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| VA Beethovens upgrade to Strauss experience/advice This is just the opionion of a novice so bear that in mind. I was able to audition the Strauss several months ago and they're quite nice. I know that audiophiles arn't supposed to care about visuals, but as an artist, design is important to me in ... | |
| The very best new/used under $3k for classical? I agree with Herman; if you are thinking about Vandersteens, definitely audition before buying. In addition to the qualities that Herman outlined in his post, I find the 3a sigs, even augmented by two Vandy subs, become confused on big orchestral ... | |
| Best speakers for Classical music under 10k used Hi McTeague,I've been very curious about the Orions, but unfortunately it seems that it will be impossible to hear them where I live.I'm a novice but I think there are three things that are important to good classical music reproduction: 1. Body- ... | |
| Vandersteen 5a's - an upgrade from Vienna mahlers? I'm compelled to say, be very careful to demo any Vanderstein before purchase. For an hour or two, put the engineering and technical erotica away from sight in a drawer, and listen to your music. Obviously the thing to do with any speaker, but goo... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Thanks very much for your thoughts, guys.My space is indeed houselike in scale- it is my live/workspace. I live in an open loft in what was at one time acommercial building. Possibly something similarto the factory-like space that Holzhauer descri... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Very interesting thread with a nice range of opinions.I'm wondering if anyone can comment on how an omni-like speaker such as a Shahinian or an Ohm might be expected to fare in a very large space- say 1200 square feet with 16' ceilings- with refle... | |
| Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Grand How do they sound? | |
| Shahinian Oblisk Speaking of Obelisks...While this doesn't have an exact bearring on the specific question, if you go over to audio asylum and do a search on these speakers, there's a discussion from a year or three ago re. the unique design approach Shahinian tak... | |
| Von Schweikert VR4-Jr: Urgent Opinions Needed Thanks very much for the positive responses to my post, and Xentithon, thank you very much for your patience, and apologies again for diverting your thread.Rbischoff, I had to postpone my purchase last year so I've stopped auditioning and havn't g... | |
| Von Schweikert VR4-Jr: Urgent Opinions Needed This post hijacks the thread quite a bit, and its long, so apologies in advance to everyone and Xenathon in particular. Agaffer and Ozzy62 bring up a subject that's interesting to me in light of my brush with audiophilia so far.I have been hoping ... |