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| Hard to sell my Klipsch Heritage Speakers for a possible Harbeth upgrade. I ran ALK crossovered Cornwalls for many years in a rotating system. Also had fantastic results with the Decware 6 watt el84 "Taboo" amp. Amps make a difference with these speakers. ALK difference night and day. | |
| Is there actually a difference? What a dope Aczel is. Dummer are the people who hired him. How you can have that opinion and be an Audio reviewer is beyond me. | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Vienna but they all need a monster amp imo | |
| In need high-efficency speakers You need to figure out what your priorities are. With high efficiency your giving up bass for same size speaker. Your amp should have plenty of oomph to drive many types of speakers as long as your not headbanging. Try to hear as much as you can. | |
| Is there actually a difference? I recently bought a used Krell 300i integrated on a whim. It proceeded to wipe the floor with some amps that cost many times more. Many amps do sound similar but wide deviations exst too . Which is right depends on your taste and system synergy. | |
| Hard to sell my Klipsch Heritage Speakers for a possible Harbeth upgrade. If you want a more "Harbeth" sound from your Klipsch get some variety of ALK crossover. They will sound substantially smoother and richer and you will have control of relative mid and tweet levels. The upper mids and lower treble will never have ... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? Totem Arro is a tiny tower that may meet your needs if your not a head anger. They work very well with tubes and solid state. Used pairs are readily available and easy to resell if not to your satisfaction. Model 1 are excellent but demanding. ... | |
| Blocking the propaganda Michael reviewed an early turntable of mine. I had never been in the industry before and it was my first product so I was surprised that he was interested. During the process he couldn't have been more professional. BruceAnvil Turntables | |
| Turntable Low friction bearings allow for smaller motors, less noise/vibration, simpler controllers, better dynamics, quieter playback, greater simplicity etc. Air bearings are great and achieve these goals if you don't mind dealing with a pump. | |
| Turntable Of course I amin the low friction camp so I am biased. I can't think of a single advantage friction adds to a TT. NOT saying that higher friction designs sound bad, just that in theory it is a detriment. | |
| Turntable "Others" are wrong, LOL. Inverted bearings "work" better at low rpm in theory but have other disadvantages like higher friction. Lots of ways to good sound. | |
| Turntable Oil well turntable bearings unlike for example a crankshaft bearing can't always generate the rpm necessary to assure enough pressure to prevent metal to metal contact . Im not saying they don't work however, just contact is possible. Hi friction... | |
| Turntable A properly designed turntable bearing relies on a thin film of oil to provide enough pressure so that it works properly. "filling holes" doesn’t help as there should be no metal to metal contact. The counter argument can be made that a rougher spi... | |
| TIGER PAW "Tranquility" (Magnetic Bearing Repulsion...) Any Good? As far as stray magnetic fields are concerned there is a shielding effect when using opposing magnets but you still have stray fields And the only thing that will disrupt them are iron and nickel alloys. Certain cartridges near moving magnets can... | |
| TIGER PAW "Tranquility" (Magnetic Bearing Repulsion...) Any Good? I have a great deal of experience with this as it is a key feature of my turntable bearing design. Relieving the platter of much of it’s weight reduces friction and thus make the motor work less. This frees up motor torque towards driving the fric... |