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| New Music vs. New Equipment This question pretty interesting. It made me check what my actual expenses of equipment vs software is. I expected to be about 50/50 or slightly infavor of software over equipment. Fact is, it's not, I've spent nearly 2/3 in equipment. I've been b... | |
| Levinson DAC s I own a 36 and have auditioned and will probably (almost definitely) buy a Sony 9000. However, I will not use the Sony as a CD transport or CD player. For that the Levinson 36 and 37 will be used. I will caution you that the 36 is very sensitive t... | |
| Belle Klipsch VS La Scalla? I've owned LaScallas, Heresey, Cornwalls, and listened quite a bit to Belle Klipsch and KHorns. All of these were the original versions when Paul Klipsch was running the company. I think they sounded much better before he left the company. I think... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Recording There's no question they vary. There are some instances where the imports are better than MFSL, but MFSL is consistently better than the standard--sometimes by a tremendous amount. Try Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman--compare that to the origina... | |
| Help with speakers Martin Logan SL3 Martin Logan speakers are very demanding. I have a pair of Monoliths and love them. The basic problem is the panels reduce the impedance loading to 2 ohms and below during some passages of music. Then the woofer asks for a big voltage for that kic... | |
| In need of speaker cable help I like a very detailed cable, but have auditioned quite a few. Purist Audio Design was one that I auditioned and do not use because of it's warm nature. But that's just my personal preference--this was a very good cable--and might be the right one... | |
| Best cables for Thiel 2.3 Purist Audio Design--they are very smooth. Relaxed and laid back is how I would describe them. | |
| Audio Video Processor I have not listened to the Classe, but have listened to the MC-1, EAD, and AVP. I went with the EAD, but it's for home theater only. I would not have chosen this one for 2 channel because I listen to about 50% LPs and everything goes into the digi... | |
| Get rid of excessive low bass Detlof is right. A square room is likely to give you terrible standing waves. You might try firing the speakers in a diagonal fashion. Room treatment (bass traps will help), but a 4 meter room is going to give a bass boost around 43 Hz. Most room ... | |
| Which Solid State amp 2k used? Krell? Martin Logans love to be Bi-amped. The Krell is probably a good choice for the bottom end. I don't really care for the Krell I have heard on the panels of Martin Logans. I'm speaking of older Krell models--not the FPB series. The older Krell's wer... | |
| Systems:some tweek responsive,some not? I agree completely. Particularly when it comes to power cords and power conditioners. It's very dependent on the quality of the incoming power and the power supply. I changed the power in the audioroom to 220v service with a toroidal transformer t... | |
| Another 2,000 Speaker Question I agree with Ljgj. The SL3 can be placed in your room. It has probably one of the most revealing mid ranges around. I few cautionary points: You probably won't want to drive these with tubes--while you can--and they sound great--they need a lot of... | |
| Freak Me Out Dean Peer "It's All Good", the Antenna Repairman "Ghatam", Planet Drum (Mickey Hart) "Supralingua", Proteus 7 "For Your Ears Only" The last one is less weird--but has some very good effects. All of these are exceptional sonic quality. | |
| Internal Speaker Wiring ?? I've never owned Thiel's and I am a little surprised to hear what you said given the extensive cross-over design they use--why go cheap on the wires? It does make a big difference as to which driver you are talking about. The tweeter may have what... | |
| What to do? What to do? By the way, these are not the greatest speakers for Jazz and Chamber. They aren't bad for Jazz, but for Chamber I don't really care for them. |