Recent content by steveh

I'm putting together a 3 way component set up. I've got Dynaudio MD100 tweeters and 15W75 mids(51.4"), with 7" Scanspeak midwoofers. The 7" will go in the factory sites in the doors and I've got and aftermarket kickpanel enclosures for the tweeters and mids. I'm looking for a 24db/oct...

How do we know we're hearing tubes? Well, in home audio, people ofter use tube preamps to benefit from the "tube sound" while benefitting from the strengths of a solid state amp. A pre amp, for all practical purposes, is just another amp. All amps distort the signal they carry. Tube amps...

Yikes!

Actually, plenty of people use monoblock in their stereos. One for the left and one for the right channel. Some of the best home stereo amps are mono's. Like Levinson and Krell. As for stereo separation, using two mono amps is the only way to get complete stereo separation. That means one...

What about Maxfidelity. They're Dynaudio clones, but seem to be well received.

Do you really need a subsonic filter, unless your using a turntable for a head unit. Some of the subsonic filters I've seen start@30hz. I think these filters are included more for their worth in adertisement copy than for any practical reason. BTW, the lowest note of those chamber music organs...

Whoa.

If you can do without passive crossovers, or are willing to have them designed for you, go to Solen.com. This is my first on this site so maybe everyone knows the site. If you haven't, Solen, like others including Madisound, sell raw drivers and passive crossover parts mainly to the DIY...