sean
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| Two subwoofers?? Stehno, out of curiosity, do you know where the 18" driver in the Bag End "bottoms out" at ? For the record, it's something like 70+ Hz. They electronically manipulate the signal from there. While their specific approach is slightly different, thi... | |
| apt holman problems When is the last time that you inspected your ground connection between TT and preamp ? Wires from cartridge to headshell ? Interconnects from TT to preamp ?If all of those are good, try checking the AC orientation of all of your components to mak... | |
| Best Speakers/ Mini monitors USED 5K For their size, i REALLY liked the little Legend two-ways. Those little "bookshelf" speakers made more music than just about any other "tiny" speaker that i've recently heard. Like most other "esoteric high-end brands", they are pretty expensive f... | |
| Anyone with parralel line conditioner experience? Can't speak for all of the different models out there, but some can measurably and demonstrably lower the noise coming into the system. Sean> | |
| OK to place amp on top of subwoofer? I think that with the weight of an amp on them and vibration eminating directly below the bearings, the bearings would effectively couple the vibrations to the amp. I would think that using something that had a high absorption / damping factor wou... | |
| Best matching speaker cable for my rears .35ft run I would try to stick within the same family / brand of cable that you're using for your mains if at all possible. It doesn't necessarily have to be the same specific model ( probably WAY too expensive to do that ). This will become more critical i... | |
| OK to place amp on top of subwoofer? Craig, i think that we are all basically saying the same things. None of us really likes the idea in theory but it may work out okay in reality. As i stated "would i recommend it, probably not". However, i don't know all of the variables in the si... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Sheesh, some of you folks amaze me to say the least. I'd like to have some of the "old junks" from some of those lists : ) Quite impressive to say the least. Having that many different speakers and the associated listening / fine tuning experience... | |
| 35Hz - 25kHz -- A Partial 'Purist'? Rwwear, your comments regarding "bass speed" are WAY off in left field. What is typically referred to as "fast bass" is a low frequency system that suffers from minimal overhang, ringing and has excellent transient response on the whole. To achiev... | |
| Amp play a low volumes? Actually, there has been a more exhaustive study conducted some time after the Fletcher-Munson materials were presented. It supposedly delves deeper and with more accuracy as to exactly what takes place in our ears in terms of volume vs frequency ... | |
| Modification of Carver Amazing Platinums... Help If you wanted to go all out ( HA !!! Who wouldn't "like" to ??? ), one could probably make even further gains by actively bi-amping and using 4 identical mono-blocks for amps. It is commonly known that most ribbons / planars / E-stat's can be diff... | |
| 40hz ratings/speaker response Speakers of various designs and tuning will respond differently when fed a signal below their natural resonance ( point of max output ). Well designed acoustic suspension ( sealed box ), infinite baffle ( designs that make use of huge volumes of a... | |
| Has anyone heard of ZYX cartridge from Japan? This is supposedly the same company that made the Monster Alpha series of cartridges that are pretty highly regarded. That's about all i know / have heard about them. Sean> | |
| OK to place amp on top of subwoofer? No offense to Jeff or his answer, but if a non-mechanical component ( cd player, TT, etc.... ) can't deal with vibration, it is poorly built and under-designed. If you think about all of the "vibration" that any car audio component has to deal wit... | |
| BAT VK-D5 CD Player sometimes does not play a CD If Ted's suggestion doesn't solve your problem, i would directly contact BAT via phone or email or drop Victor Khomenko a line via the Asylum's email system. As you may or may not know, Victor is a regular on the forums there. He's the kind of man... |