jtgofish
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| Stand alone tweeters Ribbon tweeters can add air and even timing to your system.I use a Fountek JP2 with a 0.5 mF cap.This is an affordable and effective way of doing this.If your speakers are not sensitive some attenuation might be needed.JT | |
| Ani Difranco Good stuff but you need to be in the right mood-And is she ever INtense.Still the world needs people with her conviction. | |
| What's your system response on " Feels like home" Interesting comments.I find both Norah Jones CDs sound a bit dull and hazy-sort of like a classic NAD amplifier.Not unpleasant but a bit contrived.JT | |
| I'm Ready to go TUBE You need to determine if your speakers suit a tube amp.In my experience most mainstream speakers don't.The real magic of tube amps is generally only revealed with simple efficient speakers.This is more involved than just efficiency too.Complex cro... | |
| Do I even need or want a preamp? I have tried all sorts of passive preamps.The good ones often will sound better than most active ones.But this does not mean that passives are better than actives.It just means that most actives are poor.This is probably the most neglected area in... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object Supratek needs consideration.A Supratek Cabernet has taken my system to a completely different level of performance[and I used a Metaxas Marquis before].I hear Supratek is also developing a dual cicuit topography with different outputs for bass an... | |
| WILSON AUDIO/ cost vs. value Woodburger,I have tried the Audience Au 24 cables.They sound very dull and compressed on my systems.Actually I could not believe how contrived sounding these are.Obviously some people with very bright shouty systems or rooms must find they work.So... | |
| Just ordered my Supratek Chenin Preamp Bartkofan,you are right of course.People bypassing huge retail and promotional markups and buying things based on consumer feedback and satisfaction levels is totally uncalled for.They are probably mostly terrorist plants trying to sully the prist... | |
| Does "Fast" = "Detailed"? Both fast and warm is possible but unusual.My Supratek Cabernet preamp is both.I had a Metaxas Marquis preamp prior to this that was fast but not warm and all other non Supratek valve preamps I have tried are warm but not fast.In a way many electr... | |
| Do I upgrade my Cerwin Vegas S1's from the 70's Johnyd,You are probably not going to get much response here because you mentioned Cerwin Vega and this is a bit of an elitist site.Unfortunately many of the more recent Cerwin Vegas are pretty crude devices in a loud and bass crazy sort of way.Som... | |
| Speaker 101 - tweeter and cone materials There are good and bad sounding speakers using all sorts of cone material.More important is cone suspension/surrounds.Most modern speakers use quite thick rubber surrounds which allows for long cone excursion, which allows them to produce lots of ... | |
| Daedalus DA-1: How Good Are They? Dodgealum,Thanks for bringing these speakers to light.Reading Lous coments about the drivers pretty much ties in with my beliefs based on building and owning all sorts of speakers.High efficiency drivers with stiff suspensions and short excursions... | |
| Daedalus DA-1: How Good Are They? Dodgealium,Nice review.Can you tell me what timber is used in these speakers?I have often thought that properly designed solid timber speakers would sound special.Some of the worst sounding speakers I have heard have been ones with heavily damped ... | |
| Tube amp for Avalon Eidolon ? In my experience you only get the magic of valves with efficient speakers.This is regardless of the power of the valve amps.I think you are chasing rainbows really.The low sensitivity and complex crossovers of your speakers means they will never b... | |
| Help me with Speakers Now plz. I'm sure you would get a better response if you didn't spell please plz!This sort of thing really annoys us grumpy old men.JT |