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| Down to 2 speakers & I can't decide, ProAc D48R vs Spendor D9 With what you listen to either would do very nicely and may even open your ears to other types of music. | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Rega RS 10s are remarkable speakers if you can find a pair. Extremely detailed fine textured sound and they give correct tone and weight to instruments such as cello and double bass and clarinet. | |
| Audio web site Would be nice to be able to search for equipment by zip code/postal code and by price range for any given type of component. | |
| does temperature affect speaker performance? Maybe your ears are affected by the weather? | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State The days of NOS tubes are gone. How many old shops and basements can be gone through in search of tubes? Good quality present production tubes are the way to go, unless you have a reliable source and deep pockets for NOS tubes. I find that older t... | |
| Wise audio aphorisms Never trust a dealer. | |
| I've $4k to spend on used speakers for big room A pair of Thiel 7s or 7.2s can be gotten for around that kind of money these days, but it would require a real hefty ss amp for sure.Anthony Cordesman has made many changes to his systems over the years but has always kept his 7.2s, telling me tha... | |
| Mitsubishi Linear Tracking Turntables Linear tracking arms hold a theoretical advantage over pivoted arms, but are not easy to design, build or maintain. Aside from making sure that the cartridge used is compatible and properly mounted and that any tracking force adjustment has been p... | |
| leave power on? With tube equipment it simply has to do with the cost of retubing. Better to turn off tube equipment and warm it up for a short while prior to listening, unless you will be doing a lot of listening during the course of two or three days, such as w... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Well I always believed that paper was a good material for cones insofar as the weight of the material itself is concerned, but that it was more subject to temperature changes and would distort more than metal or plastics. In my second system I hav... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Are you saying that paper cones do not have quick transient response? If so, please explain how you reach that conclusion? | |
| New Re-Issue Vinyl: Surface Noise, Ticks, Pops.... There have always been quality problems with pressings. I am soon to be 57 and remember very well the days when vinyl was all there was and having to bring back something like every third or fourth album because of bad surfaces or warps or a combi... | |
| New Re-Issue Vinyl: Surface Noise, Ticks, Pops.... Vinyl is and as always been a crap shoot. Of the three brand new LPs I bought yesterday the one with the best music has lousy surfaces (Cleanhead Vinson on Muse), the one I had the most hope for is a lousy recording and the pressing dismal, the ho... | |
| 'they blew'em off the stage' Wow, I have to go way back for this: Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon at al. as warm-up to the Rolling Stones. | |
| LP Sound Quality Short of getting it all tuned up by a Linn expert, there are many things you can do to help the turntable perform better. I'm sure you can find instructions on setting TTs up on the Net. I remember that I looked it up a while ago and, being an old... |