"I'm not a psychologist....but I can look like one...."
Daydream 'believer' would like to put toes into the pond without the SOTAgators removing ankles.....
How loud is 'loud' with L.Zep, anyway? *shrug*
'Driven out of the room?'
Not really the point... |
...nothing from 'The Past' will sound quite the same on semi-SOTA or even the 'nominal' of Now....
If it haven't been 'remastered' (which can be considered as 're-eq'd' and generally 'tweaked'), it will play like 'back when' what we listened with is generally considered....junk....with exceptions....
(Fair enough, y'all?....ok....)
The sound you seek to recreate is There.....in the grooves or the pits of the CD....but it'll take doing to dig it out....;)
Swapping equipment can drain an account as fast as a divorce.
Consider some simple room arrangements with easy to do acoustima'...drapes, rugs, pets....
Take as much time as you'd like to consider what and how to proceed.
Maggies' tend to like power, carefully applied.
Ohm ratings become a religion.
'Upstream' equipment can spark multi-page 'discussions' here. ;)
Oh...Have fun, since that's the basic premise.... |
tomic, good point and where to start with 'sage' (🤞) advice to one returning from 'walkabout'....so to speak soundlessly....;)
Intended listening space...although with 'Zep, flexing sheetrock is always an option..*L*
Budget...Yes, 'Lambo's are beautiful....have you ever looked up the cost of just the tires? I didn't think so....
TT+streams....Both ends of the flat earth, which....*sigh* ...let's pass on that 'off' ramp...Streams=digital, TT='hard core' analog....
IMHO....or not so much...;)....Both can be addressed without resorting to split personalities in ones' choices or psychosis.... |
Mag itself infers '50>1K watts' for 3.7i's.....that's a huge spread.
Start with 100 per channel...can always throttle down, but have some punch at hand. Feeding desires for power is too easy, audio or politic...;)
A, A/B, or D?
A = somewhat esoteric, happy with TT sources, subject to lengthy discussion.
A/B+ = MOR, 'generic', still the default in many ways. $'s vary with bells & whistles onboard....HT is the bulk of the mass market.
D = Subject to the same 'discussions' of A amps, but available to suit any budget with any wattage one could sanely consider, at the limits of current specs on distortion, qualities, erc. Mho, better with digital sources....
Since you're moving from the Maggies' 'backing into' the equipment....between 'sources' and 'driven'....it's a unique place to be. *S*
The best of both worlds will still be a compromise.... |
...but you Can give the donkey 'stimulants'....but said donkey can still go stationary, as they are wont to do....
lukaske has a point....'venals' (can't resist...sorry...*G*) are more 'subtle' in many ways, whereas digital (Qb, Tidal, Spot...et al) is all digital until it isn't at the speakers...
One could have a TT direct to the pre-amp; I go direct to amp with a digital EQ betwixt'd for levels, room eq., tone to taste....
Digital/streaming comes off a dedicated 'puter, and basically the same route as the TT's...
The pre- + amp(s), or an integrated will be the hardest call to make on this....and the room is still an unknown X factor. |
Yes! Go haunt dealers....take a thumb drive with the familiar in it.
Chicago, Atlanta, new source....it’s all the same street....
Make them play more by your rules than theirs....respectfully, of course. ;)
Have Fun, as it ought to be.
👍, J
The only rush is your desires. ;) |
Up, off, 'n oy vay.....
A pleasant weekend to all, J |
whart, I recall the Diablo....beautiful car from wherever it may have been from...;) *S*
"Look....but don't touch."
I assume drooling on it is a non-starter as well?
*Baleful stare, while the 'muscle' off-stage rubs their knuckles...*
K', bye...(broken ribs don't show...)
The red pony's attractions in that era...varied...you can have a svelte car or near F1....
Always a Lotus fan from afar.....;)
Spoilt since...*G*
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gerrie....ROI (Return On Investment)....
Easier to lipstick a pig...
...the pig doesn't care beyond the application of the color...
...the product will just be attractive enough to create sufficient Return.
Buyer, of course and always, has to be en garde'....;) |
*L* The only palette I have is in a graphics program....
"They call it Mello Cello (...quite rightsly...)..." ;)
I'm more involved in 'proper placement' than ultimate sonic perfection...which is subject to a whole lotta' personal perfs....
I'm trying to put the vocalist into your lap...
...now, whether the said vocalist is or isn't of the same 'variety' as you is...
...isn't of any concern of mine. *L* |
Ones' background in that era, halcyon or no....colors our current perception of what we now hear....;)
"....I took a whole lotta drugs...*eeeuuuuu*...
I felt a whole lotta bugs...*eeeuu*'..."
*drum echoland...* (more cymbal, pleze....)
We -had- to have been There.....we were....
...it just doesn't sound the same, now....:(
There was a lot of LP's issued then that now.....*dry fart*
...well, that about sez it.... |
...all the subtlety of an 10# sledge on a full soda can....
Now is much improved...and more subject to scrutiny.... |
tomic, tomic....Too Many Things in general, one life is quite enough, thanx...*L*
Eternal life is a curse fer chure...look what it did to God...;)
Everybody blames you, responsible for everything, always calling you at inopportune times.... |
