mapman
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| Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular Height and WAF.The only room I could even think about putting those in is my office (not a fully dedicated listening room) which is only 12X12 and they would stick out like a sore thumb even in there currently. I'd also probably have to consider c... | |
| Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular pauly,The Cardersound dual loaded horns have caught my eye here on a'gon of late.They appear well made and reasonably affordable and the point source design with the high/low double horn loading is a design that, having never actually heard, makes... | |
| Looking for a quality all around unit Mine currently is:vintage Yamaha cr-420 (receiver)Marantz DVD player (~ $350 3-4 years ago, model # not handy)Sony VHS recorder/TV tunerTriangle Titus speakers with M&K sub (see system pics)Dual 1264 tt hooked in for good luckThis is in an ave... | |
| Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular Why is it that not many dealers that cater to the higher end market show horn designs in their showrooms along with all the other popular designs?You would think that if horns were really popular that you would see and hear them around more (other... | |
| Which amp to Bi-amp my Maggie 20.1 Agree with Chadaffect.HAving owned Maggies and researched the Ice amp units, I seriously doubt clipping will be an issue. I believe they double in power pretty well from 8 to 4 to 2 ohms, so load should not be a problem.If one sounds inherently cl... | |
| Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular One thing I must say is, other than mass market Klipsch speakers targeting the A/V market mainly in Best Buy and Tweeter, I has never seen any horn designs on display for audition at any high end shop I've been in in the last few years that I reca... | |
| How many system makeovers to get to where u r now? 10 major/significant phases to my system since I was a teenager in the early 70's. My first stereo technically was a Magnavox stereo phonograph with ceramic cartridge back in the 60's when i was a kid.First real component system in 1977. This cons... | |
| What's your profession? Age? software/systems engineer | |
| vintage turntables? Less familiar with AR than some others but yes, it was! | |
| vintage turntables? I remember the 212 I think..used to sell it along with the 312. The two were very similar designs with mostly just different aesthetics as I recall. | |
| Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular Well, they certainly do have a following.Horns + tubes offer a different kind of listening experience from SS and conventional box design speakers, so I personally do find some appeal there. Not necessarily better or worse..but different, that's t... | |
| vintage turntables? Philips 312 is the tt model # I referred to...I looked it up.God, I loved that tt! It was very unique, simple and sleek in design and didn't sound half bad either! | |
| vintage turntables? Vintage Thorens units were always the best as I recall.Some of the Duals were OK but not in the same league as Thorens. I still have a nice Dual 1264 in my second system...sounds good with a good phono stage.There were some vintage Micro Seikis th... | |
| Looking for a quality all around unit I have never actually heard one, but if I were you, I'd be considering the Musical Fidelity kW250S.I'd also be considering a Linn unit like the Classic mentioned above. | |
| Which amp to Bi-amp my Maggie 20.1 Try it one way, then switch, then keep switching until you can decide which sounds better to you.I'm curious if there is much difference, i would expect either ice amp has the power and juice to handle either task very well. My guess is that there... |