williewonka
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| Back wall treatment? I have also recently played around with various room treatments, like yourself, and I found that the most effective treatments were those situated at ceiling level in the room but only at the ends of the room (not the sides)- I hung a 9ft wide vin... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? t-bon3, there are some good recommendations above.Several Klipsch models offer the dynamics you seek.ProAc are a personal favourite, combining fast dynamics with a full bodied soundCurrently I’m using Gershman Acoustics Sonogram speakers. combined... | |
| up to $2,500 to spend............ +1 for the schiitI have the Bifrost and it kicks most other dacs up to $2k into touchIt comes in a multi-bit as wellThen the Gungnir is the next model up that has multi bit and finally the Ygdeassil.Great quality and the Bifrost responds very wel... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? What speakers do you have now?what size is your room? how far are the speakers from the wall (i.e. behind the speakers)what speaker/interconnect/power cables do you hav | |
| The new Rega Planar 3 Mountainsong, these links detail all of my modshttp://image99.net/blog/files/04fdba8476cfd21bdd7a5fdf38c8cdf5-28.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/23c020f75290d3392577113371f4dc94-38.htmlMy most recent upgrade was to a Soundsmith modified Denon DL... | |
| The new Rega Planar 3 CZ, like everything else these days, it’s a starting base with some very nicely engineered aftermarket ad-on’s that improves upon an already impressive performance.The ad-on’s allow you to install progressive upgrades over time as budgets allow. P... | |
| The new Rega Planar 3 Viridian, agreed on the metal subplatter, I found the Isokinetik ISOSub GT 2 S sub platter to be a very good investment.BTW - The actual brand of acrylic platter that worked for me was the SRM/TECH Acrylic PlatterThis is one of the 1" or thicker ... | |
| The new Rega Planar 3 The good - there are a whole host of third party upgrade options you can install yourself to get much better perfomance.The bad - the glass platter should have been ditched years ago and replaced with an acrylic platter.Rega - two changes that sho... | |
| Tannoy? I've followed Tannoy line for many years, The higher end tannoys, i.e. those having 10" drivers and bigger, are best suited to larger spaces.They can be a little challenging to setup, but very rewarding once good setup is acnieved. Toe-in is impo... | |
| #8 AWG spade connectors?? Google FUREZ.High quality all copper or silver plated copper crimp or set screw terminalsRegards | |
| Is it all worth it? Yup :-))))Can't believe that was 16 years ago :-(Time flies when you're listening to music ;-) | |
| Is it all worth it? When we turned the century, I had a party and ended up shredding the foam surrounds on an aging pair of Magnat Ribbon 5's.So I refoamed the mid and bass drivers. Like you I thought they sounded pretty good.Then I had the crossovers re-capped - if... | |
| Your jaw dropping cables If you are into DIY - give these a try....Power Cables... http://www.image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.htmlInterconnects...http://www.image99.net/blog/files/4127b5fe2694586e383104364360373b-74.htmlThey are outstanding - bu... | |
| Complete rewiring of SME IV - opinions I had the Cardas Upgrade completed to my RB250 and it improved things significantly over the standard Rega offering.I now have an Audiomods Arm, which I believe uses the same Cardas one piece loom also.The one other upgrade I have made to the loom... | |
| Upgrading power cables Treadman, the range of improvement that cab be achieved is quite varied in different ways...Very modestly priced components, like my Schiit Bifrost DAC, achieved a significantly higher level of performance with good power and interconnects nectcab... |