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| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? I've been around long enough to have heard bad speakers poorly set up, good speakers poorly set up, good speakers well set up and well matched to the room with less than ideal ancillaries, but the only speakers I've ever heard where everything has... | |
| Lyngdorf with Maggies I own a 2170 and have owned a bunch of Maggies including the 1.6QR. The Lyngdorf entered after the Maggies departed, so no actual experience with the two together. I would have a concern about the Lyngdorf having enough power, but if you can ma... | |
| Canine Listeners? I had a Sheltie who loved music. He was named Wolfie, after Mozart. The dog loved Schubert! Chamber music, solo piano, lieder, you name it. He was not a big fan of Beethoven or Bach, but with Scubert, he was right there. Weirdest thing I ev... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? shalommorgan, VERY impressive work and a really nice looking system. In an earlier post, I mentioned that I found the carbon panels conceptually intriguing. I did not realize one could purchase the plans and carbon from Foley to build the trap... | |
| Beethoven Missa Solemnis @pgaulke60, Solti/CSO was one of my favorites too. I don't use Tidal, so I'm not much help there. As for recommendations, I should first mention that I am using the term "liturgical" somewhat loosely. Strictly speaking, liturgical could limit t... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? audition_audio makes a great point here. If you are talking 100K, you could build a pretty good room with optimal materials and dimensions.That said, I'm not as sold on the non parallel surfaces concept as I used to be. Non parallel surfaces wi... | |
| Building new system starting with power amp. What would you choose ? This is not a theoretical exercise for me. I'm there. I didn't exactly start with my amps, which are Atma-Sphere M-60s, but anything I do going forward will start with these amps. I might as well pour concrete around them. They aren't going an... | |
| Beethoven Missa Solemnis I am most appreciative of this thread and the response. I adore Beethoven, and liturgical music probably takes up a quarter of my music collection. But I have never found a Missa Solemnis that did the trick for me. I have to force myself to sit ... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? The problem with cost analysis comparisons from the various vendors is that the absolute cost is not very meaningful, within reason. What one needs to focus on is the cost effectiveness of the various products. That is not a simple matter of Sab... | |
| Gave up my SET----looking for moderate to higher power replacement options Replacing a good SET amp in the price range you specify isn't easy. Despite the inherent limitations of SET amps, they can indeed impart a certain magic to music, distortion and all. I've moved on from SET. I found my destination amps with my A... | |
| Room Treatment Convert bluespiano, quite a few of us can relate to your story. Most of us started off in love with the equipment, figuring the room is the place where the cool stuff sits. You got lucky, in a sense, in that a small and insignificant change made a huge ... | |
| Tube virgin looking for tube amp under $3k @larshelling, what you say is correct with respect to a 100 wpc amp. A class A 100 WPC tube amp will put out a lot of heat, so much so that it may challenge your HVAC system. The right range of WPC is kind of important with tube amps or any clas... | |
| Tube virgin looking for tube amp under $3k High efficiency is part of the equation. You will also want to think about your speaker's impedance curve. Some high efficiency speakers with wild impedance swings can still be a problem for many tube amps. Also, your music preference, listening... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? Not to derail the thread, but I too find Foley’s fiberglassophobia off putting and borderline ludicrous. Don’t get me started on perhaps well intentioned folks who invoke metaphysical concepts where they don’t belong, as seems to the the case in t... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? Dennis Foley runs a business. He has a business model and a target demographic for his clientele.. My entire system, including room treatments, is under 50K. On the whole, my system/room is to my ears the best I have ever personally heard, and I’v... |