johnk
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| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? Its hit and miss with age. I would suggest buying new. Musical Fidelity [gasp did I say MF] makes a wonderful sounding amp M6PRX 260 watts xlr rca built to last easy to use. I own one. Sounds qualities are better than the other far more costly SS ... | |
| Recommended Speaker for Triode Amp I do thank others for suggesting KCS but I do not think our 2 standard offerings would work for you. Having owned and heard many Theil loudspeakers I do think you might want more extension in low frequency. So if interested in KCS would need a cus... | |
| High Efficiency Altec is far better than Klipsch look for Altec model 15 | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please A crossovers selected to work with total design. 1st orders sound wonderful but are hard to pull off proper. Other networks are also of use to designers for various reasons. So no type of network is really superior to another just best to use netw... | |
| Speaker refinish Proac uses plastic coat. What you have is sun shadow so exposing area under grille to UV will cause finish to match up shouldn't take more than a few months. | |
| Subwoofers - Grille off or on? Some loudspeakers are designed to be used with grilles in place some without. | |
| Subwoofers - Grille off or on? If its operating as a true subwoofer below 50hz or so then you shouldn't hear any difference on or off. Unless it vibrating on baffle. | |
| How to tame brightness Try different toe in, more,less, loudspeaker may have a on axis peak in response this could reduce it. Also address room acoustics if you have not, might but be a reflection off side wall floor etc. | |
| full range speaker suggestions for Aura Note Altec model 19 | |
| are subwoofers anti-audiophile? Dukes Earls idea is a good one. Swarms of small subs sure work well to even out in room response. But I can not get room lock out of such designs unless I up-size to multiple large subs. Still nothing like a massive basshorn or 31.5in woofer for p... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage and Single Ended Triod Why not use a loudspeaker designed for use with SET amplifiers? Using loudspeakers not designed for SET is very hit and miss mostly miss. And a reason why many do not enjoy SET. On your speaker most SET will be running into distortion on any peaks. | |
| are subwoofers anti-audiophile? TBG try center placement of your subwoofer. Also try moving forward and back this might reduce the localization effect. Of small subwoofer. Massive design just produce pressure and detail to bass, small forced designs bloat notes can be located in... | |
| Do any amps have 6 ohm taps for 6 ohm impedance? You have a 4ohm loudspeaker, min ohm loads is where you should rate impedance. Thus not a 6 ohm but at 3.8ohm a 4 ohm load. | |
| are subwoofers anti-audiophile? Most subwoofers are a total design compromise thus many not so good for music. But infra bass systems do exist that do justice to music reproduction, stay clear of little cubes with massive power and large excursions. Look for bass towers, bass ho... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more Over 10k is lots of cash for cheap fostex midrange even if fancy cones coated. |