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| Room Treatments for Maggies Having owned several upper middle level amps (Krell FPB, Levinson, Pass, BAT etc. . ), preamps (ARC, Aesthetix, Ayre, McIntosh, etc. . ) and digital electronics (Esoteric, Levinson, DCS, EMM Labs, Wadia) and a slew of decent speakers (B&W, Von... | |
| Opinions on a good HT/Music AVR A $3000 Audio Video Receiver will be worth about $300-$500 in a very few short years! I bought my one year old Pioneer Elite Series which sold for something in the $2000 range (I believe) for $175 on eBay. I have had it a few years now and it does... | |
| bel canto and wyred 4 sound Ron, that is also an issue in my mind - the cost of the class A amps versus that of the class D amps. But to be fair, the Bel Canto is closer to half the price vs. a quarter or third.But one of the claims of the class D amps is this performance pe... | |
| Long XLR's: PAD Venustas versus Mogami My experience with coupling versus de-coupling varies based on the room/floor/subfloor and speakers.When I had my listening room in the basement with a concrete (carpeted) floor, coupling worked very well.My current room incorporates a floating wo... | |
| Long XLR's: PAD Venustas versus Mogami New windshield wipers really make my car drive better. I recently took my car in for new windshield wipers and it drives so much better now. They also put new tires on when they did that and I think they may have done something to the engine too. ... | |
| bel canto and wyred 4 sound It's going to boil down to a lot of factors. I have owned a few class D amps, in fact currently own a pair of Ref 1000 by BC. In comparing the class D amps over the years, in evey comparison I have made to my class A amps (which have traditionally... | |
| Wilson Sophia vs watt3/puppy2 vs revel studio I know this is an old post, but the statement that the W/P 7 is an extension of the Sophia is just not true.Wilson will tell you/anybody that the current version/model speaker is better than one that they stopped making a decade ago everytime. The... | |
| Which speaker has the biggest sound stage? I am with Elizabeth on this one, both in terms of the glue as well as other (minorO issues with Maggies. If a former/current dealer or repair center says it never happens, yet one sees it regularly on used speakers for sale, then . . .Oh and by th... | |
| Amplifier Weight. A Factor? A guitar doesn't have a power supply. Electronic components have power supplies and the power supplies are a lot more influential in the performance of components that most realize. Of course, you have a lot of manufacturers making components and ... | |
| Any high WAF speaker with ATC sound? Kinn, the revels would match your aesthetix goal and are pretty good speakers. I would not say the are the same as the active ATC's higher models. Another consideration would be the Wilson speakers, much closer to ATC in my experience in many ways... | |
| stupid tube question of the day I believe turning the tubed device off for a short listening break (such as the few hours referenced) will not contribute to the overall life of the tubes. I think/believe it is better for the integrity (physically) of the tubes to remain at a rel... | |
| Opinions on a good HT/Music AVR If you really want to maximize stereo performance, buy a used $250 AVR receiver but get a 2 channel stereo amp and a 2-channel preamp ($2500 combined) with HT pass through. I can tell you from experience, there isn't a 5+ channel amp that can comp... | |
| Opinions on a good HT/Music AVR For $3G, do not buy a new AVR Receiver of any brand that will be worth about $300 in 3 years. You are just throwing away money. Value drop of AVR is 60% 1 year, 75% 2 years, 90% three years.Get a Krell Pre/Pro and a 5-channel krell amp for $3G, us... | |
| Receiver or Preamp with 5 channel analog outputs I am with Sid on this one. I have owned some pretty mediocre AV Receivers and I can't think of one that didn't have the preamp outputs. I currently have a Pioneer elite model that does. I paid about $175 for it on Ebay about 2 years ago. It's perf... | |
| Anthem 225 for thiels 2.2: overkill ? Do you mean in terms of power capability? Or do you mean in terms of compatability? |