Recent content by Putter

I was most upset by the Harman eliminating Infinity as a home speaker brand when from a value point of view they were at the top of their game with the Primus line. Getting into the Masimo end of things, I was also saddened when they phased out the Boston line.

FWIW I replaced my LS50 Meta in the desktop system with modded d'Appolito design Pioneer SP-C22 speakers for the greater 'height' of the stereo image. The Meta's went into the home theater system downstairs. It looks like I want to look into the Genelec's if upgrading.

I would point out that according to the inflation calculator $550 would only be $150 or so in 1980 dollars which I believe I spent on Audio Technica electret headphones around that time. While perhaps OT, I always felt that Atmos was a bridge too far. It's hard enough to get WAF approval for a...

Or turn on the subtitles and use them to learn how to lipread so you don't have those ugly words ruining your picture.:rolleyes:

Katy lied was considered a sonic disaster by the group. While I won't go that (far), I can't unhear the cymbals that sound completely unnatural.

After the the somewhat tedious work of figuring out the BOM cost, I didn't really have a conclusion except to see how it related to a DIY project. In this case the 'hobbyist's/designer's ignorance of tools for simulating speaker response makes this feel like a High School 3rd Place Science Fair...

2 Dayton Audio DS215-PR 8" $30 = $60 Dayton Audio DNR-10 10 Ohm 10W Precision Audio Grade Resistor $1.10 Dayton Audio DMPC-8.2 8.2uF 250V Polypropylene Capacitor $2.29 Dayton Audio DMPC-15 15uF 250V Polypropylene Capacitor? $3.98 Dayton Audio 1.5mH 20 AWG Air Core Inductor Crossover Coil $6.59...

It seems obvious that the $200 limit is too low when you consider that the suggestion was put out 5 years ago and we've had significant inflation since then and that's not even counting on the future effect of tariffs. The inflation calculator puts it at $371. My suggestion would be to put it at...

I'm hoping that taste impression doesn't stay with me the next time I have Mexican.:( I'll admit that I lean towards the analytical and can be at least a little bit preachy. The logic (often a dirty word for subjectivists) being that if we want the signal to be unaltered by the time it leaves...

Is it a stereotype that is also wrongly applied to the hobbies of photography and billiards?

For me, "perfection" is, ultimately, gaining access to the information that is on the recording. Other people may have other ideas. I really like that analysis, but want to clarify did you find the 'sad stereotype' applied to those other hobbies that they were accused of get wrapped up in the...

To expand on your "inappropriate amp" comment, they used an amp which maxes out at 37 wpc and John Atkinson even says "I don't recommend using this amplifier with loudspeakers whose impedance drops much below 4 ohms." While, I can understand using the amp on hand, it would have been helpful to...

I have no problem with his not being critical given that he has already been burned, AS LONG as he gives us the data that we can interpret..

Boston Acoustic Soundware speakers. They're 4 inch coaxial and come with mounting hardware and in different colors. Since BA as a company is defunct, Sounds United went with Polk instead, IMO a mistake. They're only available 2nd hand and likely not in Germany so maybe a bit of a thread crap...

It's the Marantz Cinema 70 as mentioned in his review. Amir reviewed it and found it have distortion issues. It does have have preamp outs which tested out better making it ideal to use as an Audio video preamp. I do suspect that the flaws Amir found in its performance are likely inaudible, but...