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| Onkyo and Wadia Connections You might try moving the Wadia's cable to coax 1 on the Onkyo and choosing the receiver input that defaults to coax 1. Just standard troubleshooting practice to see if the problem is unique to the input that you've chosen.The next step is to choos... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Okay,Okay, I spun up Sarah J for the first time today, on the recommendation of half of A'gon's members. Is she the unholy offspring of Alison Krauss and Suzanne Vega? Or is there another comp that works better to describe her style?I definitely n... | |
| Harmony Remote Control I have the 1100 in my family room. Only 4 devices TV, HTR, BRD, and Cable box. Only 2 activities:Watch TVWatch BRDGlitchy as hell. The same command will create different responses. At randoml intervals, it will change. One minute, a tap (and I do ... | |
| 5 legendary speakers? Oops - it wasn't B&W 801s at Sound by Singer (see previous post), it was the Focal Grand Utopia. How soon we (I) forget!Marty | |
| 5 legendary speakers? How about 2 hands full?Parentheticals reflect my first personal encounter w/eachQuad 57 (first 'stat)Wilson WAMM (first SOTA assault)Advent Large (first "highish end" encounter in best friend's older brother's system)Vandersteen 2 (early high end ... | |
| What song/composition sounds like another artist? In another recent thread I pointed out the similarity between The Pretenders' "Time The Avenger" and The Outsiders' "Time Won't Let Me". Given the similarity in song titles, I always assumed that Chrissie Hynde had "Won't Let Me" rattling around h... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? Shad,Fair observation. However, I have measured on axis (uni mic) and something like power response (multi sweeps with an omni mic) at my listening position. I suspect that you'd be pretty impressed by both the absolute quality of each measurement... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? Without disputing the discussion re: x-over and beaming which, in my view, is spot on, people might want to consider the other side of the coin. If you cross from the mid driver to the tweeter much below 2K, you're nearing the a region where our h... | |
| New Album from The Cars "Move Like This" Paul:"MartySo insurance underwriting isn't going to get me an incredibly hot model? Where were you 30 years ago when I needed that advice? "In business school. Nothing turns a hot chick on like discounting cash flows! | |
| New Album from The Cars "Move Like This" Plus,Ric Ocasek is married to an incredibly hot model named Paulina Porizkova (sic?). They used to hang out at an Italian restaurant near me in the East Village. One look at him and one look at her....and you knew that being a rock star is a great... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? I agree with Shadorne's point, but I'd just note that there is (at least) one (kinda rare) exception to the high x-over point = beaming rule. Omnidirectional drivers (like those in MBL, Ohm, B&O, etc.) are usually designed with a very high "ha... | |
| Pink Floyd John,"...but I suspect anyone who equates then with a bar band either hasn't seen much of the Dead, much of bar bands, or not much of either."Maybe you were just being polite, but there is another explanation. Any given listener may - without any ... | |
| Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? Iso,Your post motivated me to wade thru the pile and pull out Red Neck Jazz Explosion, the live CD with the Red Neck Jazz Band (Gatton and Buddy Emmons on steel guitar).Zounds! What a fantastic record.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... I use Velodyne DRC (similar to Audyssey, but used only on the subwoofer signal, <75hz, in my case). I've also used full range Audyssey with my Ohms, just to check it out.In my room, DRC for the subs makes a stunning improvement. Improvement fro... | |
| active speakers, Paradise? Trouble in paradise? As a technical matter, Bob's point about passive x-overs sometimes being used ahead of the power amps is quite correct. However, that set-up is IME sufficiently rare (I think Vandersteen uses it on some models) that I actually forgot about it. I g... |