zigstien
Responses from zigstien
| CD's or Vinyl? My priorities are based on what sounds best on my system. Nothing stellar equipment wise but, Vinyl surpases CD , which sounds better that streaming | |
| Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage? I've sold a lot of equipment from my home. If it's through a local media like craigslist it's always from the garage.. If it's from Audiogon / USAM , it's from the listening room. I always have the person give me a call to discuss before the me... | |
| Weakest Link in my system... Power Supply, DAC, or... My room sounds pretty much like your listining space (dimensionally the same opening to a dining room) I run a smaller horn based system with simaler electronics. My reccomendation would be to work on the room. I just went through this for a seco... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kinks- preservatiom Act 2- RCA cpl2-5040 | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Doors - Strange days-Elektra 74014 | |
| Something to put a smile on your face Great find. Thanks for posting it. | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? I grew up on the same musical track as you and I think you are in for a treat. Enjoy the experience. | |
| Desperate to Get Back to Horns I would reconsider the model 14's. I too had 19's and sold them due to a change to a smaller listening area . I would take 15 minutes and read this article. https://www.audiophilenirvana.com/audiophile-equipment-reviews/altec-lansing-model-14/ | |
| Older Altec horn speakers I’ve owned the Boleros a couple of times they are a large " book shelf " speaker. They were nice sounding when they were around $300 / pair, I recently saw a pair advertised in the $800-900 range. There are a lot of better speaker available in th... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Cream- Goodbye tour - polyidor 779 529-9 | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? ELO - Face the music 1975 UA | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Count Basie / Sarah Vaughn - Send in the clowns | |
| Altec Advice for Small Listening Room A lot of the advice here is good. My room is about the same size as yours. I've had Altec Valencias and Santiagos over the years. The Santiago worked slightly better due to the sealed box design Long wall placement never really worked . Not eno... | |
| Amp suggestion for Merlin TSM speakers I currently run Altec 14’s modified wit ha DBX PA2 for cross over, line level adjustments and room eq. El 34 amp for the 12" woofers , 300b for the horns. The systems sound very nice However, I’m moving in a few months and my listening area will... | |
| Morrow Audio Speaker Cables OP, I want to thank you for starting this thread. It got me thinking that the cables in my system were probably two decades old. A mix of Nordost Blue heaven , Red dawn and Kimber hero. The Nordost were a little tizzy on the horns in my system a... |