shadorne
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| So You Think You Know Your Mozart? 10/10 the first time through for me too. The Haydn versus Mozart piece was the tricky one for me and I don't believe I had heard that one before...so I had to make a judgement call.I won't give the answer away but it is not always easy to tell the... | |
| What to use with Dynaudio Contour T2.5 Suggest you should stick with Dynaudio, the Contour S1.4, Special 25 for surrounds?Tonal balance will be better preserved if you stick with matched speakers by sasme manufacturer. | |
| Dedicated CD player or multi-plr for 90 music ? Mainlymusicman, Agreed. A CD player is very important...without it you would not have sound....but it stops there...the beauty of digital and SS circuits is that it is the great equalizer...you should not have to spend a fortune to have a good CD ... | |
| Efficient full range floorstanders to match SET Have you considered a tube preamp driving active speakers?I am not sure if the high input impedance of active speakers will prevent your tube amp from being stressed enough to make its lovely tube-like sound.Matching with actives might give you bo... | |
| Dedicated CD player or multi-plr for 90 music ? I see no reason why a well built multi-function device cannot read digital data off a spinning disk, feed this into a buffer, and accurately clock and convert multiple digital formats into multiple analog formats..."Dedicated" has an aura of quali... | |
| Help Needed: Is my system balanced? Line,You may be ok with your cheap DVD player. I have compared the digital ouputs of my cheap Sony CD mega changer players through my $3000 Anthem AVM 20 preamp DSP processor (Burr Brown amp and 192kHz/24-bit DACs)....and frankly I hear no differe... | |
| Best Isolation for stand mount speakers Blue Tak.This is one product that has withstood the test of time!Blue Tak is critically damped (it doesn't resonate at all) and it sticks to all kinds of surfaces, often without leaving a mark.It is ideal for many audio applications and some will ... | |
| Help Needed: Is my system balanced? 600/2900 = 21 percent of your system cost was on speakers.Just my two cents: this is too low to be balanced. Speakers are were the rubber hits the road. Turning electrical signals to sound vibrations in the air is where nearly all the major distor... | |
| Cable Break-in....again? Phd,A good system design should require very little break in...any design that drifts significantly over time is likely to require regular maintenance or calibration...something a good designer will try to avoid.Fortunately regular copper speaker ... | |
| Interesting discovery Just replaced the battery in the car today..... a huge amount of white powder with hints of green was what I found all over the +ve terminal and inside the connectors and wires leading to the starter motor circuit...so Uppermidfi is right about co... | |
| Cable Break-in....again? If your cables require break in then I would very be suspicious of either the design or the manufacturer. There should be absolutely no scienific reason that cables driven at normal AC current levels and made of appropriate materials, such as copp... | |
| the right speakers Cart before the horse.....The right speakers are what meets your SPL levels/room requirements and is pleasing to your ears and music tastes.Don't force your speaker choice to match existing components, expecially at $5K price levels. Choose speake... | |
| Efficient speakers v. less efficient speakers Here are a couple of links that clearly explain some of the complexity and compromise involved in speaker design.http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/monitor.htmhttp://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov00/articles/ustandingmons.htm | |
| Efficient speakers v. less efficient speakers Rlew,I am only concerned that someone reading this thread will think that a high sensitivity speaker is necessarily better than a low sensitivity speaker.Unlike the general rule about a bigger box having better bandwidth and therefore being a bett... | |
| Speaker suggestions for less than ideal accoustics Apart from the windows and the tile floor, which may give you reflections and some harshness in the treble, the fire place, loft and large room size probably make this a great room for listening (lots of space and uncorrelated reflections). If you... |