martykl
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| Speakers for live piano performance I paid a quick visit to their website and it looks like QSC has a subwoofer designed to mate with your K8s. Unless your issues extend upward beyond the lowest full octave on the keyboard, this is the first fix I would try.Marty | |
| Speakers for live piano performance I use a Kawai digital piano at home and found that a sub/sat works best. My set-up wouldn't be appropriate for your needs, but a smallish sub and your pair of (I assume) powered monitors might do the trick.Good LuckMartyPS Try to demo Ivory or Vir... | |
| Lp's you'd like to see remastered Pretty much all of Todd Rundgren's solo output could use a thorough re-do.Marty | |
| Powered sub suggestions to mate /w Harbeth P3ESRs You might want to look into a Velodyne SMS-1 ($450) or SVS/Audyssey ($750) sub controller. My guess is that, together with your existing sub, this will provide the biggest incremental bang for your (half kilo to kilo) buck.Good LuckMartyPS - If yo... | |
| Best pre-amp/amp combo for Maggie MMGs? The litle Maggies will gulp more amp juice than you might expect. My room is quite large and when SPL goes up, I'm pretty deeply into my amp's output. Although I use subs which limit the bottom end (and associated amp requirements) of the MMGs, I ... | |
| Eminent Tech. LFT-16 vs Spica TC60 IIRC, the ET will be a much more forward sounding speaker than the Spica. The Spica is a neutral, revealing design that is limited in bandwith at both ends, with highly damped bass that's on the "dry" side. The ET is more dynamic with real sparkle... | |
| Most overlooked LPs in the last 20 years I suspect that "overlooked" was just a less than perfect choice of words by the OP. On this forum, many posters are avid fans of truly OBSCURE bands/artists. The concept of a Pretenders record being more "overlooked" than their favorite records, c... | |
| driving Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations? Toronto,I was actually trying to provide you with a different data point. Basically, my experience with the P/Es suggest that 120 wpc of ss power should mate well - so, if you like a particular 120 wpc ss amp, you're probably good to go. OTOH, 30 ... | |
| driving Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations? I've (briefly) driven my Parsifal/Encore with a Bel Canto integrated. It worked nicely, although the combo was not particularly memorable. The P/Es are a modestly difficult load and at least a little bit of grunt is required to drive them well, 30... | |
| Is a Sub worth the bother? I'm glad Vero made it work on his budget. Note my qualifications: IME and IMO.I tried a more modest budget and failed. Wanted it to work - and it didn't - FOR ME. I would not try again without a Digital Room Correction/Parametric EQ device. But as... | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock Slaw's mention of the Jayhawks reminded me to mention "The Reivers" AKA America's great lost rock band. They had some fantastic, albeit quirky, harmonies on each of their records.Marty | |
| Novice needs help: Sonos 50w amp and ? speakers I have seven Sonos zone players ("ZPs") scattered throughout my house and they are connected to a wide variety of speakers. Personally, I'd hesitate to spend big $ on monitors for this purpose. The combination of (usually in my case) compressed pr... | |
| Is active speaker the future? In one respect, they are the present. Check out the speakers hooked to your PC or Mac. However, I'm assuming that this isn't the part of the speaker market to which you refer:Active, digitally corrected speakers from companies like B&O and Lyn... | |
| Is a Sub worth the bother? IME, subs do 3 or 4 things by design (depending on how they're implemented) and a fourth by default:1) They provide sub bass below 30hz (some say 20hz, as a practical matter I'll say 30hz). To buy a sub that does this well is a very expensive prop... | |
| Room matters These recent posts raise an interesting question: To those with experience measuring in-room FR, where do you find the most significant anomalies? I have experience with 4 rooms, and in all cases the issues below about 150hz to 175hz just dwarfed ... |