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| What is the chain of importance in analog system ? There is no single chain of importance that you can follow alone to assure good results.IF the gear is decent and you set it up correctly and each part integrates well, it will sound good. Otherwise it will not.Once you set up any decent gear corr... | |
| Ohms, my - help me understand * How many watts are my amps producing with these Thiels. Is is as simple as splitting the difference between 8 and 4 ohm output, meaning 75 watts?Yes, the rating would be 75 W/ch into 6 ohm based on the specs. * The power amp can be turned into a... | |
| difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar " If I were underpowered, why would it only show up with the Saturn or the Arcam CD players?"The DACs in different players sound different. You probably won't realize what your missing in regards to driving those speakers better with a better suit... | |
| Beatles Remasters compared to 1 gr. Hits os 02 I did some research. Wikipedia indicates "Yellow Submarine" was remixed and "1" was definitely remastered. | |
| Beatles Remasters compared to 1 gr. Hits os 02 I was under the impression that 1's was remastered also. The re-release of Yellow Submarine a few years back definitely was. I recall both as clear improvements on original CDs but have not compared to the new stuff. I suspect all the stereo remas... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? "a large, localized image - a big guitar, maybe 10 feet long, being plucked in the vicinity of the right speaker, and a big snare drum, maybe two or three feet across, being brushed in the vicinity of the left speaker. Does that coincide with your... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I know the C2s well. They are inherently brighter in tone than Walshes and most every other OHM speaker I have heard. People either like them for that or not. | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? I auditioned Gallo 3.1 refs and liked them but preferred both OHMs and Quad ESL. The OHMs are a fraction of the cost of QUAD ESLs I preferred.The Gallos and OHMs have some similarities but the OHMs are smoother and more balanced top to bottom. Gal... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? "Mapman - what you're saying makes me think it'd be great to audition a pair of these before buying, but is that possible?"You pay up front, audition in your home for several months (the only reliable way) and then can return for money back if not... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? Coverto, The flip side of omnis (directional designs) is that it is perhaps more like what one might hear if listening at very close distance to the player at a live performance where you receive most of the sound directly from the instrument bein... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? Omni directional speakers are just that, sound is radiated in multiple directions. Only a small % of the sound emitted from the part of the driver facing you reaches your ears directly. The rest reaches your ears indirectly as reflections off the ... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? There are lots of directional monitors capable of eliciting awe...if you sit right in the sweet spot. Same true of directional floorstanders.Good omnis can awe listening from most any location and hence can awe a room full of people all at the sam... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? The largely but not fully omni MWTs a couple of feet in front of you will work very well, better than most any other design I can think of, for casual listening from that chair. You will mostly likely hear a coherently imaging soundstage beyond th... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- "You buy an album and clean, then play, the sides in numerical order."Actually, probably just buying an album alone these days qualifies you but, yes, the cleaning and playing parts are likely then as well.Also, if you actually spend time reading ... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? " The micro walsh will play fine in an 11x14 room. no worries,"Most likely.A foot or so out from rear wall will help with imaging depth as with most any speaker design. Micro Walshes do have a very small footprint to help facilitate this if possib... |