viridian
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| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? It really depends on your amp the JBL 43XX series is great for sheer output and composure, as is the older JBL Olympus. The Altec 19 is fantastic and can use a smaller amp, ditto the Klipschorns, but you need to have corners for those. IMHO, the 1... | |
| Best value in a HO movig magnet $150-$200 The red has a bonded elliptical stylus where a small diamond tip is fused onto a metal slug. This slug is then mounted to the cantilever.The blue has a nude mounted elliptical stylus where a larger diamond has the opposite end to the tip fashioned... | |
| Recommendations for Arab and Mid-Eastern fusion. "The Devil's Anvil, hard rock from the Middle East" with Felix Pappalardi (ex Mountain) on bass.Herbie Mann, "Impressions of the Middle East" | |
| Best value in a HO movig magnet $150-$200 I have owned the Denon DL-110 (now $300.00 so I don't know why it is being recommended), Shure M97Xe, various Ortofons, Sumikos, and Audio Technicas. The dark years of vinyl didn't do much for availablity of new releases on viny but they did cull ... | |
| Tube Bias issue. Al, thanks so much. I think that using power resistors, as you suggested, is the easy proof of your theory. The panels in those MLs are probably highly capacitive so that may support your supposition as well. The Stereophile review of the M-180 (t... | |
| Tube Bias issue. The issue is in your amp, but the question is, does the bias actually fluctuate wildly in UL mode, or does your ability to measure the bias fluctuate widely. Please understand that the two are completely different things. If you set the bias in tr... | |
| Recommendation for TT power I believe that you should rethink the designer's intention. The shuddering is normal as there is still a small current going to the motor, which is the way it was designed. Turning it on and off will lead to much more stress on the electronics and... | |
| Recommendation for TT power I believe the table is designed so that when you are done playing an LP you stop the platter with your hand and it should stay stopped. When you wish to restart it at the next listening session you just give the platter a gentle push and it should... | |
| Directional speaker cables - switching direction Audio is, at best, a faith based hobby. After a hundred years or so the measurements that have evolved to quantify the performance of gear still do not accurately correlate with subjective percepetions of sound quality. What we do know is that thi... | |
| Selling High-End Speakers "They're all classics, and unfortunately heavy, expensive and coming to a reasonable price is going to be difficult to let them go."Exactly what are you saying in the above quote, that you have a price in mind that is the minimum that you will tak... | |
| "Famous Blue Raincoat".. I did not like the recording quality or the music of Raincoat either, so gave away my copy to someone who enjoys it quite a bit.I have seen Suzanne Vega five times over the last few years and she is great live. Often does "Tom's Diner" a capella. ... | |
| Graphene, Rohacell, Permali - the future of audio Interesting, Panzerholz was developed before World War 2 and does not seem like a very high tech material. It has been used in plinths and phono cartridge bodies for over 15 years and speaker cabinets as well.Rohacell is a 40 year old foam core ma... | |
| Which DAC So there is no need for subsequent stages to be maximally transparent if the source is compromised?Why wouldn't distortion be additive? So that if one improved any stage that would provide a clearer sound.My tastes are not audiophile at all, my fi... | |
| Which DAC Ifi Micro is really nice for the price. If you can splash out the Chord Hugo is the bees knees. | |
| from Sphinx to Cronus Magnum? Why not upgrade to a Brio R? If you look at the million page LS50 thread on AudioKarma it appears that is the match made in heaven and completely does justice to the speakers.Taking off on what Al said there is not much in the way of lab tests on ... |