berner99
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| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? Speakers are the only component that can determine the radiation pattern of how sound is distributed in your room. For those of us who like dipoles e.g. maggies, omnis e.g. ohm/space pods, open baffle e.g. Spatial audio, wide dispersion e.g. LSA b... | |
| Average Price Spent for Speakers 30 years ago I spend about $1700 for a demo pair of full range (mirage M3), coupla years ago I spent something similar for bookshelf (LSA) and just spent $2500 for used pair spatial audio. | |
| Bookshelf/Small Speakers LSA bookshelves. | |
| Your favorite audio cartoons Thomas on YouTube has some good ones:https://yt3.ggpht.com/BQYDDccmZu4LsRLbGNUPDzSF9j_WiXEdAiTryMlpZ041E2roguQ_eVw9ZVMZfBWhvtNctEyE7bT3iA...https://yt3.ggpht.com/1PIDVHAupTqAi7bc2y_0emiQDVUsnDZT_v9gBRaQwbtx451rnu0v43gbhm3wZWkMu8BfxxXITkeugA...http... | |
| Why did you choose the components and speakers that are in your system? "I have an opportunity to build another system and I'm looking to mix up the sound I seek"If you haven't heard the sound of speakers other than "typical box speakers" e.g. maggies, electrostatics, omnidirectionals, open baffles. you might listen t... | |
| Magnepan LRS- what amp should i consider? (sub $2,000) audiio Excellence Canada YouTube video on LRS--they liked the Hegel H90https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJdKld_2bCc&t=18s | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? If no one mentioned it, YouTube channels Zero fidelity, Thomas, and Jay who are all under 40 (I think) and appear to have lots of younger viewers. Sure there is tons of very pricey gear today, but the flip side is that technology has advanced and... | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? The map of reality is not reality. Even the best maps are imperfect. | |
| Soundstage Thanks Duke. If I’m understanding correctly you are describing the kind of sound that I really like (with the early sidewall relections). Found in bipoles (e.g. my ancient Mirage M3s), wide dispersion bookshelf speakers (my LSA bookshelf) and I wo... | |
| Class D amps that are superior to all or most? Check out the Marantz Rubi Ki integrated (TAS review if you're open to it). | |
| Your Top 10...Are the majority from when you were a teen? Many of my favorites are from the time period when I was 8-15, but many of them I didn't hear until years later (I'm still discovering some King Crimson). | |
| Speakers The single most critical component If no one said it, the speaker is the only item in the reproduction chain which effects the pattern of sound dispersion in the room. For those of us who like eg omnis, bipoles, dipoles, open baffle, and wide dispersion boxes, these differences ar... | |
| Mirage M1 big bipolar speakers in small room Have Mirage M3s and agree with George. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Rufuge by Gabrielle Roth. YouTube has parts of it. Ancient Tibetan chants (not mellow droning chants) sung by Russian rock singer. Very powerful (and some nice bass). Close your eyes, put it on and experience it. | |
| The Absurdity of it All @desert38 I”I can’t tell you what you can hear, but I can hear a difference. Isn’t that what really matters? There is no wrong or right.”That is what should matter, but if you look at what happened in the last 12 months (outside audio) and all t... |