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| Anybody using the last record preservative Last is supposed to reduce friction between the vinyl and the stylus. Several such record treatments are supposed to do the same. The old "Sound Guard" was a dry lubricant designed for the same purpose. Whether any of these products work to red... | |
| Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others? I like tube amps, particularly low-powered ones, and they do seem to present a larger soundstage than many good solid state amps. My personal suspicion is that they do so because of some kind of phase anomaly. I don't care if it is a kind of dis... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing I like the idea of using an equalizer, when necessary, to roll off bass. You can use it during listening sessions during the evening, particularly at late hours, and use less or no equalization at other time, on weekends, etc. It is a nice adapt... | |
| Anybody using the last record preservative There are three possible answers that I can think of: 1) The act of scrubbing the records in the application process for LAST is quite rigorous and that can remove crap in the groove of new records. I actually clean the records thoroughly before... | |
| Volti v Charney v Rethm I was impressed with the bass of both the Quintet and Trio speakers I heard because I like fast and nimble woofers that can keep up with the kinds of midrange/treble drivers they use which are also very fast and dynamic sounding. I also saw that ... | |
| Volti v Charney v Rethm I too love the Pure Audio Project Quintet 15 speakers. I heard them with the center horn driver too, but, I would really love to hear them with the Voxativ fieldcoil driver-I have heard that driver in another system and it delivers a very vivid a... | |
| Volti v Charney v Rethm desltz, Your large room and high ceiling might make bass reproduction difficult for some speakers. My bet would be on the Rivals, among the three choices, working the best in that situation. But, these days, many single driver or small driver t... | |
| Volti v Charney v Rethm How big a room and how loud do you want your system to play and how important is really deep and powerful bass? It is NOT the case that I found the Charney deficient in any aspect of performance, but, physics dictates that a single 8" driver cann... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing Horn-based systems and dome other high efficiency systems tend to sound more lively when played at low volume. Some also do a better job st focusing the sound energy at the listening position so that, they don’t have to played as loud. Many of t... | |
| Volti v Charney v Rethm You have picked three very good sounding speakers. They are all lively sounding speakers. The Rethm has, to me a little bit more of the horn and full range coloration, but, it is not that extreme. The Rival can deliver deep bass and sounds good... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing The whole floor will act as a sounding board so it is necessary to damp the floor throughout much of the room, not just directly under the speaker. Ideally you would get wall to wall carpeting with a very thick and dense pad. If you can only man... | |
| List of most high end analog active crossovers ever made. Apogee utilized a "Dedicated Active Crossover" dubbed the DAX for its Diva speaker (large, planar magnetic speaker, sort of like Magneplanars). I don't know about the specific contribution of the DAX and biamping, but, the system sounded quite go... | |
| Pure Audio Project Trio 15 - Silversmith Audio Fidelium internal wiring upgrade Since you are looking at alternatives to upgrade your Trios, at some point you might want to experiment with different capacitors in your crossover. I know a custom builder who makes some quite expensive and nice sounding speakers and amplifiers ... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Jond, I too generally prefer low-powered tube amps. That makes high efficiency and easy load important qualities of a speaker. AN-J’s are not very high in efficiency, but they are intended to be placed in the corner of a room, which boosts the ... | |
| Minimum Power Needed to Drive Klipsch Cornwall IVs? - Considering Erhard_Audio Ray You might not be able to play your system at very high volume levels, but, for the VAST majority of the time, 4 watts will be plenty. Most of the time you will not be playing above a quarter to half a watt, and even if you occasionally push towar... |