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| Sleeper JBL models....80s-90s The L-110 10" 3-Way was a stupendouslyvgood speaker. It was the first JBL to use a computer designed Thiele-Small alignment, and it shows. Rock solid, fast bass, spot-on midrange, and JBL's first dome tweeter. None of the typical JBL boomy bass an... | |
| Sleeper preamps: $500 new/used The APT 1 designed by Thom Holman (also known for a little project he did for George Lucas called 'THX'). He pretty much nailed phono stage design around 1980. Not to mention the most useful preamp controls ever, including a proper subsonic filter... | |
| Does room size affect volume and bass? Oof. In acoustics (as well as a lot of other areas) there's this thing called the inverse square law. Basically, SPL decreases inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source. So, go from 1M to 2M and the SPL drops -6dB. In op... | |
| Integrated Amp Shopping Decisions The Marantz PM7000N should be on your shortlist. It checks every box on your requirements list, and then some. I bought one to 'hold me over' while deciding on a pre/power/DAC setup, and after I got it broken in, I kinda stopped looking (although ... | |
| Warm, Lush Laid-Back Smaller Floor Standers? Reality Check: your room is over 32,000 ft3. That's enormous. The speaker recommendations you've been getting are all intended for rooms in the 2000 ft3 range. 16X smaller. Your room is venue size, and most hifi grade speakers will simply be out o... | |
| To extend Ethernet to remote location, are Powerline extenders or Mesh systems better? All ethernet extenders, wired or wireless will reduce your available bandwidth by half. Not a point of discussion, it's just inherent in how they work - there's no free lunch. Mesh Networks do not exhibit that characteristic, and those with a dedi... | |
| ScanSpeak Ellipticor-A50-II (anyone build them?) @kenjit Clearly you've never run a business, or you wouldn't write such an asinine post. High-end Audio ranks right up there with restaurants and racecars as an excellent way to lose a lot of money pursuing what you love. Anyone who can make a go ... | |
| Sound meter + equalizer = problem solved? Equalization changes the speakers input into the listening space; room treatments change the output of the room to the listeners ears. They are both useful but totally different tools. Every time you move a speaker, schangecthe toe-in, raise them ... | |
| Does Hearing Loss Disqualify Me from Audiophiledom? Regarding "loss in the higher register, tinitits and unbalanced hearing" The first and third are problematic, but certainly don't disqualify you from being an audiophile. The second symptom, however, is another matter entirely. | |
| Streamers made in America? I don't know why people fail to understand that any and every technology product is itself the product of a global supply chain. Where did the copper come from? Where did the aluminum ore that made the aluminum for the chassis come from? Where did... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? @jpwarren58 "Sort of like buying a Porsche while living on a very small island with one lane dirt roads." Nailed it. | |
| Biamping Bi-amping requires 2 amps plus an active crossover adjustable to meet the frequency, level, and slope of the original passive design. The benefits are many, most notably a 6dB increase in dynamic range and better woofers control by eliminating the... | |
| Best POP audiophile recording/album... Eva Cassidy - Songbird / Live At Blues Alley Charlie Haden / Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky Aaron Neville - Warm Your Heart / Bring It On Home Jackson Browne - Running on Empty' Rolling Stones - Stripped Eric Clapton - Unplugged O... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? @czarivey What is this 'poor dynamic floor' on high sensitivity speakers to which you object? Never heard that term before. | |
| RIP David Lindley I have been a huge David Lindley fan since I first heard him on Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' cut 'Stay'. His plaintive falsetto "Oh, won't you stay ... just a little bit longer" always cracked me up. Then I learned how great a musician he w... |