vladimir
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| Monitors or floorstander to match Velodyne DD15? There is no problem with any reasonable woofer diameter at the frequency range involved here. This is a variation on the myth of "smaller woofers are fast, larger woofers are slow." Any well designed woofer (which in this case basically means its ... | |
| Spendor Bc1 what is a good upgrade mod ? All you need is a modern solid-state amp with lots of current to control those woofers. I love the BC-1s. | |
| SS Amp for Triangle Speakers I concur with the Pathos recommendation. In solid state, Audio Refinement would also be a good match, either the Complete integrated or one of the power amps. | |
| Velodyne DD-series subwoofer I also suggest the Auralex Gramma. And some common sense regarding volume. | |
| Upgrade from Spendor BC-1: need ideas Your post brings a lot of memories regarding Spendor, Quad 57 and Rogers and I agree it will be difficult for you to find something today that is much better. I suggest you check Spendor (1/2) and Harbeth (Compact 7ES-2 and Super HL5).V. | |
| Preamp for Upgraded McCormack DNA-225 I don't know about the Bent, but the Sonic Euphoria uses an autoformer that solves the dynamics problem of passives. It is totally transparent. | |
| DD-12 Vs. DD-15 Provided both are well designed, a 12" would not be "faster" than a 15". The Velodyne DD-18 and the Bag End S18E, for example, are as fast as they need to be to keep up with any speaker, even Quads. | |
| Preamp for Upgraded McCormack DNA-225 Would you consider a SOTA passive, the balanced Sonic Euphoria? Perfect also for the DNA's 100kOhms input impedance. | |
| Classe 101 vs. McCormack DNA125: opinions? McCormack amps give you a bonus: they can be upgraded to become one of the very best, period. Read here (.pdf files) | |
| Too much bass in room with sub? A well-designed subwoofer should give you superb bass down to 20Hz without bloat in such a room. It will have a falling frequency response starting around 35Hz that would be flattened out by room gain. My REL Storm III, for example, doesn't boom a... | |
| Tyler Acoustics: Taylo Ref III vs. Linbrook Sig's I don't see the Velcro attachment as a weakness, unless you want to see several ungainly holes in place of superb woodworking! | |
| PC for Brsyton 4B SST I read somewhere that Kimber Palladian cords are synergistic with the new Bryston SSTs. | |
| Mani-2 Sig. Vs. Wind "Forget the REL, get a DD-15.."I would agree if he is planning to high-pass his Mani-2s and/or he has nasty bass problems, but Mani-2s are famous for their low bass, so a REL would also make a good match. | |
| Rives PARC or Tact 2.0 AA for room correction? What Mr. Rives writes is very interesting. I remember reading a recent article about the TacT in Hi-Fi News, I believe, in which the reviewer clearly says that any filtering beyond 4th order is very audible as distortion. Let's remember that one o... | |
| MG 20.1 or Wisdom audio m-75 Thanks for the detailed explanation, Tireguy. I see most modifications are commonsensical ones except for the external passive crossover. If going to that extreme kind of work, an active crossover would be better, IMHO. |