twoleftears
Responses from twoleftears
| Looking to improve my system Ugh. Don't get caught up in the flavor of the month.Buying new speakers is a lot sexier than moving furniture around or measuring acoustic panels. But it's a lot cheaper! | |
| Guidance on Speaker Wire Have you checked whether Transparent would even make/supply a cable that length? And then the price??See what Audio Envy quotes you. | |
| Do Audiophile Cables Matter? Here's PROOF! There are two separate issues here.The video demonstrates clearly that cables differently constructed allow/don't allow stray in, acting/not acting as antenna.What it doesn't demonstrate is how a poorly constructed cable acting as an antenna and t... | |
| Is imaging reality? What I *do* find annoying is the decision of many recording engineers to spotlight the soloist in concertos. Even a piano will not outdo a full orchestral tutti at ff. By all means ensure that the flute, guitar, harp whatever is not swamped, but... | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite Yes, it is.And in first position is Ivan Moravec.Everything else is.... | |
| Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist? @mahgister Have you been reading Gramsci again? | |
| Reliability of brand Reliability is one thing, after-sales service may be another, though the two often coincide.In the unlikely event the preamp should break down, plenty of companies are very reliable. Starting with Bryston, but then also Pass, Ayre, Jeff Rowland, ... | |
| PS Audio BHK versus Herron VTSP-3A(ro2) All too many A/B listening tests are skewed by mismatched volume levels. As just said, unless the spls are pretty closely matched, comparative listening like this won't tell you too much. | |
| Paradigm Persona: what do you think? Search the site. The Personas were the subject of several pretty contentious threads a while ago. | |
| No longer need 16' speaker cable pair- options? Leave it alone. Nothing to be gained, and who knows, some time in the future you might need longer ones again. | |
| Looking to improve my system Point one is to ignore all the advice given to you by the first person who responded.Point two: experiment with the positioning of the speakers in the room. Try getting them more away from side walls. Try a long wall set-up. Try something on th... | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? I've figured it out. Kenjit is actually a closet environmentalist worried about deforestation in the Baltic states. I mean, all those birch trees being cut down... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick No love for Vandersteens on this thread?A brand new pair of the brand new version of the 2's?A pair of 3's?A used pair of Treos? | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick Go gently used, and you can widen your horizons considerably and get a lot better than those three. | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? Likewise, utterly unreasonable that most stringed instruments have bodies made of wood. Outrageous!If only Stradivarius had followed the model of the charango, things would be a lot better... |