mirolab
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| How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular? I'm a long time owner of 15" Tannoys and when A/B'd against my other speakers with dome tweeters or Electrostatic panels, I will admit that they are the least delicate and agile in the high frequencies. HOWEVER.... when I leave them set up and do... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers The very first time I heard active speakers were the John Bowers Active 1's waayyy back in 1986. They were shockingly dynamic! There really is something special about getting all those Inductors & Capacitors out from between the amps & d... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? If you can hear the sub, then it's too loud. A good friend of mine always has his up a bit, and he complains that he cannot hear mine.... but you sure miss it if I turn it OFF. In my studio I run stereo 15" subs... they make great monitor stands... | |
| Disco...yep, I'm going there I was only 12 at the peak of Disco in '77, but even then I thought it was cool to blend rock drums, funk bass, and an orchestral string section to create dance music. I've always been a fan of well produced music, and Disco had some amazing produ... | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations The JBL L100's are listed as a bookshelf speaker...... so for one hell of a bookshelf... that's what I'd go with!! | |
| Did Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" blow up my woofer? This post is the equivalent of..... "My woofer stopped working, what's wrong?". No other words are needed. It doesn't matter what you were playing. Put a meter on the woofer and see if it has resistance. Put a battery on it and see if it move... | |
| Kids during audition - aaaaagh!! I work in a building of about 60 highly technical aerospace engineers, and I've always been so disheartened by the total lack of interest in musical fidelity. Many of them are really into music, but have zero opinion about how it sounds. And it'... | |
| B&W 801 Matrix or JBL L150 Old thread, but I’ll bump it..... My main favorite speakers for over 20yrs now have been my Matrix 801 Series2’s, which I bought used for $2200. Over the years I’ve tried many times to replace them, only to return to them. I’m so glad I never got ... | |
| Speaker Width? OK.... so I have read all the posts so far..... It's a small LIVING room for gosh sakes!! This guy is NOT going to pull the speakers 2 feet into the room. Any he's NOT going to ditch his hot and/or rich girlfriend... what are you nuts? And you ... | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? There's a reason why comments are disabled on the video the OP referred to.... Too many people would disagree with him. Mr. Rossi Audio clearly has no room in his world for any opinion but his own. | |
| One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All.... One amp that has a great reputation in both home hi-fi and pro studio monitoring installations is the Bryston 4B, in all it's revisions over the years. I have an old 4B-ST, and a 4B-SST2. Believe it or not, they each sound quite different from e... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? B&W Matrix 801-S2'sI've owned many speakers over the years (i'm 53) and I bought these used in 1997 for $2200. I've tried several times to replace them with other speakers in the 5k-10k price range, and they've all left me unsatisfied. I'm no... | |
| Why so many used focals? A couple years ago, I was enamored with the idea of the Electra 1038Be's for ~$10k, after hearing them at a show. Then I heard them at a local dealer and A/B'd them with the Aria 948's (only $5k). I actually preferred the liveliness and transien... | |
| Why so many wilson alexias for sale "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." I never understood the literal translation of that saying, but it seems like like an appropriate time to use it. Wilson is a high quality product that I never really liked. They are dry, clinical, and bo... | |
| Nature of the current used speaker market The 3 speaker pairs that i've owned for 15-20 years, and still love, have 10", 12" and 15" woofers. I have tried several times to replace them with more modern designs with 6.5", 7", and 8" pairs of woofers... you know, the slender tower type, an... |