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| Brigid Monos or Mono Blocks? One advantage of bridging capability: say switch to tubes, keep cost/heat/size/weight down, will 45 wpc be enough? or: buy new speakers, less sensitivity, existing amp enough power for them? If reasonably easy to find another, used or new, you ... | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble I use a SPL meter on a tripod, and do not like pink noise. I use 1/3 octave test tones, like found on Amazing Bytes CD. Last one sold, $9.99 was me, I snapped it up. Actually the one on discogs for $42. delivered is a good price, most often $75.... | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire Personally I have always had Copper, the difference size and number of strands and insulation. For a friend I installed two Vintage Micro Seiki MA-505S which was/is their silver wire 'upgrade' version. I'm not sure if it is solid silver or silve... | |
| Acceptable to ask seller for option to return a component? You certainly have the right, and probably wise to get a return commitment, in writing. Also, even if listing says 'working' ... write seller via the service, i.e. eBay, Reverb ...ask questions, and get clarifications in writing which you can th... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love 1st comes to mind is a SS McIntosh Preamp C28. It worked fine as a switcher/attenuator, many features I still want, HOWEVER, I did not like the sound of it’s MM Phono EQ. I actually preferred the dinky optional phono built into my Audio Technica ... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? Functionally: Volume Control is the most common need. Thus a Preamp is an attenuator, most combined with a gain stage. Passive is a switcher, attenuator with no gain stage, perhaps other features. Pre-Amp, (the pre) (ignoring features, switching,... | |
| Best musical center channel under $300 1st find a way to locate your center channel just below the TV/Monitor. Fairly easy if monitor is wall mounted. Mine: I built a 6" high riser to sit on my equipment cabinet below. TV on the riser, center channel below/within the riser. 2nd, match... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps I agree, hire an INSURED furniture mover, a piano mover for something huge needing care. IF a friend unable to help had a brother, son, etc, that might work. Coincidentally, looking for powerful amp/mono blocks: I thought, the front handles can ... | |
| directional speakers Audio Presentation: 2D Stereo; 5.1 Directional; 3D Enveloping Live sound is generally ‘front stage based’ (except ‘surround theater’ like Cats), presenting 2D directionality (varying greatly with seat location). Conveying the sense of a particula... | |
| directional speakers from their site (emphasis by me): **BACCH-ORC is the most advanced room correction technology today. Unlike any other commercially available room correction system, BACCH-ORC relies on quick in-ear (binaural) acoustic measurements, millimeter-res... | |
| directional speakers treepmeyer I apologize, I now realize the importance of the specifics of your post. My responses are related to 2D and Front Imaging: not ‘3D from 2D’ which is Bacch4MAC’s objective. I just looked it up and realized Bacch4MAC is what my friend ... | |
| directional speakers treepmeyer "I just bought a Bacch4Mac bundle and am thinking of upgrading speakers. Theoretica recommends speakers that are more rather than less directional.". Perhaps you could summarize the beneficial theory you are pursuing. | |
| directional speakers treepmeyer thanks for acknowledging my input. I don't know anything about what you are doing, I just write for you and others I imagine who are following: to share what I have experienced, perhaps to get you to try that alternate toe-in for inst... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) I'm constantly delighted with the sound of my system, and quite proud of it's low cost compared to ....... I have nearly all restored vintage, as my virtual systems show: https://forum.audiogon.com/users/elliottbnewcombjr?_gl=1*x51yz6*_ga*ODgyNz... | |
| directional speakers By the time we get enough money for good equipment, and good source material, and enough free time: we are old enough that our lack of sensitivity to high frequencies has begun, and will continue to diminish, thus the distribution of the narrowest... |