larryi
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| Has This Kind of Tonearm Been Made? There is also the Revox B 790 turntable. | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? I've heard most of the speakers mentioned here, but not the Blumenhofer or OHA speakers. I like a lot of these speakers, but, I prefer the custom builds I've heard, particularly because they are specifically tuned to the buyer's taste and room ac... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong Cherry, Sorry, no can do, but we can send you to the Munich show where Sibatone (Korean) does a display like that with one set on the floor, the other inverted and suspended in the air. In the U.S., if you ask nicely, Deja Vu Audio in Northern V... | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! p05129, It has been a while since I listened critically to streamers and the mode of transmission, but, I agree that Ethernet consistently outperformed asynchronous USB connection when I heard a comparison. While it does not seem to make sense t... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. It is not how much one spends, but rather, how important is good sound and how much effort one puts into pursuing that sound. I have a young friend who has not put in nearly as much money as I have, but, in his relatively shorter time as an audio... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong There are probably one hundred speakers that qualify for the top five. I certainly have heard but a small fraction of the speakers designed as statement products. A friend who attends the Munich show and some shows in Japan throws out names of c... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong Wharfedale and Tannoy are Great Brirain examples, Klangfilm made great theater systems worthy of consideration. | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong There are MANY good modern speakers that do almost everything well. I like the top end Rockport speakers, Arion Acoustic planar magnetics, Maggies of all sort, and a lot of other modern designs. But, almost all of them are dynamically a touch li... | |
| How are we wiring our Mono systems? Mastering for mono is not the same as just summing a stereo mix, so mono versions of albums can sound dramatically different from the stereo version. In the early days of stereo, it was often the case that the mono version sounded much better--it... | |
| Thank You Fumihiko Sugano and Koetsu Mulveling, That is an excellent description of the Koetsu sound and why they are adored. I don't own one, but, a lot of people I know do have them and I am quite familiar with the sound and I like them a lot. I own quite different cartridges--a... | |
| How are we wiring our Mono systems? You know a lot more than I do about this stuff; I just sat there and listened while someone flipped the switch on the comparator box. There were two transformers that were very good and quite close in sound--one was the somewhat expensive Western... | |
| How are we wiring our Mono systems? lewm, I believe the dealer had it between the linestage and the amplifier. He had a very young tech who built the comparator box and would also make the mono adapters for customers (put them in various vintage component cases with RCA jacks). I... | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature I start listening right away, and the amp and linestage sound very good within a few minutes; I don't fret over whether the sound is at any sort of absolute peak. But, I do know someone who complained about the sound of his amps and how long they... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong The vast majority of pre-1970 speakers were quite poor compared to modern speakers. But, as I and others above have mentioned, not all vintage speakers are inferior. Many of the best are not particularly practical, but, if you heard them, I am s... | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong Roxy54, I agree. I do like the Grand Utopias, but at the modest listening levels I prefer, they don’t have the liveliness of great horn systems. Which is best depends on priorities. For comparable dollars spent, I can get a custom designed hor... |