looking for rock bottom punch as well. Tubes or Mcintosh SS with tone controls are almost a requirement for 2 Channel only with these, but in a surround they can rock good and smooth with the ... | |
| Tube CD-player question Raysonic 128 ... its too good for the price point, or any price point | |
| Why are we so passive? Veromanhas anyone mentioned price? owning a nice amp and being able to upgrade spkrs w/o having to replace amp is a waste of $$."Not sure, the statement seems like it is cancelling itself out.. But anyway, Active Tube speaker systems is fine, you ... | |
| Why are we so passive? Flrnlamb, Most of the crossoverless types available are full range single driver type systems.. Using like Lowther, and Fostex drivers for example.. To get extreme lows or highs some systems will keep the important midband which is mostly the meat... | |
| Why are we so passive? To Ojgalli, I believe we all missed what you asked, Ha, and its pretty funny.. To your question on are they gimmicks or marketing " NO " They are a completely different design than any Passive if they are a real active speaker, and I think it shou... | |
| Queen song question? Speed, and efficiency... Horns, and or Some single full range driver speakers do this very well, very fast, very impactful, and very controlled dynamic range... I will agree ATC's are great too, but could get pretty expensive.. So if your in the l... | |
| Need list of 92db speakers and above. No crossover, Single driver, full range, under 3 g's? Simple enough, Zu Druid.. used for even 2 g's a pair. | |
| Why are we so passive? Very few are that good, and the ones that are cost way more than most would enter into vs. buying a good 2000 to 5000 dollar amp seperate, and a pair of 6000 dollar speakers..= 11 k vs 15 grand plus pair of ATC's and have to run power cords, inter... | |
| Looking to start a vintage jazz collection, Music Halls new MMF 9.1 .. I can't believe how ridiculously good this table is, with an all carbon arm now too, and dead on speed sensor with 50 hz motor.. Also the table is dead silent and built like a battle tank, without cartridge it sets you b... | |
| cartridge output level As noted above by Rlawry, More efficient speakers might be needed with your setup.. I am not sure of the efficiency on those triangles, however I can tell you this... My system has 60 db phono stage, with 15 db line stage, and a .45mV cartridge. A... |