martykl
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| The old timers give the young'ns tips on the 60s. After reading many of these posts, a simpler answer might be:Look at the line-up on the 2 Woodstock album sets. BTW, some different ways to go:Late period doo-wop shows vocal music morphing into rock. You might consider The Showmen who worked with... | |
| Your input please: Using sub on 2 channel amp For me, the great advantage of subs is the ability to add EQ to the bass. The best speakers in the world may measure beautifully from 20 to 20K in an anechoic chamber, but you don't want to see how they meausre below 150hz in your room. Trust me, ... | |
| SET vs OTL I can't argue with any of the above as I've never heard any amps built around those output tubes. I've always been concerned about speaker matches - as per Atmasphere's observation. Personally, I love most of the 300B designs I've heard and some o... | |
| best rock voices Freddy Mercury, Roy Orbison, & Elvis Presley are the first names that come to mind, but I'd also suggest that General Johnson (Showmen, Chairmen of The Board), Cornelius Harp (Marcels), Tony Williams (Platters) and a handful of other Doo Wop s... | |
| SET vs OTL Paul,As I noted in my post, I've never gone the really low power output route, so I wasn't commenting on any of the 45 tube designs. OTOH, you mentioned the 211 tube as well. I use this as the default tube in my Cary 805s specifically because the ... | |
| Need advice on pre/pro - Rotel1098/Outlaw990/??? Dbphd,The Integra stuff is on display at Evolution AV in Agoura Hills. Should be less than an hour from you. Still a "schlep", but these are good, helpful folks and it might be worth your time.BTW, I'm pretty sure that there's a "Direct" input on ... | |
| SET vs OTL Incidentally, nothing wrong in my book with "lush" sounding amps. That's precisely the reason I own two pairs of SETs.Marty | |
| SET vs OTL I'd strongly disagree with Paul's comments re: SET amps not sounding "lush" vs OTLs.While my earlier comments re: the "romantic" sound of SET amps were primarily intended to describe 300B SETs (and more specifically the Cary monos I own), I find s... | |
| is CA 840a an adequate amp for magnepan mmg/mg12? Don't know the particular amp, but I own the MMG speakers. Unless there's something strange going on, 200 watts into 4 ohms should be fine. More power might very well be better (especially for high SPL and/or a large room), but you're definitely i... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years I'm sure that Shadorne is correct re: radiation pattern. Mrtennis' preference likely has little to do with distortion which varies dramatically with SPL - as noted above - for both boxes and panels. Similarly, tonal balance varies as markedly for ... | |
| Receivers I just installed an Integra AVR in my HT room. IMHO, Audyssey alone justifies the $1K price tag.Marty | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix Agreed.I'm just finding it difficult to reconcile the published numbers I see with what I actually hear. I'll eventually order a pair of SVS 13" Ultras and use them in sealed mode - pretty low distortion from a pair and GD stays below 30 at 20hz. ... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Johnny,Lots of folks have blamed David Wilson for a "premium pricing war" that has surely escalated over the last decade. There are tons of >$10,000 speakers out there and many that cost more than 10X that. Even adjusted for inflation, I don't ... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix Two more group delay observations:First is inconsistency in test results:If you cross check AVTalk and Hometheatershack you will see differences in the test results of the same model subwoofer (these may look smallish at a glace) which prove great... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix Shadorne,I understand your point entirely. Now mine:I recently heard the JL 113 Fathom (low group delay) set up with the Maggie 1.X (don't recall the current designation) at a local dealer. After an hour, I had the following observations:1) The ba... |