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| Best U.S.A. speakers? Smaller 2-way Snell's. Nice for the price. | |
| Funniest agon screen names gunbydammit or was it gumbydammit? | |
| Wise audio aphorisms You have to spend a lot to realize you don't have to spend a lot. | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please I agree with PS Audio. I disagree with you that they are out of your price range:Epos ES 14 $739 with stands | |
| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt "One nice thing about buying from Tim is he will build a custom amp for a buyer."I wish. he wouldn't respond to my posts here OR his e-mail. | |
| The use of equipment as "tone controls" Given the option, what would people here choose?1) Correct a bad recording which has a 4dB dip in the bass with tone controls.or2) Less distortion, less bass, and no tone controls. | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Shadorne, I may not be reading it right but the ATC was tested at 100dB and distortion was 30dB below the signal. the Tang-band distortion 40dB below the signal, of course not at 100dB. I have no doubt the ATC is the better driver.Auudioism, I hav... | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K What struck me was the low distortion of the Tangband W4-1337SA ($55)- click on harmonic distortionIt seems the be even lower than the ATC unit. | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Shadorne, I would guess you are a fan of the dome midrange? What material? In some ways a dome midrange would be better than any cone-type driver. I don't know what they are.Here is a cheap one albeit aluminum. | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Zaph is the man. EnjoyZaph drivers under 4.5"Zaph 5.5" driversFunny, but I prefer paper for its snappy sound. Poly cones sound smoother but sort of dead IMHO. | |
| State of the art speakers from yesteryear. But if the Yamahas are so bright, wouldn't you think songs mastered on them would be dark? Sort of the opposite of Dynaudios. | |
| best 4.5" midrange drivers under $1K Sure, AudioTechnology 4 & 5" Flex Units. They are poly cone and run $240-287 each and most important, you can run full range with no x-over to over 5Khz.You'll need a 3rd order x-over @6Khz for the 4" unit.If you make a pair, can I come over a... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: Hi Tom,One guy used toothpaste on his Jordan's as a reversible experiment. Someone else used Post-It's![url=http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1163808913&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending]di... | |
| Cheap tweak from Virtual Dynamics: "I love cheap tweaks that have potential to improve sound."Have you heard of EnABL?Can't beat $26.00 | |
| Active Speakers: The usual suspects .... Or you could go with single driver speaker with no x-over and a conventional 2 channel amp. |