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07-21-07
Thanks james. i listened to the minis a cple of times and r ... Henryhk
07-21-07
James, just curious - which metronome model did you hear wit ... Tmhaudio
07-21-07
Sun light engineering se 308 concentric, a concentric is tim ... Johnk
07-21-07
Henry, that's interesting you heard them with arc gear. do ... James1969
07-21-07
Yes it was all arc. i can't really compare them vs darts as ... Henryhk
07-21-07
James: that was probably the "entry level" metrono ... Tmhaudio
07-23-07
Jim: i remember starting out down the path of a serious cd p ... James1969
07-24-07
James, no i have not. too scared to do that. too uncertain ... Henryhk
07-24-07
I remember seeing some of alon wolf's designs sold on here s ... James1969
07-25-07
You might want to consider the rockport merak. Jfz
07-25-07
I guess so james, but its just too hard for me. Henryhk
10-12-07
Finally moved now. still in unpacking mode and haven't even ... Henryhk
10-13-07
The smaller jm labs are worth a listen. Psacanli
10-14-07
Hi henryhk, my mini ii just got passed the 200hours mark. ... Wslam
10-14-07
Kharma exquisite mini offer comforting lush above all else. ... Sebastian
10-14-07: Overkillaudio
Hi Henry,
I am biased as I manufacture speakers and electronics but I can still offer you good advice!
Here are a few general points.
(1)
Near field listening in smaller rooms requires a very coherent sound reproduction. Usually two way will be better than three way, less drivers rather than more.
(2)
A full "ranger" used with one or two subs with an active crossover relieves the full range driver of all the X-max consumming hard work. Forget any speaker system where you add on a subwoofer and leave the "main speaker" still working hard in the bass.
(3)
Room correction has a more noticable benefit in smaller rooms and can integrate subs very effectivly.
(4) If you can pull the speakers out from the wall by about 3 feet Open Baffle has a big advantage over box designs in small rooms as OB only generate 50% as much "un-wanted " energy as box designs. You still get all the direct radiated sound and slam and dynamics, but the neighbours dont hear it!
(5) Some amazing results can be obtained with DIY designs if you have access to skilled craftsmen to do the assembly and finishing work. This is more a custom design project but if you plan to stay in the house a while you can justify some serious brickwork!
(6)Is it only your decision or are other family members having a say?
(7) What type of music and what volumes do you generally like?
(8)What is the construction of the room.
(9)Mains power ; I can recomend a dedicated distribution box (6 or 8 way) with seperate magnetic circuit breakers for each line. This allows you to run a heavy duty (ideally made up of multiple 1mm guage each in seperate teflon dielectric) solid core silver power cord from the power meter box as it enters your home directly to your listening room. The box should have heavy duty brass buss bar clamps that bolt down onto the ends of your equipment power cords and this eliminates the whole mains plug / wall socket interface. Try this before investing in big buck power conditioners.
Good luck and check out overkillaudio.com for a few more ideas!
All the best
Derek Wilson
Overkill Audio.
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10-18-07
I have a small room too and recently contacted john devore a ... Hchilcoat
10-18-07
Any thoughts on using mbl's in this situation? Emailists
10-21-07
Omnis, dipoles, bipoles, and polydirectional speakers work b ... Audiokinesis
10-22-07
Here's another way to go. get a dedicated headphone amp,and ... Buffyjames
10-22-07
Oops - the web site for headphones is headphones.com - the p ... Buffyjames
10-26-07
Thanks to all. forgot to mention i listen to a wide variety, ... Henryhk
10-26-07
Definitely check out the dynaudio confidence c1 and its kin. ... Jkalman
10-26-07
atc scm 20's are quite nice in that sized envornment but so ... Shadorne
10-26-07
From what i heard at he-2997,the dynaudio c-1's were way mor ... Sirspeedy
10-27-07
you are from the future?!? who sent you? who sent you! w ... Jkalman
10-28-07
Smile. alternatively, who'll win the melbourne cup on the f ... Metralla
10-30-07
Mike earlier at the beg of this thread suggested the coltran ... Henryhk
10-31-07
We did a room set up at rmaf with a pair of talon hawks and ... Rives
11-01-07
Rives: actually i saw the report awhile ago and actually di ... Henryhk
11-01-07
We have had interest from the previous dealer in hong kong. ... Rives
11-05-07
Good to know,. hope all goes well rives. Henryhk
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