jonwolfpell
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| Your turntable history 1974 - BIC 960 w/ Stanton 681 EEE cartridge. note: piece of junk! I think it was engineered pretty well but quality of materials & construction were cheap. Should have bought a Dual or Thorens. Thorens 160 w Shure V15 Type 3 NAD turntabl... | |
| Gone but not forgotten I had an Amber power amp rated at 70 watts / side & it sounded noticeably better than the Hafler DH 200 power amp I built which was pretty good on my Snell AII’s. I miss all of them! | |
| How many watts do you really need? Power requirements depends on the sensitivity of your loudspeakers, the size of the room, type of music ( to a degree) & most importantly how loud you enjoy your music. If you have a lower sensitivity speaker, maybe 85 db/watt/meter or lower &... | |
| What does "Warm" mean? It’s interesting that the description of “ warm” vs “cool” light is quite similar to audio version. From Google: Warm light and cool light are distinguished by their color temperature, measured in Kelvin (K). Warm light (2700K - 3000K) mimics sun... | |
| Concert Ticket Prices - Not a Rant - Just an Observation Of course paying many hundreds of dollars to see a big name show sucks but other than some small appliances, just about everything has gone way up especially since our Covid fiasco. My real complaint about concerts today is the most of them so... | |
| MM vs. MC: What Happens When People Jump Into MC Too Early? From what I know from my Dad who was in that business & knew Joe Grado personally, Grado invented & patented the first STEREO mc cartridge in the late 50’s. Current Google information concurs with this. | |
| MM vs. MC: What Happens When People Jump Into MC Too Early? Interesting fact: Joe Grado invented the stereo moving coil phono cartridge in the 1950’s but never marketed one! The very good full Grado line are all moving magnet. Funny.. | |
| How do Dahlquist DQ10 stack up against current speakers? I think speakers from Dynaudio, Mofi, Paradigm, PSB etc all have models around &5k that can outperform those Dalquists in just about every way. | |
| Does the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 speaker play rich and full bodied at 50 Decibels The original Quad electrostatics sounded pretty good at low volumes, they just couldn’t play loud. Maybe seek out a refurbished pair & or their next generation? | |
| Break In Question? Paul McGowan, of PS Audio fame, probably knows as much as just about anyone alive about high quality audio electronics, says break in of amps, pre amps, dacs, cd transports etc is most definitely real & necessary. Of course, breaking of loudsp... | |
| Could glass displace (your fave) tweeter material? Agreed w/ Eric on the lack of much new midrange driver development. Much of the good designs today have been around since the 70’s without much change; ATC dome, ESS or similar AMT, planar magnetic, electrostatic, compression w/ horns etc. | |
| BEST HORN LOUDSPEAKER TO PURCHASE +2 for Volti Rivals. They sound really good at any volume level. They’re pretty big but nice looking w/ many cool veneers available. They cost about the same as Klipsch La Scalas which I almost bought but glad I didn’t. The Voltis are better in ev... | |
| Is Sound Stage an artifact of recording? Many good systems I’ve heard sound better than what I’ve experienced live in the past 10-15 years, at least rock for sure. The DSP’ed & amplified line arrays usually sound terrible ; hard, fatiguing & lack any real nuance when more than tw... | |
| Best concert you've attended So many great ones!!! I have very few regrets in my life but definitely regret not seeing as many rock concerts as I could have in the 70’s in the NYC area which was basically the greatest bands all time. Heres a few that come to mind from t... | |
| Do You Ever Get Glare/Raspy Sound on High Pitched Female Vocal Lines? In full agreement w/ Erik & others, speaker placement / room interactions can greatly affect this. Unfortunately, few of us have dedicated listening rooms where we can position our speakers exactly where we like them to be & also treat the... |