jon_5912
Responses from jon_5912
| Speakers On Wheels? I just did this today when putting a floor down. I had made some rolling stands when I was living in a cramped space with little kids. A couple of 2 foot square pieces of plywood and some little wheels from Home Depot and my speakers are mobile.... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? immatthewj I'm incapable of believing the high dollar amount is necessary. I assume they could get 90% of the high dollar benefit for 10% of the cost. | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @immatthewj To me that bumps up against the problem of why does different have to cost so much. I understand people like to switch tubes and compare. When it turns into you need to try this simple mechanical device that just happens to cost $4,0... | |
| Am I right for this forum? Having spent less than $3k on you main system sounds more like bragging about being a good bargain hunter. I tend to do that too. What's the retail price? | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? If power cords really made a big difference wouldn't component manufacturers be putting better stock cords on? Are there any component manufacturers that put anything other than standard plastic covered cords in the box? | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? In my experience a pre is a clear improvement. I assume there are situations where it isn't but the first time I put one in my system I was close to shocked. I believe I was running a pair of Classe CA-200s bridged mono in addition to a pair of ... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) Around 2010 I bought a pair of Thiel 2 2s that were around 20 years old and cost $1,000. I paired them with a B&K ST202 I had bought used for $300. I don't remember what the disk spinner was. Probably fed a digital signal from a relatively ... | |
| directional speakers This has off axis response graphed. "Despite the significant size, the 30 degree lateral output is almost as good as the on-axis trace, as is the 45 degree response. Only by 60 degrees laterally off-axis does this enclosure begin to become dire... | |
| directional speakers ATC is not directional. They do have very small waveguides but it's a very small mid and they are very wide dispersion. They are very much set and forget, not varying a lot by location. | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? I measured a lot in my younger years. I got the Behringer stuff and did digital eq to get my bass response near perfect. I built tons of bass traps and spent all kinds of time messing around in my basement. I'm glad I did it, I got a little bit... | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp I've bought preamps twice. Both times I did a bunch of research, obsessed over it for a while, and then decided I didn't believe 98% of what I read and just bought Brystons because I believed they were close to as good as you can get and last for... | |
| Will audio gear be ok in unheated house There are a lot of temperature control products for aquariums/terrariums. I'd look into that. ZOO MED ReptiTemp Digital Reptile Terrarium Thermostat - Chewy.com Amazon.com : Petbank Reptile Heating Pad - Seedling Heat Mat with Digital Thermos... | |
| Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’? I don't really want surround but I'd definitely be interested in more channels in a semi-circle. | |
| DAC as pre amp I have no problem with people who prefer not to run a preamp if that's what they prefer. A decent preamp introduces negligible distortion, though. The difference may be impedance matching or long cable runs I don't know. It's funny how the anti... | |
| ATC SCM150ASLT He said it was mild and most people wouldn't notice or care if I remember right. More of an academic point than a practical one. If money were no object I'd get a pair of 300 towers. The dynamics on those has to be incredible. |