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| Rogue 88, Marsh A400S, or Audio Research VS110? I'm driving some VMPS Supertower/R SE speakers with bass flat to 25 with the Marsh. These have four 15's and two 10's handling the bass. It does it excellently. Had a Parasound HCA 3500 prior and the Marsh matches weight but has better quality. Yo... | |
| Do most manu. buy or build their x-overs? Crossover design is very critical. That's why most of us don't try diy designs. We can all get high quality drivers and build good boxes but the crossover is a major component. You can't just slap a crossover in from some chart, it's much more com... | |
| Replacing sound proofing in cabniets As the above poster stated, home insulation fiberglass works very well. I've seen many charts from tests of various speaker stuffing materials and good ole fiberglass holds it's own quite well. | |
| Best Inexpensive DAC I'd have to second the Channel Island Dac. Just saw one without the upgraded PSU go for 220. I've owned several dacs, MSB, Theta, Cal Alpha and the Channel Island was the best. There was one with upgraded PSU for about 400 recently also. This is a... | |
| Newby question on watts... A much more stout power supply that will double it's output as the impedance decreases, ie. into four ohms it will be two hundred per channel while the Hafler would be doing good at 150wpc at four ohms. Also much larger power reserves. The build q... | |
| spl levels I'd get some with a highish sensitivity of 90db or so and of good quality. You lose 3db every 3' you sit back from the first meter on a point source. Also the room acoustics play a significant role. If you have alot of overstuff furniture and carp... | |
| Where to start with room acoustics LEDE is treated on the side of the system leaving the rest of the room live. Very common among very knowledgeable people as in recording studios or the best audio setups. There's lots of information on it. As far as bass is concerned the largest p... | |
| SVS subs for music? Nobody has mentioned VMPS. Great bargains for the money as has been known for years and will do music and HT quite well. Check out the VMPS forum at audiocircle.com. Not too many subs can out do the Larger VMPS. These are passive so will require a... | |
| Does good DAC improve sonics of low end transport The dac makes a large difference on the sound. Getting an aftermarket dac will help significantly. Dac's affect the sound of the digital source the most so it is a good investment. You can get inexpensive dacs from Channel Island, Scott Nixon and ... | |
| How to upgrade from Aragon 4004 mkII amp Unless you have a few grand to spend for a small improvement I'd just keep the Aragon. That's a good amp. Heard one through some VMPS RM 40's and it worked excellently through these extremely revealing speakers. Upgrade your dac or try a tube prea... | |
| Power conditioners You may want to try the power conditioners labs and hospitals use by Oneac or Powervar. These are true power conditioners and have built in isolation transformers. Can be had used on Ebay for a small fraction of their new price. A 500 dollar one w... | |
| Where to start with room acoustics The best sounding rooms are the ones that are treated. The LEDE (live end dead end) is a great way to go. Even just doing the wall behind your speakers can help immensely. This is something that can be done without any analysis and will definitely... | |
| Do It Yourself Speakers Just spent months studying and let me assure you that Elizabeth hit the nail on the head. This is no easy chore if you want to have something that sounds good. It could easily cost you more than buying some premade speakers. It's way complicated. ... | |
| Looking for cheap, basic preamp. I'd try an Adcom GFP 555. For that money it's a pretty decent preamp. | |
| What amp for Thiel cs3.5's? You could get a Parasound that will put out 300wpc into 4 ohms for that money or a Rotel. Either will do the job fine and the differences are small between these and the much more expensive amps. Good Luck |