avanti1960
Responses from avanti1960
| Raven or Hegel? Heard both extensively, bought two raven audio amplifiers. ultra refined and as sweet and transparent as they come. would be a very good match with your speakers. | |
| Recommendations for floor standers that sound good at low levels too Quality sound at lower volume requires good, effortless bass response. The ability to produce impact and overcome the ear's bass sensitivity deficit. This often has more to do with the quality, power and robustness of the amplifier with respect ... | |
| Good Tube Pre Amp under 2K look for a used rogue audio RP-5. superb in all areas. | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? I still greatly prefer the sound of tubes vs solid state. I also prefer the current, more neutral tube sound- however you can modify that with small signal preamp and input tubes. The reasons I use them-1) they give you a much larger, spacious s... | |
| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? kenjit,from an engineering standpoint a tubular shape is inherently the most rigid and deflects the least under pressure than a box shape. that's why pressure vessels are cylindrical- e.g. pressurized gas, liquid nitrogen storage dewars, compress... | |
| speaker stands--general considerations One lasting impression of speaker stands happened at a dealer several years ago listening to Dali, KEF and other stand mount monitors on some Sound Anchor stands, spikes on the base, thin layer of blu tack between the speakers. The bass was simply... | |
| What your choice speakers with spikes or speakers with a vibration isolation device? It depends. I hear speakers sounding their best when they are rigidly mounted and supported. I would only consider isolating the speakers from the floor if that floor were audibly excited by the speaker cabinet vibrational energy. My current se... | |
| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? i heard these speakers at AXPONA a few years ago. it was in the madisound room that sells these kits online. very incredible deal for the $230 for the kit less the PVC piping. in this case they used minidsp for the active crossovers. sound was... | |
| Harbeth 30.1 or legacy calibre while i prefer the sound of the harbeths, more natural and much more forgiving yet plenty detailed, the legacy calibres are different but quite excellent. the biggest difference is that you can put some serious wattage into them with biamping. i... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing or Down Firing - Which Sounds Best? i found that the direction the driver aims has an impact on the quality of the bass. front facing subs, in my room, projected and distributed the impactful, tight bass out into the listening area the best. some people even adjust the angle of th... | |
| Subwoofer Recommendation for Harbeth SHL5+ yes, thinking REL t series. never owned them but interested if the ability to blend easily with main speakers and bass quality might be worth the tradeoff of lacking deeper low end frequencies.... | |
| Need some Tube and Class A SS Suggestions The Rogue Audio RP-5 preamp (or better yet RP-7) and Stereo100 amplifier are a stunningly magical combination. | |
| Yet another Integrated vs Separates advice post I have the Rogue Audio RH-5 linestage / preamp and Stereo 100 power amp. I upgraded from the highly regarded Cronus Magnum integrated amp. The idea of separates as an upgrade mainly influenced dynamics and musical life like energy compared to th... | |
| SVS Subwoofer Isolation feet. Will I lose bass? I don't believe that demonstrating the reduction of acceleration of a speaker enclosure proves that it will improve the sound. First we have no indication of the amplitude of the vibration and acceleration. It could be inconsequential. Second w... | |
| SVS Subwoofer Isolation feet. Will I lose bass? my experience soft vs rigid is similar to the video. the best sound achieved on my carpet over concrete floor is when the spikes pierce the carpet and make contact with the solid floor, speakers and subwoofer. |