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| looking for ideas on must have classical music @ott, "Classical music consists in a vast array of sub-genres, and almost limitless modes of expression."Yes that's easily forgotten when you want a similar Classical thrill to some hard rock or harmonic pop.Speed/ tempo is probably the main crite... | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer @audiopoint, great stuff, keep it coming. Fascinating subject.Something tells me they’ll still be trying in vain to disprove Relativity in a 100 years time.The artistic masterpiece of the 20th century. | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Excellent drivers, beautiful cabinets, so apart from the cost what is there to dislike about Wilson speakers? | |
| Speaker Clarifiers? Very slick website, love the pseudo science. Great value too by the look of it.Adding extra unexplained circuitry is always a good idea. Especially if it costs more than a decent loudspeaker. Far better than mere good double glazing and sound proo... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal I think you know the answer already - you want the Wilson's. We audiophiles are used to waiting, and if you can wait I'm sure a decent pair of used Sasha's will turn up. Wilson audio make some odd looking speakers but the Sasha's or the Yvette's a... | |
| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? I'd take an educated guess that the Linkwitz LX521 will match or surpass anything at $200k for a great deal less than $50k.http://www.linkwitzlab.com/LX521/Description.htm | |
| looking for ideas on must have classical music I can see why you ask as a list like this could be virtually endless. Add to to that all the different performances of the same pieces at different times and you realise this could make assembling a system seem like a doddle! It might be a good id... | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer It's a complicated business, at least for me. Better isolation will let you hear the drivers better with a cleaner sound mainly due to reduced baffle/cabinet/ drive unit chatter and resonance. I think.But that's not always a good thing because a l... | |
| Would an Isolation TT platform further improve my TT? @luxmancl38, although I’m a great believer in isolation I wouldn’t try too hard in your case. The PD 171 is already one hell of a record deck. Your existing stand/concrete floor will filter most of the higher level seismic garbage (a la Technics S... | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer @cheeg, a friend of ours has a pair of beautiful Eltax Symphony floorstanding loudspeakers (part of a 5:1 system) stood on a double (?) layer of carpet. Of course we tut-tutted and muttered a few comments about what the reviewers would say about s... | |
| Distortions that the human ear likes. Are there any ? @atmasphere a good reason to bring back the live v recorded demonstrations that were popular some 60 years ago.Without an absolute reference as a comparison, testing gear is like shooting a randomly moving target. | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer Yes, it's well worth checking out various isolation products. They're relatively inexpensive and can produce an easily discernible effect.Speakers on spikes have long been known to suffer far greater levels of vibration through their baffles than ... | |
| Distortions that the human ear likes. Are there any ? A touch of reverb almost always seems to be universally preferred. The so called singing in a tiled bathroom effect.I wonder why? Could it be that it somehow makes us feel safer? Or is it some otherworldly dreamlike quality that we like.Even bette... | |
| Distortions that the human ear likes. Are there any ? @tatyana69, you're not the only one sceptical about the use of record player pucks.Adding weight directly above the main bearing seems counter intuitive to say the least. On so many levels. I think the Rega and Technics decks get bearing/weight ra... | |
| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? @janehamble , "All speakers over $10,000 rival each other. Pick your look and pick your sound. It’s totally personal - no better or worse."So personal that in fact all too surprisingly often they can appear to sound worse. Sometimes so far worse t... |