aktchi
Responses from aktchi
| Confused and unsure about upgrading my speakers. Start visiting dealers at a leisurely pace, just to acquaint yourself with what is out there. Also, your friends, other A'goners, anybody who'd let you listen to their speakers. Avoid all stress of thinking that this is to buy your next speakers: ... | |
| What is the 'Chales Shaw' of loudspeakers? The OP here. I appreciate and have enjoyed most of the posts. However, a few kind posters have misunderstood the nature of my question, so I would like to clarify it. I am not seeking a speaker for myself here. The post was inspired by a NY Times ... | |
| Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in Hi RMS2: How do the Continuums sound on Orchestral and Jazz? At low volumes? | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico Shadorne: In a world with me too speaker boxes built in China and me too drivers cheaply built and mass produced in Northern Europe perhaps Magico is actually REVOLUTIONARY.Perhaps Magico was designed in the USA in 1776. :) | |
| Zu Cable Presences Hi Macro: Are you selling these (http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1214147873)? Why, you just got them. Moving to Def's? | |
| Tyler Woodmere II: any advices? HI Kanuk, depending on where you are located, Tyler might be able to put you in touch with a Woodmere II owner near you, so you can see/hear them yourself. | |
| Spendor s3/5 upgrade recommendation? I too would strongly advise against altering the speakers. Depending on what you think you are missing, add a subwoofer or move to a different model. | |
| What is under $5k speaker with best bass slam? Define bass slam? I don't know. Something I can feel with my body. Thump, slam, shockwave, etc.A good massage chair might fit the bill. :) | |
| The best monitors for $1000 used In this price range, one must mention Quads. | |
| ProAcs or B&W--Not hifi experienced, but luv music Dcstep: The Oppo is a universal disc player CD/DVD/SACD/DVD-A/mp3 etc. It does two-channel or video. It's a very good value.Blu-Ray? | |
| 2-ways and 3-ways Phasecorrect: Just from a simplistic less is more standpoint...That is simplistic alright, for if that were the case we would be listening to one piece boomboxes rather than multicomponent systems. :) | |
| Economics of small speaker manufacturers As scientists discovered long ago, many questions cannot be answered by theoretical pondering alone, even by brilliant thinkers, and we have to go to the real world to see what is actually going on. In principle, a boutique shop could pass on much... | |
| Any new up & coming high end speaker lines? In my humble and limited experience one hits the point of diminishing returns somewhere between $5K and $10K. Therefore, even if I could spend much more, I'd probably get a speaker from this range - and spend any savings on flying around the world... | |
| Economics of small speaker manufacturers Great topic and while I don't have answers, only more questions, I do look forward to reading what the better informed A'goners have to say.Smaller "boutique" manufacturers emphasize the savings affected by eliminating layers of marketing and dist... | |
| Is Acoustic Zen still in business? Rbischoff: Please be a big more careful about asking that question and research it before you post it.Although a good case can be made that asking other A'goners is a pretty reasonable way of "researching" it.While we should not be deliberately ma... |