I do like the sound of some of the old Jap amps. My amp-de-jour (well, amp-de-month, in fact) is the power amp section of my Big Mutha Rotel RA-1412 integrated. The pre section adds a dollop of Golden-Glow TM and is nice enough in its way, but go straight to the 'power amp in' sockets and bypass all...

I had two small electrolytic caps go off the other day inside a powered speaker. Stupidly I had connected the + rail to the earth bus, really made me jump :shock: not good for the heart mate. It is , it make's believe you're alive and great for the hearing, then you can enjoy music better and relax...

Anyway read on gentle not rude comments please (yer right) :- http://www.hifianswers.com/2015/04/colin-wonfor-sets-the-record-straight/ Fascinating, Colin. The Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times" seems to fit you all too well. :( Good that you a re a Terry Pratchett fan, tho...

Here's a question Jerry. . .Why do you box swap so often. :?: I just wouldn't have the time or patience for all the faffing about which must be involved. Are you trying to find the elusive perfect sounding system at the end of the hifi rainbow. Or is it just an obsession. I salute yer endevour but ...

Ah well. I always did have cloth ears.

Hmm -- I wonder what they sound like with class D amps?

Yep, it's normal, I think, to put the tweeter ribbons on the outside, but due to the very wide spacing and also to increase the tweeter spacing from the LH wall I put them inside. Sounds fine to me. I'll be trying a bit of placement shuffle on my next visit, but I don't want them to intrude into the...

Nope, they don't seem to beam like the 'stats I've had. They do fade off the higher freqs to the side, but there is a decent sweet region rather than sweet spot that is quite wide. But tbh, it's just gonna be me in my cumfy chair most of the time - the wife has better things to do! And yes, they are...

New speakers! :dance: -- sorry the room's a bit of a mess :oops: -- tidiness fetishists look away now. :lol: http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/jandl100/DSCF6301_zpsqytvsbht.jpg No, the MBLs are going nowhere, this is in a 2nd system elsewhere ;) Magneplanar 1.6QR ribbons. Five and a half feet...

AKGs - meh, bland & boring. I've tried the 701 twice, the 2nd time because I couldn't believe my memory of them could be right given how much praise they get.

It was just the same the 2nd time!

I much prefer Grados.

I use the big 1000 earpads on both my Grado (325i and 125i). Huge improvement to my ears, but the bass does lose some punch (which is fine and sounds more natural to me). And they don't touch your ears at all so much more cumfy.