oldrooney
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| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 @tomcarr I’ve never seen an impedance curve for the 801 S2, but I checked the user manual specs and found that while they are rated at ‘Nominal 8 Ohms’ in parantheses immediately following it reads “not falling below 4 Ohms.” I expect the drooping... | |
| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 @lowrider57 Thank you for the kind words. As best I can tell, the crossovers are, and always have been separate. From the response I’m getting on this thread they may well not be stock. In any case there are others for sale, so I’m not as worried ... | |
| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 @xenolith Thank you. I just hooked up the Rogue Stereo 100 to the ‘High Frequency’ taps and the sound is so sweet. I prepared a long post to update everyone on this thread, but lost it all on an errant finger click trying to preview it. Oh well. T... | |
| user poll on seperates vs integrated @chrisryanhorner I like the way you asked the question about separates vs. integrated. I checked out your top-of-the-line Focal Kanta No. 3 on Crutchfield’s. As Bill Clinton would say, ‘I feel your pain.’ I just got some new speakers myself, and e... | |
| What was your first big eye opener with regard to audio? My first big audio eye-opener was listening to a friend’s HiFi system set up in the room over his garage. He probably had 3 or four systems set up, a ton of surplus overstuffed furniture and over a dozen speakers. But the sound filled the room, it... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities Imaging and soundstage depth | |
| Rumble showed up on NEW record??? Update: Modified a standard 3mm hex key such that the ‘key’ end would fit in a 1/2 inch slot and was able to adjust the VTA properly without marring the mounting cup. Whatever height you set the VTA you still have to cope with the inset cup which ... | |
| Demise of bass quality in Main speakers I have always felt that, ‘there is no replacement for displacement’ such that the larger the woofer, the better the bass. But I recently read an account by Roger Russell of McIntosh who, in consulting Rudy Bozak and others designed a two-piece spe... | |
| Rumble showed up on NEW record??? @noromance Not yet. We are ‘in the process’ right now. I dug the existing turntable out of its hole atop the DAC, adjusted the VTA (think it did come with an adjustment tool, but I used a ball-end 3mm Allen key). I removed the ELAC phono stage. Th... | |
| Rumble showed up on NEW record??? @audioguy85 Yes. The manual specifically warns against loosening the screw. I found I had installed it on the 3rd, and not the 2nd notch as recommended. The angle of the dangle of the string seems to be a bit off to me. @ghdprentice The VTA ca... | |
| Rumble showed up on NEW record??? @ghdprentice I bought it used, no tool came with mine, and no manual, either. I better get online and see what I can find. The VTA should have been adjusted as part of setup, it’s the first time I’ve had an issue with it. The record really isn’t w... | |
| Rumble showed up on NEW record??? @jeffreylee (@jrosemd and @vinylandtubes ) Nope. Totally missed the subtle hint, and I was looking right at the album cover when I responded. My only excuse is that I had a conversation recently with a new acquaintance who had the so-called ‘Whi... | |
| Rumble showed up on NEW record??? Well I found out what was popping the needle out of the groove: the brand new recording is warped, slightly, in my opinion, but it doesn’t take much to cause it to come into contact with the tapered carbon-fiber arm of the MMF-5.3 tone arm. As the... | |
| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 @xenolith Let me assure you, I am enjoying my new (to me) speakers. I bought the speakers used from a dealer in northern New Jersey. I won’t give their name because previous posts on this forum that referenced them were removed silently. Suffice t... | |
| Bi-Amping Options B&W 801 Series 2 @lowrider57 Thanks for the compliment on my system, I’ve certainly been all-in since COVID struck which coincided with my retirement and my wife’s death May she rest in peace. Regarding the crossover, the speaker comes with two sets of speaker te... |