I think I boo-booed saying the Halco rep had an English accent. -I'm pretty sure it was Irish -Sorry!
Also, I meant the great Norm Abram (Norm Thompson?).
Jeffloistarca: I thought the stereo room (Halcro/JMLab) better than the multi-channel room (Halcro/Wilson). Something in the multi-channel system was sounding thin and wirey -can't say what.
I did see the other San Remo rooms. Got to hear the V.Y.G.E.R turntable briefly -someone bumped it and it was out-of-level resulting it skips. The system it was playing through was magnificent -Ayon amps and Mastersound (ceramic) speakers.
Dolphin/Sogood51: The Gilmores sounded sort of average. Not bad but not great. They weren't playing very loud, as I recall, and they were playing some kind of light jazz.
I'd like to hear them cranked.
I tried to find those new Jeff Rowland digital mini mono's but the person attending the (multi vendor) JR room couldn't find them (maybe next visit).
The Reference 3A room was using some very small monos (which could have been digital) to drive the Corian version of their monitors. I'd hoped to hear them with tubes.
Huff speakers had some beautifuly vaneered mini-mons with matching subwoofer.
They also had (on the lawn outside) "The Floating Bed". The FB looked sort of like an eight foot round trampoline suspended (nylon line) from a ten foot metal tripod. You can use this setup in your back yard or
break it down (into four pieces) and truck it to the woods
and hang it from a tree (good bear protection).
I thought it could be useful suspended from a ceiling (a foot or so) for sound dampening.
The rep qouted a price of $3000 ($4000?) for the whole rig
(www.floatingbed.com).
I just have to say that these are THE BEST times to be a music lover! There are SO MANY great sounding components and music formats. I just wish I could buy them all!
Ken
Also, I meant the great Norm Abram (Norm Thompson?).
Jeffloistarca: I thought the stereo room (Halcro/JMLab) better than the multi-channel room (Halcro/Wilson). Something in the multi-channel system was sounding thin and wirey -can't say what.
I did see the other San Remo rooms. Got to hear the V.Y.G.E.R turntable briefly -someone bumped it and it was out-of-level resulting it skips. The system it was playing through was magnificent -Ayon amps and Mastersound (ceramic) speakers.
Dolphin/Sogood51: The Gilmores sounded sort of average. Not bad but not great. They weren't playing very loud, as I recall, and they were playing some kind of light jazz.
I'd like to hear them cranked.
I tried to find those new Jeff Rowland digital mini mono's but the person attending the (multi vendor) JR room couldn't find them (maybe next visit).
The Reference 3A room was using some very small monos (which could have been digital) to drive the Corian version of their monitors. I'd hoped to hear them with tubes.
Huff speakers had some beautifuly vaneered mini-mons with matching subwoofer.
They also had (on the lawn outside) "The Floating Bed". The FB looked sort of like an eight foot round trampoline suspended (nylon line) from a ten foot metal tripod. You can use this setup in your back yard or
break it down (into four pieces) and truck it to the woods
and hang it from a tree (good bear protection).
I thought it could be useful suspended from a ceiling (a foot or so) for sound dampening.
The rep qouted a price of $3000 ($4000?) for the whole rig
(www.floatingbed.com).
I just have to say that these are THE BEST times to be a music lover! There are SO MANY great sounding components and music formats. I just wish I could buy them all!
Ken