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| Coherent Speakers from Canada I spend a lot of time on speaker-building related sites and I KNOW I've seen that coaxial driver somewhere. (It's not B&C, Faital, Eminence or P.Audio, but ... I'll find it).Of course the work in speaker building is optimizing the crossover a... | |
| Dynamic compression in speakers themselves? Agree with all the posters who stress high efficiency.The day after hearing it, fourth row center, at Lincoln Center, I demo'd Tannoy Churchills with a Krell FPB600 and Stravinsky's Rights of Spring.The dynamics were as good as the live event. So... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General Heard the Nu-Vista amp back in the early 2000s when it was new.Opinion? Good but not something I'd lust after. It was demo'd on unfamiliar speakers and source, however. Plenty of "air," if that's your thing. | |
| Vandie .7 vs Maggie .7 3rd call out for John Rutan at Audio Connection.They're both good choices. The 2 is even better, if you can get a recent-ish used pair. (I honestly prefer it to the 3, while acknowledging the latter is less colored) I love the dipole presentation... | |
| Is there any danger in leaving a class D amp on unattended for ten days? My 3116 chip amp hasn't been off since I set the system up, but it's probably more prudent to turn everything off if you're going to be away. | |
| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? When I worked in QA they told us "You can't fix what you can't measure."So start by getting the Real Time Analyzer app for your smart phone and do some measurements. My recent listening rooms have been on the small side with lots of plaster/sheet... | |
| vintage coral speakers "Corn type" = cone, AFAIK. Coral has a cult following among vintage buffs, so good luck with your project. | |
| I'm wondering if I can fit this in my house "We'll MAKE it fit." | |
| Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7s? - seeking advice If you really want scientific precision you should audition at least one pair of electrostats (and not hybrids). Quads would be a good start. | |
| Spend more money on the amp or the pre-amp? Agree with those who say "integrated" and add a further wrinkle:The more efficient and sensitive your speakers are, the better a cheap amp is going to sound. People with K-horns report great results from TPA3116 chip amp boards (which have volume... | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? It's creatively exhausted. Pop music today has the same problem "classical" music faced at the end of the 19th century: there's a very finite number of chords and chord progressions that sound "right" to the human ear, and we've used them up.If t... | |
| Eggleston Works Andra II speakers as forever speakers. The Andra midrange is run almost full range, which is going to make them very room and setup dependent. The one time I heard them I wasn't impressed, but like the Rosas quite a lot. If it works for you, I could imagine being strongly devoted to it. | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system I'd love to try a pair, but I'm absolutely a bottom feeder, audio wise. (Retired, on a fixed income). There just aren't enough used ones out there. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts They're dynamic as heck, and reasonably uncolored given that they're pro audio drivers with paper cones. They move serious amounts of air, and don't need tons of power to do it.That said, if I liked the Maggie sound I (and I do!) I don't think I ... | |
| Budget SET or SEP recommendations? Strong 2nd on the George Wright stuff. Yes, he passed away, and the finish on some of his stuff is not so hot, but soundwise they're amazing.If you're buying new, I'd avoid the cheap-ish stuff. SETs only sound as good as their output transformer... |