berner99
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| Stereo Times list of the " 2020 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS" Thanks for posting.Glad to see the LSA and Spatial speakers getting attention/more attention.The review of the Lejonklou Boazu integrated amplifier is very interesting. | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... Willing to put up with almost anything for components (including tubes sticking out the top of Oppo/Modwright 105 CD player). Speakers can be large (for decades I've had 5' tall black monoliths and even large maggies would be fine) but can't do u... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ There are categories of speakers which sound different from each other:A. hornsB. omnis, open baffles C. electrostatics Maggie’s (perhaps need own category)D. “regular” box speakers (perhaps wide dispersion go under B)How many people in 2020 ar... | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? Rowland consonance preampkinergetics KBA 75 ampmirage m3 speakerssome $500 CD player TAS liked | |
| 2021 audio system wish list Speakers when I can audition them: open baffle (pure audio project, spatial, or Tri-art maybe if I can put a bag over them) or wide dispersion more conventional (which seem to have a similar sound/wider sweet spot that I like). | |
| Do speakers choose your music preference Other way around.Remember hating JBL 100s (boom boxes) 40 years ago. That was reflective of my tastes in music/speakers then and continues to now (not that I don’t listen to some rock and really like bass sometimes). | |
| Do speaker wires matter 8 sets of comments from M1 owners you may find helpful.http://www.audioreview.com/product/speakers/floorstanding-speakers/mirage-loudspeakers/m-1si.html | |
| Do speaker wires matter Agree, mine are warm and a bit laid back. If you like bright forward speakers...there is no shortage of options. | |
| Do speaker wires matter Sounds reasonable. If the issue is the mirages, you might ask the repair person in Canada if it sounds like a foam repair issue or a driver issue, and feasibility of fixing that.Basement is plenty large enough, though a 5' tall speaker in a 6' ta... | |
| Do speaker wires matter And if your speakers each have two sets of binding posts you have to have separate jumper wires between the two red and two black binding posts (on each speaker) or biwire them ie run 2 left and 2 right speaker wires from the amp to the two sets o... | |
| Do speaker wires matter I still have M3sis and they do have advantages ie type of sound which mostly can’t be gotten with sealed/ported box speakers. Firstly the foam surrounding your drivers may have gone bad. You can inspect to see (I have directions somewhere how to t... | |
| Power Conditioners Video OP links to tells story of $9.5K Niagra 7000 making a big difference in a system. Assuming it's true, how expensive a system do you have to have to justify spending that much on power conditioner?Results will likely vary depending on your ... | |
| Does a taste for high end audio, also carry over into your other interests? I do have other nice things, but mostly for a reason eg I’m a doc and must be able to get to work so I have high performing all wheel drive car and best snow tires (Nokian). | |
| Favorite Beethoven Symphony Recordings Here is link to Mengelberg complete symphonies:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAsQBSXIIIYoutube so limited sound, still a conductor I was not familiar with. | |
| Favorite Beethoven Symphony Recordings Carlos Kleiber 5 & 7Furtwangler 9th Beyruth Festival (?1943)Karajan 1963 full cycle |