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| Do Bigger Speakers Mean a Bigger Window? If you place a pair of small speakers correctly (well away from the back wall and the side walls), you can achieve an amazingly large soundstage. In that sense, they can sound "big". That actually is the case with any sized speaker, proper place... | |
| Alternate AC power frequency.. Higher than 60Hz I would never experiment with different frequency power absent some clear permission by the builder of the gear I would be plugging into such a power supply. I know that some manufacturers have power supplies that convert the incoming AC to a muc... | |
| Solid-state preamp with tube power amp I prefer using tubes for phonostages, linestages and the main amplifier. I might consider using a solid state amp if I were in need of much more power (I generally do not like high-powered tube gear), but, I am less inclined to use a solid state ... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I have NOT attended a chamber music concert that sounded small in scale or lacked startling dynamics. But, I suppose that might be the case if one were sitting well back in a large hall (not they usual way I hear chamber works). | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? The issue of whether horn systems deliver proper "imaging" depends, in part, on what one considers important in that department. Most horn systems are physically large, and like a lot of other large speakers, they deliver a "big" sound. The soun... | |
| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? I don't know if particular design attributes contribute to, or detract from, low level listening. But, as a general observation, the best sounding systems at low volume tend to be high efficiency designs, particularly horn-based systems. It may ... | |
| Tried tubes and LOVED it, now what? It is always a pleasure to hear from someone finding something new that they really like, particularly when I share the sentiment. I think that whatever direction you go from here, it will take listening to a wide variety of alternatives because ... | |
| single driver speakers Sunshdw,Thanks for the information. I looked up the Audio Nirvana drivers. I like what I saw. I am a fan of drivers with pleated fabric surrounds; they tend to be more lively sounding than drivers with the half-roll soft surrounds that are comm... | |
| single driver speakers Sunshdw,I hope you are willing to share details about your single driver system, such as the kind of driver and the type of cabinet it is in. I have heard systems built around a pretty wide assortment of drivers--from modest Tang Band drivers (qu... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C No, it does not necessarily mean that you have a phonostage that is behaving like Atmasphere described; you are utilizing extreme loading (22 ohms) which would prevent overloading from ultrasonic signals, and to some extent, the sharp transients o... | |
| single driver speakers Yes, one of the best attributes of most single driver and horn systems is the ability to work with low-output amps. The only "high-powered" amp I liked a lot was a custom-built OTL amp that was massive in size; it turned out that it had an output... | |
| single driver speakers I like full-range drivers, but, I particularly like them as extended range drivers in multi-driver systems. The Jensen/ERPI M-10 field-coil driver with a tweeter, as an example, makes quite an extraordinary system. I also heard a two-way system ... | |
| Cartridge Loading- Low output M/C Krellog,You got a lot of useful information and advice above, particularly from lewn and atmasphere. From my own experience, I tend to like to run my cartridges wide open, because my tube-based phonostage is not prone to overload from RFI and I g... | |
| Racks - what’s awesome without impacting my kids college plans? I have a turntable atop a 5 ft tall rack that sits on a carpeted suspended wood floor. I do not have problems with footfall or feedback. In order to make the tall rack stable and more rigid, I put a cleat on the wall and then used angle brackets... | |
| Looks like Tidal is doomed! It may well be the case that the fees are not enough to cover expenses, and royalty payments are a fraction of what they use to be. At its peak, the worldwide recorded music business made four times what it makes now. Pirating has cut very deep ... |