jwei
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| Amplifiers designed for high end speakers. "why high-end speakers aren’t designed with matched amplifiers" As @celtic66 alluded to above, a number of manufacturers have offered active speakers with amps built in or at least deliberately matched. Presumably, the designers believe they so... | |
| ProAc comparison Can’t say I made a comparison, but I’m a fan of the Response 1SC which I paired with a Pass Aleph 3 and supplemented with a REL sub. I loved their clarity and smoothness so much that I bought another pair for a different room. Gave one pair to a... | |
| Three favorite LP’s Just 3? Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan, for Do It Again -- my personal theme song for an important part of my life. Black Talk by Charles Earland -- for More Today Than Yesterday, which provided me comfort through low points. Jazz At The Pawn... | |
| Longevity of ownership I have 3 systems: Music room, AV system, and office setup. I have owned everytihing more than 10 years (bought new or used) except for a Marantz pre-pro in the AV system. What I’ve had longest is probably my pair of Thiel CS3.6s, still sound gr... | |
| Dynaudio Confidence serie I have been happy with a venerable pair of standmount Contour 1.3 SE's in my office for many years. Dynaudio is a good company. I'm sorry to see them leave. | |
| Changing audio beliefs At first I always wanted more bass. Didn't matter if it was toneless one-note thumping. More was better. Gave that up as I learned how to listen. | |
| Help! Treble Trouble! I once experienced a loss of treble accompanied by solid bass. Found out I had plugged my high level source into a mm phono input in the amp, so I was hearing the effect of the equalization of the RIAA curve. Sigh I trust your case is different. | |
| Fletcher Munson 'Loudness Control' Video My old Acoustic Research amplifier has tone controls modeled off the Fletcher-Munson curves and notably uses sliding inflection points for the equalization -- the more boost was dialed in, the closer the inflection hinge point came to the center. ... | |
| Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived? I tend to be a slow adopter of new stuff. I resisted getting into CD in the early years when the technology was still evolving. My first CD player was in my SUV in the early '90s. Obviously I have kept all my vinyl. I still buy vinyl, CDs, and... | |
| Do you have any gear that was outright given to you? Nope, I given stuff away but no one ever gave me anything. | |
| “Civilian” reaction to your gear? Most people just ignore it. One friend asked what all the boxes do. Another asked me if I had any McIntosh gear. (I do, just my MR 78.) | |
| Brands That Died Tice -- The clock was roundly mocked, but their power conditioners had tremendous build quality. | |
| Your turntable history BSR MA70 as part a a 3 piece Fisher "compact" system. Benjamin Miracord 50h Dual 1019 VPI HW-19 Mark III VPI TNT HR-X | |
| Anyone Else Running Two Systems? Running a 5 channel audio set up with multiple sources with my flat screen in an AV system. And an audio only 2 channel system with multiple sources including a vinyl rig. Plus another 2 channel system in my office fed from my computer and a blu... | |
| Beware: Magnum Dynalab are not "doing repairs, upgrades or service right now"!! Check the post above by @mag01 : Hi Everybody, My name is Ben. I was the only technician who repaired all Magnum Dynalab products for more than 35 years. If you need your Magnum Dynalab Tuners or Amplifiers repaired, please contact me at: benn... |