jhills
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| beginner seperate system +++ Rogue Cronus Mag or Mag II, all tube, 100W per channel, integrated stereo amp. Can be found used for under $2K. and new for around $3K.Made in USA and a solid performer, with the punch and dynamics of SS and the openness, detail and smoothness... | |
| Back to the drawing board @pcc67Room dampening is always a good first move. It may also help, if you can and wife permitting, to add a bit of dampening to the wall behind the speakers. Hanging decorative black-out drapes on the wall behind my speakers made a huge differenc... | |
| Back to the drawing board @ cleedsIt’s true that phase as well as controlling standing and canceling waves is important, as is system integration and is true that good deep bass is considerably more than thump, thump, thump. But, for a fact, frequencies below 60Hz in most ... | |
| Back to the drawing board Way to often, listeners are expecting the wrong performance from a sub. We mistakenly expect the sub to perform the tasks that should be performed by our mains. The detail, impact and timber we typically expect to hear in bass, is in frequencies a... | |
| How can I punish this Chinese audio dealer @ elizabethYou're probably right and they should be labeled JOS (Junk Old Stock).......Jim | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect @ketchup That's the thing, it's all relative I originally went from a Radio Shack interconnect to a $100 Duelund. That's a multiplier of about 50x. It's only relative to a point. Beyond that point, it becomes a lie and a sham. Dueland's $100.00... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect I could care less what the rich blow their big bucks on. The problem I have is the fact that the sham of $20K+ IC cables is an insult to the legitimate manufactures and designers of fine audio gear, that's price tag has some relation, in actual va... | |
| Spatials = Done for now! @simaoThanks.......Jim | |
| Brilliant Pebbles, a new tweak, cheaper than high end cables. Now it all makes sense! Humble as it is, my system sounds very, very, good, in my dedicated listening/living room. No harsh reflections, no bass boom, just well balanced good sound. I attributed the lack of room problems to good treatments and pai... | |
| Is this the end of HEA? Like many here, it seems, I started my journey into home HEA (if not as an audiophile, at least as a well engaged audio enthusiast) back in the late seventies/early 80s. 35 years ago my wages, as a craftsman, as well as a great many of other indus... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect To clarify: I do not believe that all cables sound the same, but I do know, for a fact, that all cables of the same length built to the same established standards of low capacitance, low inductance and low resistance, using quality conductors and ... | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect +1mapman ;-) | |
| New $24,000 inter-connect While it’s true that to some, $24,000. is chump change, it’s also true that (by many, many times) there are more, right here in the US. who make less than that for a year of working wages.Regardless - $24,000 has no equation to the true science, v... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers My favorite of all speakers, over the years, was, without question, the Apogee Duetta Signatures. They require a bit of space and at 2 ohm, demand a great deal of good power, but when set up properly, they make the closest thing to a live performa... | |
| Spatials = Done for now! Right now I'm quite enjoying my small set of Maggie 1.7 ribbons, but have been quite intrigued with what I've seen and heard of the Spatial M3 Turbo S and the M3 Triode Master speakers. Dollar for dollar, a real deal for incredible sounding speake... |