randy-11
Responses from randy-11
| Bob Marley Turntable - $230 is a nice price - now how does it sound? | |
| After nearly 20 years, I left Magnepan and went ProAc @audiolover718 my understanding is that the 1.7i or 3.7i are a lot better than the x.6 ones (I had 1.5's before getting 3.7i's).Anyway, enjoy your new speakers - there are lots of high end speakers out there these days, and I sometimes wish I had ... | |
| After nearly 20 years, I left Magnepan and went ProAc If you have ear piercing highs, you did not use the resistors like you're supposed to on your MagnepansIt isn't hard to get equal or better SQ, you just have to spend 2x or 3x as much. | |
| Repair Magnepan MG IIa vs new 1.7 or 0.7, etc the 1.7 & 0.7 speakers are far more musical than previous models I'd get those | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... why debate something when you can listenyou need to listen only - using a blind test protocol to avoid expectation biasor just wrap your power cord with mapleshady boards | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... that's because they are just engineers with a technical education and years of experience in the field- no way that can compute with the superior emotional snake oil of the audiofool elite | |
| After nearly 20 years, I left Magnepan and went ProAc which Maggies did you have? | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... be sure to replace the wiring in your house and get the utility to rewire back to the sub-station | |
| Sorbathane under granite slabs for speaker bases? Sorbothane, or any elastic substance will allow the speaker to move - esp. when a bass note at high volume is sounded. This is a no-no in any box speaker, as that will phase-modulate all of the sound.If you have box speakers, you want spikes. | |
| MMGs 1.7s without a doubtDMGs can be tricky to place correctly and need to be in front of the arc (from the users listening spot) the main speakers are on (IIRC from talking to Wendell)Mye stands and similar are of no use. Dipole radiators do not have... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 I wonder if they will have a firmware update for HDMI 2.1it looks like about a year wait | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... rodman - it's fine for him to listen to different products (as long as he can return them) but he needs to be very careful to avoid a placebo effect and buying a "look" not a sound | |
| Grateful Dead May 77 Box Set Announced when it arrives a comparison to DP 25 would be interesting... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? DWMs are dipole subs... or "subs" | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... just be sure they are aligned with the Earth's magnetic fieldsif you lack a magnetometer, you can get close by using a map of declination for compass settings |