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| Comparison of Thiel CS2.4 vs. Vandersteen 3A Sig. Chad n' Liz,I don't think it's fair to stereotype Thiel's as harsh. The current Thiels, CS2.4s, and even the CS2.2s and CS 2.3s are extremely capable loudspeakers. It is this quality that, when not set up correctly, may result in the owner stating... | |
| Speaker disappearing act? "The big problem with using very small or narrow "disappearing" speakers is that they employ small drivers => the trade off is higher distortion (particularly in the bass and lower mid), poor dynamics, and poor performance at higher (live music... | |
| Merry Christmas Everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hopefully Santa won't just leave smart pebbles in your stocking ;) As an aside:To all you 94.7 WARW (WASH DC) listeners out there, anyone notice how they used to say "The 12 Guitars of Christmakwanzakkah" but no... | |
| Which amp for Dynaudio Contour 1.8 MKII? LKean,Not sure if you are still interested, but I have the 1.8's and they are being driven by my ARC 100.2 power amp. The amp easily drives these speakers (in fact it easily drives the newer S3.4s as well) and seems to bring out the best in the dy... | |
| I know this is heresy, but... FOr those that have used the Berhinger ULTRACURVE PRO DEQ2496, please let me know, have you used it between preamp and amp or source and pre? It is balanced only I/O and for me this means b/t preamp and amp.I am curious how transparent this device... | |
| Audio Research 100.2 amp ...How much truth is there to that statement about outperforming the higher end tube amps I wonder?What are you guys using as a preamp for your 100.2. I have an LS-15 with EH 6922 tubes, and I am getting the itch to make some changes to the tubes.... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound Artizen65crystal oscillator flexed under external voltage causing enough mechanical stress to compromise circuit elements.200 MHz was generated by electronic chain multiple of crystal or double balanced mixer of sorts and a filter.PFM? Pulsed freq... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound Sean: 0"What the audioholics article is/should be really implying is, for example, that connections are critical for, say RF (i.e. it simply won't work) and uncritical for audio frequencies (i.e. it WILL work -- but perhaps badly, i.e. with high l... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound !!!Transmission line theory does not apply at audio frequencies, unless your cable is a minimum of 500 feet long, and even then this is at 100 kHz and 1/10th a wavelength!!!There is no debating this, not b/c I mention it, but b/c this is physical ... | |
| Anti-cables alternatives Go to home depot (etc.) and buy a 500 ft spool of solid copper wire with the shiny thin red insulation. Get: 12 SOL THHN or THWN RED T90 NYLON or TWN75 600V, made in USA. American Insulated Wire Corp. THen go to, say parts express or Michael Percy... | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? ARC 100.2: Refined, detailed, awesome presence, easy to listen too. Warm... tube like....? Not sure too subjective... but it's the best solid state for my system (Dynaudio 1.8 MK II, LS-15 pre, Marantz 8001, AZ cabling). I used to have DNA 0.5, DN... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? 1) enjoy what you have2) stop visiting the internet sites including audiogon (if this makes it through it will be a miracle)3) throw away useless piles of audio rags4) take a ~2 week break on listening to music.I think 2 and 3 are more important t... | |
| Listening out of the Sweet Spot - What Works? You have to to ask? Why the biggest jar of MD Brilliant Pebbles near your listening vantage point, of course silly. Don't you know? The molecular structure of the BP vibrates in lockstep with the phase irregularites to make sure the teeny tiny flu... | |
| Listening out of the Sweet Spot - What Works? "Listening out of the Sweet Spot - What Works?"You have to to ask? Why the biggest jar of MD Brilliant Pebbles near your listening vantage point, of course silly. Don't you know? The molecular structure of the BP vibrates in lockstep with the phas... | |
| The WORST Components for Rock and Pop Music thiel cs 3.5 and adcom 585 |