immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| Listening Room I can see the virtue in both what @gents and @unreceivedogma are saying. I am not nearly as critical or scientific as @unreceivedogma is, and my listening room, such as it is, is not nearly as scientific or critical as his is, but my liste... | |
| My new B Stock speakers What type of music impressed you most with the Revels? @grislybutter , sorry, I didn’t read that carefully before I replied. The type of music? Too early to say, I guess, I listened to an old test CD that had music tracks that were mostly inst... | |
| SHALL WE PLAY A GAME ? didn't I once see something about playing Sabbath at 16rpm, drinking a bottle of Nyquil, and seeing god? I am not sure that it would be God that you would see under those circumstances. | |
| My new B Stock speakers @grislybutter , what I seem to pay attention to most is the vocal work. There were inflections in Linda Ronstadt's voice that were brought out more than what I had noticed with the B&Ws. Also, before I settled down in my chair in my room, I... | |
| My new B Stock speakers Thanks @ghdprentice ! I am going back in! Thanks, @mikhailark for the explanation. | |
| Unplugging power cords from amps/ pre amps Not sure lightning will be stopped by a 6mm gap in a breaker. IF your system is plugged into separate circuit(s), (as it should be) simply turn the breaker(s) off, back on after storm passes. There is an extended surge protector thread g... | |
| My new B Stock speakers @elliottbnewcombjr , B-Stock. Hmmm, what I would want to check/know is how well the drivers are matched/balanced, from low frequencies up to high frequencies, midrange the most important. I’d like to know even if they were not B-stock. I am g... | |
| My new B Stock speakers 86 Db is not sensitive at all. @mikhailark , I realize that. That was why after I typed the rating for sensitivity I then typed that the reviews I read called the speaker an easy load to drive. I had my reservations about a sensitivity ratin... | |
| My new B Stock speakers Thanks, @james633 ! I will definitely give that a read! I asked about positioning, I think it was on AA a year or so ago, and someone gave me a formula, and I wound up hating it and wound up where I started, but I will give this a serious read.... | |
| Listening Room @unreceivedogma , I used to have my system in the living room, and I could enjoy sound that I was quite happy with from a variety of locations. No, it wasn't like being at the apex of the triangle, but still I got a lot of enjoyment. I remember... | |
| Pre Amp break-in balance issue but I'm learning in my old age that I don't have to have all the answers I hear you. I can just accept good news (in my old age) instead of questioning it. Mostly, anyway. Good to read that it worked out for you! | |
| My new B Stock speakers @erik_squires , yes, they did have a pair open box Focal "booksheves", I guess that when I thought that the Revels were made in America that was why I leaned that way. (that and the fact, I hate to sayit, that the Revels were few hundred less). Bu... | |
| My new B Stock speakers I did say I was looking for an excuse to send them back. Best of luck in your search. @cdc , I don't think I am looking anymore! | |
| My new B Stock speakers @soix , yeah man! What you said was what I was thinking! Now I am wishing that for all that listening I had been doing since I took my system out of mothballs in ’17, I hadn’t had been cheating myself out of what I think is going to turn out to b... | |
| My new B Stock speakers Best of luck with your new speakers. Thank you, @stereo5 ! |