mrtennis
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| subwoofers and panels don't mix hi duke:as a dealer of soundlabs, wouldn't you think the problem of integrating dissimilar drivers is one of coherence.regardless of where and how many cones you place in a room, a cone does not sound like a ribbon, electrostat or planar magnetic ... | |
| subwoofers and panels don't mix hi lightminer:thanks for your comments re the hsu.i have been advised to use only a rel with a panel speaker.i have not heard the hsu with magnepans. magnepan has designed a woofer, based upon the mg 20.1, for use with other magnepans. this panel ... | |
| Crossover-less Speakers i don't own the original quads because the panels are subject to nedding replacement. i own a pair of quad 63s with two blown panels. as much as i like the quads, they are too fragile and not worth the maintainance.so i comprimise and own another ... | |
| Crossover-less Speakers hi undertow:i appreciate some of your observations. i think there are some inaccuracies here.the esls are not bright. i don't own them.there are many components which exhibit extra energy in the upper midrange/lower treble. not all components are ... | |
| Crossover-less Speakers in my opinion, the zu speakers are imbalanced, i.e., bright.if you like headaches, listen to the zu speakers for a while.as to quads, the current generation is more inaccurate timbrally than the original esl.again, it is a matter of taste, but zu ... | |
| Universal that acts like a cd player it is difficult to find a decent universal player for $500 in current production. i too have an oppo 970. as a player it is not what i would to place in my main system. | |
| Speaker Preferences? a badly set up electrostatic speaker is usually better than most cone designs, properly set up.i heard a mg 20, poorly set up at the golden nugget in a small room. as bad as the acoustical environment was, what i heard was superior to any cone des... | |
| Crossover-less Speakers i have heard zu speakers several times at ces. what is the big deal ? the overall sound seems to be to emphasize the treble. they are very unforgiving. | |
| Crossover-less Speakers hi macrojack:the quad esl stomps on the zu speakers. no cone design ever has or ever will be timbrally less inaccurate.if you want to attain a very realistic presentation of an instrument, there is no better way than the original quads, especially... | |
| Benefits of DAC & Transport vs. CD player the one disadvantage of a separate dac is the interaction of transport and dac. some dacs are very transport sensitive. you may purchase several transports before you settle on one, or you may own more than one transport.it is possible that your o... | |
| Speaker Preferences? at the risk of being labelled an elitist, why is speaker selection so critical if recordings feature mainly amplified instruments ?i can understand why someone would be concerned about speaker selection if most recordings contained acoustic instru... | |
| Benefits of DAC & Transport vs. CD player the advantage of separates is flexibility. you can still find current production dacs using 16 bit, non up sampling chips. it is very difficult to find a one box player which does not up sample and uses a 16 bit dac chip.you may be able to voice y... | |
| Speaker Preferences? dealer's demonstrations are problematical. the best suggestion is to visit several dealers and listen to a spekaer on your short list. if you observe some consistent sonic patterns, maybe you can trust the demonstrations.if the "sound" varies sign... | |
| Top ten tube preamps a macintosh c 22. | |
| Curious about Audio Horizons TP3.0 Tube DAC i had a chance to audition the dac, recently.well, it sounds like a solid state dac without the usual transistor "edge", yet it uses 4 6 volt tubes.mine had siemens tubes.its presentation was not my cup of tea. why put tubes in a component if you ... |