Posts by Rutgar

Quote: Originally Posted by LowTech1 This is just absurd! A 50k -300k speakers are going to be mostly for aesthetics and nothing more. You can only make a speaker sound so good. 300k good BS! There are so many variations it isn't even...

Quote: Originally Posted by scooter_29 Just verified again last night. The short run with a different kind of wire works fine. You might look into something like this: http://www.amazon.com/TC-780LC-Stere.../dp/B000RZXAHI

Is this a thread about the updated lamp for the new JVC's, or alternate projector choices?

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill Fitzmaurice The ideal method for choosing speakers would be via blind testing, so that you neither know what you're listening to nor what it costs. Which is extremely difficult to perform logistically...

I have to ask... For testing purposes, have you tried moving the preamp closer and using a shorter pair of interconnects, to see if the same problem with gain exist? That alone would tell you whether or not the issue is with the longer...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrEastSide I wasn't saying that. I was merely suggesting that I think when people spend $10,000 dollars on a set of speakers, they think it sounds worlds better than anything they've ever heard, when in...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill Fitzmaurice They're not doing anything wrong. They're making profits for their businesses. If someone's willing to pay a certain price for an item, any item, someone else will provide it to them. You...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wrager When you start designing/building speakers for a living you might gain a smidge of credibility. Until then I'll listen and take seriously what Bill says. So now one has to be a 'professional'...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill Fitzmaurice I haven't heard a higher than $10k speaker that sounds the least bit better for the added price. That is one of the silliest statements I've ever heard. If that's true, like echen1024,...

Quote: Originally Posted by russ_777 Typically what you gain in more expensive speakers is less distortion (better drivers), more dynamic range (better drivers), less coloration (better cabinets), lower extension (better/bigger drivers,...