pvanosta
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| ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts? I had a pair in the late 80's (bought them used then).I had to get the woofer surrounds replaced. Other than that, I was very pleased with them. The tweeter was spectacular in its day. | |
| Marantz 8260 CD/SACD My 8260 started refusing to read certain SACD's, then a few more, then almost all SACD's failed.I sent it back to Marantz and they replaced the laser and tracking mechanism.Problem solved. | |
| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? Cost me $500 in Europe and started skipping like a mutha after 2 years. | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating No, that's one I hadn't thought about. I'll look into that as well, thanks. | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you. That makes two votes for the 'farther apart' side. I will definitely play around with that (as far as possible in my listening room).Patrick | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating My Amp is a Classe DR 15, 175W/ch in 8 ohms, and doubling all the way down to two ohms (700W/ch in 2 ohms).The preamp is the Adcom GFP750 in passive mode.The pre - to - power cable is Transparent Audio, balanced. The cable to the speaker is heavy-... | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you. I will look into Audiopoints and Sistrum Platforms. I appreciate your input. | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating So far, I have put the Thiels on the spikes provided by the manufacturer, and put the spikes on quarters. The speakers are well clear of back and side walls (3 or 4 feet from the back wall and 3 or 4 feet from the sidewalls). They are about 6 feet... | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you all for your input.I'll be receiving the Thiel 3.6's this Friday...no sleep for me this weekend . | |
| Thiel 3.6 and 'grounding' / insulating Thank you for your response. I will do some in-depth (no pun intended) testing of the bass performance with spikes on quarters. I just needed confirmation of my idea that, by adding a couple of massive slabs of granite, the bass-coupling to the fl... |