larryi
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| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? Keep the house and dedicated listening room, ditch the shepherds and labrador, renegotiate services rendered by the wife or ditch that too--that is the way to downsize. | |
| Dirty little secret of Pedigreed, decades old Speaker line - no one will address So, YG has not changed its midrange cone material in many moons. How is this evidence that their product is inferior. To me, it looks like they think they got things right in that department a long time ago. I like the sound of certain compres... | |
| Quandary Most shops that do offer home demonstration will do so only with customers they are familiar and can trust. They will help you load it in your car, but beyond that, it would be a big imposition to expect them to set up in your home on the hope of... | |
| Quandary This sort of thing is situational. If you have been a good customer and they have reason to expect that you would make a purchase if you like it, this would seem like a too high charge. If the fee were refundable if you make the purchase that is... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 For me, it is not just that extremely deep and impactful bass is a low priority, I don't like the results I often hear with attempts to achieve such bass. Often the bottom end sounds "dry" and toneless when that kind of bass is achieved. I think... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 If bass response, and specifically how the amp handles low impedance (i.e., damping factor) is a high priority, then solid state is the way to go. Some powerful tube amps with many pairs of output tubes may also have respectable damping factors, ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 With a lot of tube gear, the difference between an integrated amp and a power amp is surprisingly minimal--if you take the power amp and add input jacks, a source selector and a volume pot, you have an integrated amp.(you probably don't need addit... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 As I stated above, I am suggesting that you hear these amps even though they don't match your criteria and tell us if that is the kind of sound you are after. If you think they are too warm, for example, you might be a candidate for the Audio Res... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 Unlike the old days when solid state amps sounded grainy or harsh, modern amps are quite smooth and not at all harsh. There are brands, like Accuphase and Rowland that are also on the warmish side. But, what good tube amps deliver (meaning not a... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 I understood that you were looking for an amp on the warm side. It is quite hard to guess what that means, as everyone has a different idea of just-the-right-amount of anything. To me, Audio Research is decidedly on the cool, bright, and lean si... | |
| For city apartment dweller audiophiles. Have you ever had neighbors banging on your walls? Are you talking about spikes under your speakers or under an electrical component. If it is an electrical component, I think the complaint is a coincidence. It might be a real phenomenon with spikes under a speaker. Spikes are intended to coupl... | |
| Speakers for SET 8 Watt 300B system? Charney Companion speakers are terrific sounding speakers in their price range. I heard them with the Voxativ and Aer drivers; both were very good. They were powered by 300 SET amps. I also like the two models of Songer Audio speakers with fiel... | |
| Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system I help out a exhibitor at Capital Audiofest and I always play certain digital tracks. No. 1 on my list is Vivaldi Concerti pour Hautbois, Basson et Cordes with Alfredo Bernardini (Astree label)--I usually put on the 4th track which is a bassoon c... | |
| 1960 Klipsch Heresy Value I don’t know the specifics about Heresy, but, a couple people I know who are into Klipsch like the earlier models, like yours more than later versions. A 1960 model in good shape would be a prize. | |
| What gear do you want to demo? Good choices kennyc. I’ve heard the Voxativ fieldcoil in another system and it is quite good. I have heard, and liked very much, Pure Audio Project speakers with the wooden horn and coaxial driver options, but not with the Voxativ. I share your... |