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| Number of sales: CD vs LP I would love to see a chart of sales per yer in $ volume of LPs, CDs, and MP3s over the last 20 years. Obviously at the onset of CDs, LPs were selling more, but very rapidly CDs took over sales by a huge (someone reported 1000:1 and I don't doubt ... | |
| Best in-ceiling speakers for audio I think you are going to need to add a subwoofer for reasonable sound. I also think one of the biggest concerns will be getting reasonable sound pressure levels in such a large room with most in ceiling speakers. Theil makes a nice ceiling speaker... | |
| Amplifiers for Talon Hawk monitors I think the 23.5 is an excellent choice. I've used my Hawks with Ref 20.0, Classe 10, and VAC aurical. The ref 20 is the best SS I've heard with it. The Krell makes sense for the Firebirds because it has a higher damping factor, which is not neede... | |
| Talon-New owner-NO customer service You know what I just found out from one editor of a prominent Audiophile magazine. The original post from Robyatt was sent to them as a letter to the editor to be published. The editor also recognized that it was not one for publication, but inste... | |
| Talon-New owner-NO customer service I guess we need to clean up some issues here. First, we bought the assetts to Talon Audio Technologies. The transaction was similar to a bankruptcy sale, in that we did only buy the assetts. Thus technically all speakers made prior to our purchase... | |
| Anyone else experiencing the rude highend retailer The discount at Best Buy was huge. My entire reference system as you can see was bought there. Of course, we designed their reference demo rooms at Best Buy, and we strongly endorse them. If you take any of the above comments seriously, you've bee... | |
| Anyone else experiencing the rude highend retailer There are certainly still the arrogant high-end retailers. Fortunately, due to competition I think they are dwindling. I would hope that high-end retailers that understand they need to provide higher service would grow, but they need a decent size... | |
| Best speaker cables for Talon Diamond Firebirds Cardas makes very good jumpers that aren't very expensive. As to cables I like very neutral cables. I liked the previous line of AudioTruth very much. The last version of Clear was excellent--I still use it in my reference system. The cable that I... | |
| How to thwart cats First--I like animals and have had a cat that enjoyed music and liked to listen and never was a problem with any of the gear. But this might be a solution for some of you with problems.(I am kidding of course)Cat Solution | |
| Two systems in the same room We've had to do this for some of our dealers. There are definitely tricks to help, one is a tapestry that can be hung out in front of the system not in use, but there are other things in terms of directing sound energy that can reduce the interact... | |
| Best speaker cables for Talon Diamond Firebirds If you have a budget I would recommend that a higher quality single wire over the same price in bi-wire would be preferable for these speakers. | |
| Speaker Placement or Room Most likely you can correct much of this through placement. Sometimes there are rooms that do not support certain wavelengths and without analyzing the dimensions it would be impossible to know, but likely you are getting a cancelation due to plac... | |
| Acoustic TReatments - What, How much, & Where? Glad to hear you are working on the room. Whether you go DIY (which may be a little trial and error) or hire a design group to engineer the room, you will be much happier.I don't know if this is the Rosetta stone, but this resource page may help y... | |
| Which Show to Attend? Unfortunately it's true. I liked the atmosphere too and the rooms were really no worse than many hotel rooms. Bad dimensions, bass boom, hard walls (can be a good thing depending on your neighbor), it's pretty much par for the course. HE show in L... | |
| Which Show to Attend? Not to add more confusion, but there is the HE show (often referred to as the Stereophile show). It's held in the spring. This last year it was in LA. Don mentioned the CES at Alexis Park. This is the high end segment of CES, but the Alexis Park h... |