zd542
Responses from zd542
| New Tekton Pendragons On The Way "The speakers were broken in enough and when I put the speakers in my main system downstairs, the bass was good. It's the room, not the speakers."Just to be sure, try whatever electronics you had good results with, in the problem room. | |
| Purist Audio power cords and cables Cable Company has Purist to lend out for demo. | |
| Whats wrong Your ARC, Pass and BAT components may need some time to warm up for best sound. | |
| Exogal DAC I use Wadia myself but I do find them to be musically involving. Similar brands you may want to consider are Ayre, Aesthetic and Resolution Audio. I would consider them to be Wadia alternatives. | |
| Turntable issue I know your phonostage has 3 different gain settings. Try the lowest one. Not sure if that's your problem, but it's very easy to check. | |
| $15,000 Speaker Does Not List Freq Response Specs "I came across a speaker mfg that does not list the frequency response specs for their speaker."They leave it out because some speaker designs just don't measure well. Panels and horns are a good example. They measure terrible. | |
| Turntable issue You need to list your entire system and any changes. Make sure you didn't plug your phone pre into a phono input on your preamp. | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? "10-04-15: RogerstillmanI just bought a pair of used Vandersteen 3A Signatures. I have them on my Krell (out of expediency) and love the bass, but I'm not getting a broad soundstage. Once I put my tube gear on that should change."I have a pair of ... | |
| book speaker against the wall "10-04-15: Bob_reynoldsThe majority of active studio monitors have boundary controls which make them well suited to wall or desktop placement."Can you give me an actual example of a monitor with boundary controls? I have a few pairs of active stud... | |
| SUB-WOOFER RECOMMENDS You should be able to raise the gain on each of your inputs | |
| book speaker against the wall "Active nearfield monitors are your best bet."Why would putting an amplifier inside a speaker make it any better suited to be placed on a bookshelf? | |
| Harbeth vs JM Reynaud There's no substitute for doing an in home demo. You tried the Harbeths in your system, and liked them enough to buy them. If you can't do the same with the JM Reynaud, I wouldn't even consider it. I don't care how good the reviews are, there's ju... | |
| Need reasonably priced balanced preamp "Unfortunately no local dealers so can't listen to any of these. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!"The single biggest mistake you can make in audio, is to pick the wrong preamp."Would like to have balanced outputs since I have thos... | |
| Best loudspeaker with coincident/coaxial driver I just remembered that I used to have a pair of KEF speakers that had the tweeter in the center of the driver. Honestly, they were just OK. They were no more coherent than any other well designed speaker I've heard. | |
| Essence Electrostatic Speakers...A Bold Statement No matter what I say, you'll just keep talking, so I won't waste my time. I'll just make 1 quick point."09-22-15: Andrew9405Hifisoundguy also espoused Bose 901 as the world's best speaker a few years ago in these forums.I would take this just as s... |