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| Anybody blow a ceramic woofer with an OTL amp? Springbok10. I hope you keep us up to date on the repair process. I for one remember my work with a soldering iron *shivers* I do believe that there are some things that are worth the effort in dealing with the inconveniences and music is one of t... | |
| Anybody blow a ceramic woofer with an OTL amp? Tim. Ya I know. I'm simply saying that ceramic drivers aren't exactly fragile in the strictest sense. That if the same thing occurred with another speaker driver, it would most likely still be damaged. Either way, this is indeed unfortunate and ve... | |
| Anybody blow a ceramic woofer with an OTL amp? This is very disconcerting to hear. I've read how much you enjoy the sound of the Kharma and Atma-Sphere combo. I was just digging up the thread where Tireguy *cough* was telling some stories about blown drivers :P and I see that you've already fo... | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience Mehldau is always cool but not always mellow. If you bought one album of Mehldau's you won't necessarily like his other ones. If anything Mehldau stuff tends to be way out there and not always something you can relax to. | |
| Best Digital Cable, Regardless of Price.... I haven't done much comparisons since I don't plan for my source setup to be long-term, but I have the Jena Labs Fugue digital cable and compared it to my PS Audio Xstream, which is regarded as a pretty sweet sounding cable. The Jena Labs digital ... | |
| Placette Passive Owners... Sdatch, were the cables between the amps and the Placette short? I'm no expert on impedances and input sensitivity etc, but I do believe in system matching and synergy. Guy told me that "the most important thing to look for in the amp (other than ... | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience Jazz is such a wide genre now that one really shouldn't classify as one thing and not the other and restrict it.Kind of Blue is such a frequently played album that it is good for all kind of moods. It doesn't stop being a reference for students, g... | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience No. I think they intended it to be music. Coltrane for one didn't care where he played. He was known to spend hours playing after the concert had long been finished. Jazz isn't background music. It's music, whether you're criticaly listening to it... | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience Paul Desmond is usually good. Maybe Art Pepper. Joe Henderson would have something that fits the bill since he's such a wide-ranging player. | |
| Listening to my HD650's, a sobering experience... Interesting thread. I haven't listened to my HD600s in a long time. But since my system is without amps right now I listened to some music on my headphones today. I think what makes a headphone system enjoyable is that it delivers the essense of t... | |
| Placette Passive Owners... Mike,If the Placette is placed between source and the active preamp, wouldn't the active preamp be responsible for volume control in this scenario? I understand that having the Placette placed after the active preamp can make the active preamp fun... | |
| B&W N803 VS Sonus Faber Cremona Good choice with the Cremonas. I was very close to buying them a while back. Vocal jazz sounds wonderful through these speakers and it might be cliche, but Italian speakers playing opera kind of adds to the effect. The Cremonas are just enjoyable ... | |
| Placette Passive Owners... In an experiment to prove its transparency, Placette actually recommends you placing the unit between your preamp and amps to see if you hear a difference in sound. Then you take out your preamp and then insert it back in between the Placette and ... | |
| Bryston 4BSST or 6BST or 7BST I personally preferred the SST series over the ST. Like others here I prefer the added smoothness and refinement and found them more neutral and less bright. But there are people who preferred the "hotter" balance of the ST series and found them t... | |
| Ditch HT? Upgrade help please... Edsilva, Okay it might take up too much space. But it shouldn't get in the way of your music unless you have your TV in between your speakers (which I then would recommend spending the money on a projector and screen as a better upgrade than anyth... |