mapman
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| Your last speaker? I'm done.Got to where I am (6 active pair)over the course of 30 years and a long lived association with Maggies and B&Ws prior but have heard countless brands, models and designs over the years. | |
| has anybody heard Martinlogan w/ MIT? I've heard Krell and Marin Logan together and think I know the sound you are searching for, highly transparent and totally detached from the speakers in a way that kind of fills the room with sound.Agreed most likely the room and/or its contents a... | |
| How important is the speaker/room interface? Definitely low WAF having to clean or dust all those nooks and crannies.I guess in my dreamworld that this could only occur in, I'd hire somebody to take of that aspect of it! | |
| How important is the speaker/room interface? Shadorne,I want that studio for my listening room !I'll have to check out a few CDs recorded in Blackbird studios! | |
| How important is the speaker/room interface? Kudos to Sumiko for providing a (standard) process/service for speaker placement. I'd be curious to hear how well it works when people try it.Don't many speaker manufacturers provide directions for optimal placement in their manuals? For example, ... | |
| How important is the speaker/room interface? "So, any thoughts as to why the speaker/room interface is not more universally considered the top priority in building a system?"That's an easy one: because you can't sell people the latest and greatest "speaker/room interface". The basics laws of... | |
| How important is the speaker/room interface? I forgot to mention speaker placement within a room as another key factor for optimizing sound in any particular room.I tend to like point source speakers in moderate sized to somewhat larger rooms several feet away from rear or side walls best. I... | |
| How important is the speaker/room interface? Yes, the room is perhaps the biggest factor, along with your ears/hearing (which biases your listening experience but you have no real control over this part) and relative listening position. If you take the room and relative listening position in... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Swan of Tuonela - Sibelius is the definition of achingly beautiful"Nothing Compares 2U" by Sinead O ConnorThe chorus from "Land of Make Believe" by the Moody BluesSteve HACKETT'S GUITAR SOLO from "Firth of Fifth"These come to mind off the cuff. | |
| What speakers to get? Focal or B&W Jamesw20 is probably right that you most likely would not get the most musically from either pair of speakers with an A/V receiver.I've heard the Focal profile 918 with a $2500 Krell integrated at a local Tweeter store + the sound was fantastic, v... | |
| Affordable interconnect for warm system MIT Terminator 2 or 4. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Nothing ever stops me from looking. Buying, yes. Looking no! | |
| Anyone here using vintage speakers? Yes.I use vintage Ohm L's and Walsh 2's, though I have upgraded, re-furbished or enhanced each to some extent from their original configuration.I also still have a pair of "vintage" Realistic Minimus 7's with wood veneer cabinets in use out on my ... | |
| What speakers to get? Focal or B&W ITs a taste/judgement call.I've found the B&Ws are very British....more laid back and refined with what I've found to be a very "warm" sound.I've heard the smaller Focal Profiles, 908 and 918s, I believe and they came across as more dynamic, t... | |
| system for a 12 year old Here's an update.The Yamaha CR-420 is cleaned up, working good, and sounds great with the Triangle Titus' in my 2nd A/V system. I'd account for the synergy of the Yamaha with the Triangles as a result of a combination of low distortion that these ... |