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| From Krell to McIntosh - Anyone? Hmmm.... Kinda seems like we're discussing right wing vs left wing politics here. Obviously, these are personal preferences and tend to bring out the fanatics on both sides. Too bad nobody seems to be able to find something in the middle that comb... | |
| Is Bi - amping worth the trouble? Blindjim: Unless you're technically inclined with test equipment, stick to using identical amps that have been gain matched at the factory. Otherwise, it is easy to run into some strange situations that seem to vary from recording to recording. Ot... | |
| DIY Interconnects review Rhyno: You don't have a ground, so there is no way to have "zero" ( ground shunted ) volume. This has nothing to do with the spacing ( nominal impedance ) of the cabling that you are using. The volume that you do hear is the difference in output l... | |
| Where do I start? If your processor has a phono input, all you probably need is a functional turntable and the associated cabling / ground wire. As far as setting the table up, you can take it into a dealer and they can cover the basic install for you. Having said ... | |
| Which speaker to replace Dunlavy SC-V? The "sweetspot" in an HT system is supposed to be taken care of ( primarily ) by the center channel speaker, not the right and left mains. The right and left mains are primarily there to provide spatial cues and extend the imaging that is presente... | |
| Which speaker to replace Dunlavy SC-V? Due to the way that Dunlavy treated the baffle, the dispersion on this design IS more limited horizontally than a more conventional MTM design. Having said that, HT systems typically benefit from such a design as the viewer / listener is presented... | |
| Which speaker to replace Dunlavy SC-V? Unsound: Obviously, non-symmetrical loading of the woofers "can" create a flatter overall in-room response. Acoustic Research put this to use in their 9 and 90 designs, showing various frequency response results in the manual. Unfortunately, such ... | |
| Which speaker to replace Dunlavy SC-V? "you should place them across your long wall in your room with more distance in between them than distance between the speaker and the sweet spot".Two comments on this one. 1) This is pretty much how ANY large multi-driver speaker works best. This... | |
| Vinyl to DVD-A 24/96 vs. Redbook Exlibris: Thanks for clearing that up. I was just curious if these would be "single purpose" discs for use on one system or discs that you would want to use universally, wherever you went. Sean> | |
| Vandersteen 2Ce Signature Evolution John: You really need to work on your speaker placement. I know that there are TONS of different speaker formula's that one can use, but quite honestly, nothing short of a dedicated purpose built listening room is perfectly symmetrical and / or wi... | |
| Vandersteen 2Ce Signature Evolution Vandersteen's are hard to load into as frequency increases and tend to roll-off up high. I don't know why this is, as i've never pulled one of his speakers apart, but my guess is that it is something in the crossover network. I don't know if he us... | |
| Contrast/compare 50W tube amps OTL's, as a general rule, can sound stupendous. That is, so long as they are VERY carefully mated to the loudspeaker & cabling that they will drive. The higher the nominal impedance of the speaker, the better the OTL will work. The lower the i... | |
| Vinyl to DVD-A 24/96 vs. Redbook I don't know about vinyl to DVD-A, but i can tell you that vinyl to redbook CD produces a copy that is noticeably inferior to the original. Having said that, the vinyl to burned redbook disc typically still sounds superior to buying the same pre-r... | |
| I hope break in is true Md: While i'm not familiar with the Purist, i have to believe that it is quite suitable for what you're doing. As such, i would recommend letting that disc play on repeat for as long as possible, even if you have very little to no volume going thr... | |
| Which speaker to replace Dunlavy SC-V? Upgrade the internal parts ( caps, wiring ) of the Dunlavy's and set the room up so that they properly load into it. Then play the Ayre acoustics disc for two weeks and forget about it. At this point, you'll enjoy listening to music and won't worr... |