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    Polk Monitor 10

    in Loudspeakers

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Sk1Bum said:

    They are just a bit bright

    Good score on the speakers.

    I bought my brother a pair of SDA2B. After a 1/2 day of listening, I had to turn them off. I was fatigued, the tweeters were far too bright.

    I bought a pair of the RD0194 and the difference way night and day. Not sure how your Vifa tweeters compare to the sl2500 or rd0198? If you go with the RD0198, you're basically doubling you outlay, and the crossovers are going to add as well. (I did resell the sl2000 for 1/2 the cost of the new rd0194.)

     

    I used dayton poly caps in my JBL xovers and happy with the results.

     

    Sounds like a fun project!

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    Speakers and amplifier combinations

    in Loudspeakers

    Posted · Edited by jeffs
    typo

    I think there are combinations that are better than others. Speaker impedance, listening level, speaker efficiency, and a number of other factors come into play here. In the end it's all pretty subjective. I have a number of speakers and amps. To my ear the m500t "wins" in most of my cases, but there are exceptions. I think the m1.0t mkII is an excellent match for Polk SDAs, beats out the tfm-45 by a hair (IMHO).  I have an inefficient set of speakers that seem to pair best with a m1.5t. Who knew?  A/B testing can be challenging. Unless the amps all have the same gain, switching back and forth can be a difficult evaluation. Level differences are often interpreted as differences in tone.

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    New old audio "head" in N.C.

    in The Welcome Shop (Please read first)

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    31 minutes ago, MHzTweaker said:

    I think I really want a C-16

    There is a C-6 on ebay right now.  That will be a good judge of how much you're going to pay for a C-16, it's the silver model, otherwise same I believe.

    The C-6 might be rarer, not sure.

    Anyway - it's day1 of a 10 day auction and it's already at $335..... feels like it's going to go pretty high?

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    Worth Keeping or Start Over?

    in The Welcome Shop (Please read first)

    Posted · Edited by jeffs

    7 hours ago, Sk1Bum said:

    Of your list, the only items I've listened to are the M-500t and the C-1. Those two are very complimentary together

    +1.

     

    My bench/office system consists of C-1, M-500t, JBL4311B. It's a nice combination.

     

    I also have listened to a TFM-25. It has a traditional transformer. Probably good for rear channel use. If I had to power my house with a generator for any length of time and was jonesing to turn on the HiFi, I'd probably go with the TFM-25. The traditional transformer is likely less susceptible to self destruct when running off crap power ....LOL. The Mag coils configs are not going to do very well. 

     

    9 hours ago, TomcatCrew said:

    a Mint Set of 1979 JBL 4311's.

    You need to get rid of these at all cost. I'll take them off your hands ... need my address??? LOL.

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    Music To Inspire Or Impress

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    Calvary Cross by Still Corners , live studio (probably Youtube only)

     

    Not sure that I care for the entire song, but the beginning thru the first minute or so has some very warm room filling bass that is well defined without that muddy sound.

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