bpwalsh
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| Setting Azimuth And adjusting azimuth is done to minimize crosstalk. Period.Wrong. You heard what I did with your neighbor Michael's rig. Minimizing crosstalk was not the objective. | |
| Setting Azimuth The Fozgometer measures crosstalk and channel levels, and that's it. Good enough to get you in the ballpark but not worth $250 IMNSHO. Minimizing phase error is what's important, which isn't necessarily at the same azimuth setting as minimum cross... | |
| Best Solid State for Avalon Isis Rtn1's Karan 1200 monoblocks had pins 1 and 3 on the XLR inputs reversed, which he could verify. Normally pin 1 is ground and pin 3 is return, however in this case pin 1 was return and pin 3 was ground.It is my understanding this is true of some a... | |
| Local dealer has ESP 08-07-12: ChadnlizPretty sure every dealer does this to some degree but few are stupid or arrogant enough to say it outloud. I had faith in dealers but that isnt really the case anymore. Service, respect and ones word is remembered long after pric... | |
| My Marantz TT-15 and Parasound JC3 don't get along Not at all, Bondmanp. My customers love the JC 3, no noise issues. There's a lot we don't know without seeing what's there. | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? there has been over eleven firmware upgrades to the player including last summerWow. | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. | |
| McIntosh MA-6900 Integrated Amp - Your Thoughts? Be sure to try reversing your speaker cables +/- because it inverts polarity. | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? After reading the past week's posts to this thread, I throw in my two cents' worth about Joe Trelli (Trelja). Although he and I are only acquainted from a few private emails and reading each other's posts over the years, I know of his past manufac... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? LOL! This thread gets more absurd by the moment. | |
| So Many Apogees for sale, and so few takers Baranyi, yes indeed, they do take a lot of amp. One amp that drives them surprisingly well is the Lazarus h1a, used as monoblocks.I know a guy with a pair of Full Ranges that he bought new which he could be convinced to part with. To the best of m... | |
| Abbingdon music research AMR cd-77 is how good? Vze739en, you are welcome to post here, as is everyone else. There is no rule against people in the industry posting, although disclosing one's affiliation is appropriate as a courtesy to others. My post did not express an opinion nor was it self ... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Tom, sorry to hear this is still dragging on, yet I believe you have been patient. If there is anything I can do to help please give me a call (free from my website)...it would be great to catch up with you anyway.Brian | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Wow, Audiozen, I don't know what kind of crazy stuff you're on, but keep it to yourself!You can improve your presentation by brushing up on your descriptions -- see the Audiophile Cliché Generator for some ideas! | |
| I am thinking of getting Nordost Valhalla speaker One thing for sure, it sounds like no other. There is a reason. |