mgrif104
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| going backward to inwalls - some questions Thanks for the recommendations and feedback. I'm not familiar w/ James at all, but seems like an interesting company who's thought some of these issues through. No dealers in my neck of the woods unfortunately. Same for Wisdom and Triad unfortunat... | |
| Revel F208s vs Cremona M vs B&W 803/804 D I personally have to disagree with the comments about JBL Everest outperforming Revel's top lines. I come from a background of pro audio and JBL is pretty well respected in this space, though by no means "the best". Not even close. Nevertheless, t... | |
| PSB or stick with vintage ADS While I don't currently own any, I have owned and greatly enjoyed several pairs of ADS speakers in the past. I've been actually considering going back to them. Criticisms against ADS are that they are not neutral but far too bright on the top end.... | |
| Can you guys recommend some decent in-walls? In-walls are area where Paradigm excels, particularly their reference series. I was able to compare them directly to some B&W in-walls at the dealer as well as another brand I don't remember. It wasn't even close. Of course, in wall speakers i... | |
| Why no Danley fever? you'd probably want an outboard crossover to integrate their sub with the mains, but the mains themselves do not require outboard crossovers.Also, please be aware that the synergy horns are highly directional by design- a 50 degree radiation patte... | |
| Why no Danley fever? Bwaslo: I think you may have misunderstood my response. I think Danley makes some of the best sounding pro audio speakers out there. I spec'd Danley for a new performing arts center and they modeled out great in the analysis. The facility is being... | |
| Why no Danley fever? Johny_1 is correct - these are pro-audio speakers. However, as remarkable as they are - and they are very good for the genre and much better than the vast majority of "pro audio" equipment (most of which sounds horrible), they are no match for any... | |
| cartridge for Dual 604 I'll take a look. As I recall, my dad had a pickering on this table back in the early 80s. Of course, no idea what model, or if he liked it! | |
| "House sound" of VPI, Clearaudio, Rega, MH, etc. Continuing my quest. I found a dealer for VPI while traveling - unfortunately he was out of stock. He did have a Linn LP12 and a Rega P3 setup side by side, so I gave a listen to those. Now, I've heard the Rega elsewhere - and with the PSU - was q... | |
| "House sound" of VPI, Clearaudio, Rega, MH, etc. Stickman: Very helpful. Can you tell me what you heard when moving from the Scout up to the Aries 3? I've been looking at them for sale here and am quite interested in that particular table. Did you move your cartridge from one table to the other ... | |
| "House sound" of VPI, Clearaudio, Rega, MH, etc. Piedpiper: I'm targeting up to roughly $3k for table and cartridge and I prefer used. I might bump that up if I fall in love w/ a MC pickup because then I'd need an outboard phono preamp. And, who knows - I haven't heard the phone stage of my unit... | |
| "House sound" of VPI, Clearaudio, Rega, MH, etc. Thanks for the comments Elevick and Jaybo. I was hoping a few more forumites could chime in about the other brands. Clearaudio vs VPI? VPI vs Rega? Thanks in advance. | |
| getting back into vinyl Thanks much for the input. I am beginning to put together a budget in my mind. VPI Scoutmaster, Rega P5/P3-24 or Clearaudio Performance w/ a good MC. I was thinking the Ayre phono preamp and upgrading the line stage preamp in the future (perhaps a... | |
| getting back into vinyl To clarify on some points raised. My budget isn't $20k though I don't know what it really is. (I'm sure my wife does, but I haven't asked yet...!). Besides being above budget, SME/ARC playback would shoot well above the rest of my current system -... | |
| Floor Standing or In Wall speakers I have both. My in-walls are at the high end - Paradigm reference. My floorstanders are only average. It depends on what you mean by "as good as". IMO, it is extremely difficult (I'd say impossible) to make the wall as inert as a well designed cab... |