allexandar
Responses from allexandar
| Magnepan, Ohm, Spatial or ?? I have Magnepan .7 now; previously had 1.6. For my taste they handily beat any box speaker in their price range. What I discovered after farting around with them for years is that a near field listening position makes them sound a bit dull. I've t... | |
| Fair price for a Yamaha RX-V1 Between 200$-250$ I got a rx-v1 Yamaha and i love it, it is the best receiver to add a amp to because of the prosseser it haves, if you set it up right with good amps there are no pre-pros that can match, I love the effect channels, | |
| What's your profession? Age? I am a Software Engineer... My age: 44. | |
| Audirvana vs Roon I find Audirvana to be a better choice when run directly from my imac to a connected USB DAC. When operating over the ethernet/wifi using A+ to separate systems I suffer performance issues. In those cases Roon works better for me. The Roon inter... | |
| Putting weights on speakers? If you put some objects like 2-3 inches high on top of speakers that may defray the high frequencies and help claritybest is to change the internal speaker wires and replace crappy capacitors to metalized polyproplene capacitors, you will get fast... | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? Bassnectar: "Science Fiction" from Into the Sun I enjoy hearing when pushing a system to its limits. (Of course, if you don't love electronic music, you probably won't agree with my preference.) | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? Some fab bands here1/ Beatles, that ability to write so many different, complex sounds. Penny Lane as it’s so descriptive and truly evocative of their early life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU2/ Beachboys, you try to harmonise. Goo... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Been listening to The Big Moon a lot lately, I think this song is particularly strong, maybe a hint of Weezer might be like if they were a girl band | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? I always liked the lyrics to The Lamia. A bit dark, but also very poetic and beautifully descriptive.Honourable mentions to Fountain of Salmacis, Ripples & One for the Vine. |