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| Will a transformer, 220 to 100v, ruin the sound? This question keeps coming up, so a word of explanation may be in order. A transformer consists of many turns of wire, the "Primary", wound around an iron core and connected to the input power. Also wound on the iron core is another wire,the "Seco... | |
| resonance and sealed enclosures Sean...We know how you feel about vented speakers, sealed speakers, and even TL, but what is your take on the resistive vent, such as used with great success in the old Dynaco speakers? I tried this once with a box that was a trifle too small for ... | |
| Digital Amps - Your opinions and why so few? I will put in my usual plug for CarverPro ZR1600...about $800. Put the extra kilobucks into better speakers, and audiophile discs. | |
| Will Creek 5350 SE drive Magnepan 1.6QR? OK. I admit that my MG1.6 (set of three) rolls off at about 40 Hz (measured in my room). To play organ music with trouser-leg-flapping authority, I have an elaborate subwoofer system.However, for most music, when driven with a powerful amp like th... | |
| Major Questions Concerning Tube Amps..?? Sbank... If you play music with more than 2 channels, the center front channel is by far the most important. It is where the soloist is located. An inferior speaker/amp is OK only if you only look at movies. | |
| Will Creek 5350 SE drive Magnepan 1.6QR? For about $800 you can get a CarverPro ZR1600 (digital) amp that puts out 600 watts/channel into 4 ohms, and is designed to work with 2 ohm loads. My MG 1.6 sound great with them, and others have had the same experience. I am sure the Spectron wou... | |
| center ch. as LCR ? Sometimes speakers designed for movie center channel use have their frequency response tailored to enhance dialog intelligibility. Such a speaker would be a poor choice for all around use, and also a poor choice for center channel in a music syste... | |
| Ten Percent Distortion? It is useful to know how much power an amp is good for, bcause your speakers or type of listening may require a certain amount of power. Of course it doesn't tell you how the amp will sound, but it does help select amps for further consideration.I... | |
| Living Stereo SACD's are a comin I ordered several. It will be interesting to compare the 3-channel mix, which we never had before, with the stereo. | |
| Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit....? Eva Cassidy, who tragically died so young. Acclaimed in Europe, and nearly unknown here. | |
| Freezer Cryoed Cables... The fact that the freezer works just as well as liquid nitrogen for Rpatrick, tends to support my belief that it's all in your head. | |
| Ten Percent Distortion? Twl....Maybe it's because I've been around so long that distortion is of interest to me. When I started out, harmonic and IM distortion in even the best amps were both over one percent. Technical improvements have made numbers on the order of a fe... | |
| Side speakers? I still think that the best 6-channel setup for audio is the 2+2+2 scheme from Europe. High and Low Fronts, and two in the rear. No LFE channel is needed. If you want a subwoofer (or two, or three) get an electronic crossover and drive the SW from... | |
| Ten Percent Distortion? Actually, I think that "10 percent distortion" would turn off even the most nonaudiophillic people. Everyone knows what "distortion" means, but plenty of audiophiles don't understand watts. | |
| DVD-A recording titles to die for As Jeffreybehr commented, 2-channel can probably be made your default through the Setup process. My Denon player, and perhaps others, let's you change this setting (but only for SACD) by a front panel button. |