bpwalsh
Responses from bpwalsh
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs I'll say it again. Listen for yourself to the candidates, preferably in your own system, being sure to match levels (measure voltage at the speaker terminals). You might be surprised. :) | |
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs Rtn1: I fully agree. Fred Crowder is a friend whose judgment I value, although we sometimes see things a bit differently. That's why personal auditions are so important. | |
| quad 57 vs vandersteen for low volume listening Thanks, Tompoodie. Your room lends itself well to Quad 57s, as you noted. Price difference notwithstanding, it took me a long time to come around to owning Quad 57s years ago, ultimately moving on to other speakers with the same midrange magic, co... | |
| quad 57 vs vandersteen for low volume listening Quad 57s excel at low volume and have few peers in this area, in my opinion. That said, they have limitations many cannot live with in the long term. The Quad 988s are quite different from the 57s, with many differing opinions on them. For integra... | |
| AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs Rilou, I suggest that you contact the respective manufacturers regarding distribution in your country.AMREMMThe PBD link was posted.I urge you to then experience each and evaluate for yourself the build and sound quality before purchasing, rather ... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance Guinness wrote:Michael Fremer reviewed just such a product - Dr. Feickert's Adjust+ in Stereophile's Oct. 2008 issue. Mikey liked it, conditionally. The manual was poorly translated from the original German. When/if the manual was re-written in pl... | |
| Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can Grannyring, I should admit bias since I am a Sound Lab dealer, but given your room and associated equipment you might try to audition both. When considering such a product an audition is the only sensible way to decide. If cost is the primary conc... | |
| Stockfish LPs ?? I have the Stockfisch (sp) Bassface Swing Trio 'A Tribute to Cole Porter' on vinyl and like it a lot. Stockfisch is a German record label. | |
| Creek vs. Parasound Kencalgary, what is your understanding of what biwiring means? | |
| Anyone heard the Nordost Odin cables ? 01-27-10: ArgyroMike I don't mean it is annoying in any way, it just has a distinctive sound!! I think that in a blind test I would be able to spot valhallas, anytime!I agree in terms of spectral balance and timbre. They also have, shall we say, u... | |
| Isolation /platform for TW Raven One Bluewolf, because the Kuzma Stabi Reference already has a spring-in-oil damped suspension with an approx. 2 Hz resonant frequency, putting it on a non-rigid support such as a Seismic Sink resulted in them 'fighting' each other and probably amplify... | |
| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here I heard the Rockports on Saturday afternoon. They were not broken in, as Andy readily admitted, and as such weren't as full sounding as he would have liked and were a bit bright. The imaging and speed were excellent, and build quality was as good ... | |
| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here While I didn't dislike the big Hansens' sound, the cosmetics are debatable. Their lack of mirror imaging (woofers) is troubling. The imaging was dramatically better in the sweet spot (single chair up front). For $239,000?The Rockport Alyas showed ... | |
| Shelter 901 MkII Specifications:Output: 0.55 mV at 1kHz 5 cm/secMagnet: Samarium CobaltCoils: 6N OFC (copper)Cantilever: aluminum-coated boronSystem body: anodized aluminumFrequency Response: 20 - 30,000 Hz / DC Resistance: 9 OhmsChannel balance: <0.8 dB at 1 k... | |
| Zero Autoformer good/bad for Atma/Quad combo No, I would not expect any benefit from using Zeros with MA-1s driving 988s. M-60s might be a different story, but I would try them with and without.M-60s drive Quad ESLs (57s) quite well without need for Zeros. |