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| elevating subwoofer... Your factory spikes are likely either M6 or 1/4-20 threaded. Go down to Home Depot and buy a bag of each thread, see which one works with your inserts. Then buy some replacement from any of the many places around, like Parts Express ... | |
| Your jaw dropping cables While delivering a pair of Cirrus to a customer in Dallas this weekend we had the chance to do some cable swapping. His prior speakers were forward and edgy, so he had the system setup to be as laid back as possible. Speaker cables he had were Rid... | |
| Listing of Opamps for EE Minimax DAC Plus Thanks to Bill for hooking me up with the DEXA's! They do exactly what I want in the sound, more relaxed AND more resolution. In essence they reveal more nuanced details, but do so in a way that makes extended listening even easier. I'll be doing ... | |
| Two and a half hour audition of the Raidho C1.1 Well, I'll put it to you this way. When I was developing the Vapor Cirrus I had stacks and stacks of the best tweeters made ... still do. At the time the Raidho tweeter was available as a raw unit from Parts Express. Between it and the RAAL, it wa... | |
| AKFest, who's going? Excellent! I know you loved the Aurora in Chicago Roscoe, unfortunately it won't be in Detroit because I'm evaluating new tweeters for it ... being used to the RAAL makes everything else sound boring :) But I think I've found a tweeter that gets u... | |
| Two and a half hour audition of the Raidho C1.1 Yes the comparison isn't perfectly valid in every way. But to berate the effort is missing the point. It takes time to post impressions like this, and in doing so the poster always puts themselves "out there" for scrutiny. How about instead take t... | |
| My system's high frequencies hurt my ears Your front end looks great. You even have an amp, the C-100, with a very relaxed top end ... and you're still getting fatigued. I'd have to say in this case it's 110% the fault of your speakers. Blaming it on too much signal processing makes me th... | |
| Ribbon tweeters...out of favor these days? The best way to understand what the Amorphous Core is, and also why it's better, is to know what amorphous metal is. The ribbon tweeter has a transformer with a steel core. Steel is like saying plastic, there are many kinds of steel. A normal tran... | |
| Why none of high-end speakers offer Speakon? For my Vapor Audio speakers I use custom made (gold plate over copper) Speakon connectors to handle the connection from external crossover section to woofer/tweeter. Still standard WBT binding posts for amp hookup though. Speakons are a great desi... | |
| Pre-amp with balanced suggestions? Great suggestions guys, really appreciate it ... although I can't say it's made my decision any easier :) But I do have a lot of stuff to consider, and narrow down my choices. Being without a pre for so long it is tough diving back in. There are s... | |
| Best Speakers at RMAF 2011...? Hey guys, I'm the owner of Vapor Audio. How about this for a testimonial by Steve Nugent of Emperical Audio:http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=78629.msg1011206#msg1011206 | |
| tube pre amp for my system opions pls In that price range I'd suggest checking out the Eastern Electric M88. It's a very neutral and balanced amp ... well built, and Bill at Morningstar will give you fantastic support if you ever need it. | |
| These new POLK LSiM's look tempting I heard the new Polks at both LSAF and RMAF ... both times they were very thick and muddy sounding, bass was WAY out of balance with the rest of the spectrum. I guess if you like that kind of the sound you'll like the Polks. If you like balance th... | |
| Magico Room at RAMF How good did it sound I thought they were very good - clean and resolving with good transparency (not great), impactful bass, and overall accurately in tone. I wouldn't say they do anything wrong, but I never felt any emotional connection when listening to them. Based ... | |
| Recommended Bookshelf Speakers $1200 The Vapor Audio Breeze should be considered in that price range. Granted I'm the guy who builds them, but I hope the price point will encourage more people to hear what the RAAL has to offer. I just spent the better part of tonight listening to a ... |