subaruguru
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| great little speakers Yes, the S3/5, even at 84dB/w sens will get pretty dynamic with the Rotel. For greater extension and slam you should look at the 88dB bigger (6.5", 165mm) S1/3P, or even the now-discontinued great SC3 center channel, turned sideways.It's exactly l... | |
| Canare StarQuad or Monster XP speaker cable? Sean's recs are great for in-wall use. If the cable's going to be visible the better-looking, easy to drape Canares are a better choice, and are a pro recording engineer's favorite because of ease of handling and sonic neutrality.Any of these opti... | |
| Next Biggest Improvement after Speakers ? 1 Speakers 2 Room 3 Source 4 Pre/Amp 5 Dedicated Lines 6 Cables JM(temporary)HO! | |
| great little speakers Yeah, the 3/5. See my thread re the three baby Spendor versions. The Classic 3/5a is still the best...especially for your needs. | |
| Logarithmic Frequency response graphs Duddley, what you propose is a piano keyboard-like scaling, as '61 explained. Yes, both it and a traditional decade-log scale are both easy to read, and appropriate for audio. | |
| Interconnect under $200 new or used..... Canare StarQuad microphone cable. Shockingly good. The pro recording engineers all use it. I ran 30' sections from my Earthworks omnis on my Steinway though a Grace class A pre to an Alesis, and then into my Nordost SPM'd system. The old left/righ... | |
| NOrdost with bottom end.... Nordost SPM thin and unfocused? Phew. Not in my system! I also tried "warmer" cables, realizing pretty quickly that top-rolling was their trick. With a very clean, high rez system the SPM are superb, and indeed better balanced than the edgier Red ... | |
| sleeper budget redbook players.... NAD 521BEE, $250! | |
| A shocking reminder Then don't drag your feet on the carpet! | |
| Help me plan my next upgrade Dedicated line and good cheap Power Cords (disclaimer, yada yada yada). RSVP. Ern | |
| Zaikesman's Username Pronunciation Field Guide 66...YIPPEE!Well-prepared haggis with neeps 'n tatties I found surprisingly good in Edinburgh pubs couple years back. We brought some canned versions home, but alas, there's something about eating it in the rain.... | |
| Zaikesman's Username Pronunciation Field Guide Subaruguru is often pronounced "cheap-Audi guy" by the cognoscenti. | |
| Soundstage and the effect of the rear wall A flat but precise soundstage can be effected with bookshelf (or other close-boundary support) mounting. However, soundstage depth can't really exist behind the speaker plane except via frequency-related nonlinearities (psychoacoustic tricks). Spe... | |
| Try this before upgrading I had an old friend who stuffed his system with 4 pairs of different speakers, eventually making it sound a bit like an automobile system. I taught him to sit in one place with only two GOOD speakers and learn what a stage is. He doesn't call me a... | |
| Thoughts on Merlin VSM M vs. Verity Fidelio Be sure to perform in-room demos as the rear-firing woofs of the Fidelio work best with some front-wall boundary support. For example, in my setup where the speaker plane is 8 feet out, I was forced to seek Parsifal Encores, allowing bass-pod swin... |