bondmanp
Responses from bondmanp
| Equalizers- love them or hate them and why? I have always used one. Nowadays I use a vintage Kenwood graphic/parametric EQ, but only for recording. I digitize vinyl and other analog sources. I am mostly correcting frequency balance issues in the source material, source gear, and recorder... | |
| Vandersteen Seminar at Audio Connection (NJ) Hey - we have a great audio club in The Garden State! www.njaudiosociety.com - a fun group of ornery audiophiles. | |
| No preamp 'Balance' control? I bought my preamp, in part, because it offered a large, continuous range of balance adjustment. My room is asymmetrical, so that is one reason. But, seriously, are we to just assume that every recording ever made is perfectly balanced left-to-r... | |
| Odyssey Kismet Reference series. Glad I found this thread. My HT3 (with cap upgrade) crapped out - bad caps, I think - and I sent it to Klaus for repair/upgrade. He made me a good offer for the full Kismet upgrade on the left and right channels (center is for HT use only, so ju... | |
| Need recommendation for amplifier +1 for Odyssey Audio amps. Also, I would audition Merrill Taranis and Arion Audio S-250. Both are great amps. | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano YMMV, of course, but what mapman says about the Ohms I completely agree with. They do a good job of telling you what is going on upstream, but they are not so ruthless that poor quality recordings become unlistenable. I think Jonathan Valin of T... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano ^ Bingo, snapsc. As I said previously, I think Ohm gets little respect because of their lower price points and direct-sales approach. Compare, for example, how few reviews there have been of the Von Schweikert VR series, which are likewise pric... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Thanks, peterr53. I was beginning to worry about you! Merry Christmas, Happy Chanuka, and Happy New Year to all. | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano snapsc - If I can chime in while we wait for ASVJerry, Ohm does not use Walsh drivers these days, but they do use the Walsh principle of bending wave propagation, in which the back of a cone driver radiates sound in a quasi-omni pattern. Getting ... | |
| Vandersteen Seminar at Audio Connection (NJ) I couldn't make it, and that's a shame. I have heard Johnny's Vandy 7 setup, and it is magical. Mr. Rutan knows how to set up a system and match components as well as anyone I have ever encountered. He also happens to be a heck of a nice guy. ... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano snapsc - My room is on the larger side of the size range for the 2000s, although I sit only 9' back. Without the subs, the 2000s seem to go well into the 30's, probably around 35Hz, with a good amount of output. (Sadly, with my amp in the repair ... | |
| Slappy here. Been a long time, have some audio source questions. Another choice might be Murfie - offers CD-quality streaming. I got an email offering a year for $49, plus some other extras. If I was going to try streaming, and I am not, yet, I would try it. | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano snapsc: As requested above, my thoughts on how my Ohm Walsh 2000s "do" piano: I have owned these speakers since 2009, and IMHO, are timbre champs. They also excel at getting transients right, a must for piano reproduction. I do use mine with a pai... | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! tablejockey - I would not be so sure about a MkII version. Sweetvinyl did a lot of work to ensure that the hardware would not need any revision in the Sugarcube, only downloadable software updates. And the SC-1 you're referring to is pretty comp... | |
| Leather couch, leather love seat or single wooden chair ^ That's what I mean by not being affordable. No way I can afford a $1200 chair. But, good luck finding a nice one, goose. Hopefully it will work for you. |