gbmcleod
Responses from gbmcleod
| Goldmund Studio I had a Goldmund Studio back in 1986. It was the most accurate of turntables back then. Not locked in in the bass the way the SOTA Star Sapphire was, or weak in the bass as the Oracle turntables. It was astoundingly open and dynamic at all frequen... | |
| Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse Yes, truly HORRIBLE!!! | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? Well, I could be part of the "no such thing" group, but, having been a part of the state-of-the-art club back in the late, late, late 20th century (it sounds very odd to type that, as though it was waaaayyyy back in ’The Dinosaur Age’!!), I’ve fou... | |
| Apogee Calipers worth anything If you can get it repaired, it's a good speaker. I had them back in 1985 - before I got WATTS. But for parts?? I dunno. | |
| Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse @celo The Avalon Eclipse is a splendid speaker. And it has one trait, almost NO other speaker has (I owned it back in the 1990s, along with the Ascents) and that is, a vanishingly low "grain." With the right amp, the view into the soundstage wil... | |
| Do your ears deceive you? Yes, and I noticed that the violinmaker in your article - who was part of the research team that administered the test - was very surprised they couldn’t identify what they were playing. I’m guessing that Henryk Szeryng could identify them, since... | |
| Front Row Seat Power Cord? If you got a "front row power cord" (I’m not sure what that is), but your electronics and speaker are "mid-hall" perspective, you’re not suddenly going to feel like you’re in the front row). It will be mildly closer. And perhaps not noticeable. M... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? @audiofilo123 It appears this is part of the design. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/magnepan-lrs/ | |
| Shunyata Delta or Alpha V2 NR vs. AQ Hurricane HC Good thread! | |
| Nordost Valhalla RCA vs. Wireworld Platinum Eclips @gganaway I agree with your assessment of the Valhalla completely. I had Valhalla at one point, and I noticed the same thing. | |
| Nordost Frey 2; what should I expect? I liked the Frey 2 very much. Eventually, I sold them, and went up to the Tyr 2. The Tremendous transparency and a great speed on transient. The upper base in middle base are good, but just a tiny bit lightweight. I should point out here that mus... | |
| ??? How Much Would You Spend ??? Are the speakers, box, ribbon, horn, or electrostatic? And the sensitivity? The amp must be able to drive the speakers, so that would be a significant consideration. I'd go with an Aesthetix Mimas (around 9k), as it has tubes in the preamp and ... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album The Barbra Streisand Album. (The first one, 1963.) I was listening to my recently-acquired-at-the-time Dynavector XX2 Mk II (10 years ago), and this was one of the albums I just randomly put on to listen for the Dynavector's capabilities. And ... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? How long have you had the speakers? Is it possible that they are not fully broken in? | |
| Interconnect Break In? Wire DOES break in. Anyone who’s owned upper-tier Nordost, with its shriekingly strident treble before it (finally) breaks in, knows this to be true. It took what it always takes with Nordost: 300+ hours. And this was Frey 2, and Tyr 2, which I bo... |