cd318
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| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? It’s refreshing when a designer appears to have similar goals to your own.So then what about Zu? Sean Casey seems to often mention the importance of tone and harmonics in his designs. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? James Taylor – Fire And Rain Just yesterday morning they let me know you were goneSusanne the plans they made put an end to youI walked out this morning and I wrote down this songI just can't remember who to send it toI've seen fire and I've seen ... | |
| Damn it It's always interesting to read other peoples views on loudspeaker strengths and weaknesses. However we know that no loudspeaker is capable of sounding entirely life-like so it can be useful to know where the sound shortcomings fall. Resolution, f... | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? The Doors for their incredibly intelligent music - or alternatively the Velvet Underground for just being incredibly hip.Ironically, their careers spanned almost exactly the same time period. | |
| It is hard enough buying new speakers, let alone older speakers to use as an upgrade @twoleftears , thanks for that. It looks like a wonderful place.https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Belbroughton+audio+x+chsnge&oq=Belbroughton+audio+x+chsnge&...It's only about an hour and a half away from me so I will definitely try and ar... | |
| It is hard enough buying new speakers, let alone older speakers to use as an upgrade @audioman58 , yes and then there's the question of foam surrounds. I'm not sure about modern variations but most of them used to start rotting after a decade or so. Re-foaming a pair of 4-5K loudspeakers is not for the nervous of hand. Luckily, th... | |
| It is hard enough buying new speakers, let alone older speakers to use as an upgrade Afer reading some excellent contributions on this forum such as the ones by prof or this recent one by duckworp https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-brief-review-of-15-high-end-speakers-on-home-demo-including...the full extent of my laziness w... | |
| It is hard enough buying new speakers, let alone older speakers to use as an upgrade Did Linn ever make a great loudspeaker?Did Joseph Audio ever make a bad loudspeaker?You’re right about that warehouse dream. If only there were dealers that would be prepared to hire out speakers. If only we had more money. If only we knew what we... | |
| PMC versus Wilson Audio Unless there’s an obvious sonic advantage with the PMC MB2’s I’d definitely go for the Wilson Sasha’s in white or silver. They’re almost works of art. On second thoughts not almost, they are works of art. | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? Perhaps some horns don’t image well but the Avantgarde Trio’s I heard some 20 years ago imaged spookily well off an old vinyl playing a Jazz combo. The only other speaker that came close for sheer imagery alone was an old Quad 57 channeling some m... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? @toetapaudio, I went to the show to mainly hear the Vivid Audio and the Audio Note speakers. I was a little concerned that there weren't more familiar names (Arcam, B&W, Marantz, Sony, Tannoy, ProAc, Living Voice, Rega, Pro-ject etc) on show. ... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? @prof , as you say loudspeaker problems are basically engineering problems and until this century's Ed Villchur comes along and radically advances the technology it is going to remain a case of shuffling compromises. I hate treble coarseness, as w... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? @mapman , interesting point. Clothes have a function to keep us warm, cover us up, make us look better, define which tribe we belong to etcLoudspeakers should be attempting to reproduce the recording as accurately as possible. Preferably having as... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? It is not strange that after over a century of development that there is still no consensus amongst audiophiles as to which loudspeakers provide the greatest fidelity to the signal. Heck, some still believe nothing beats the wax cylinder for repro... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @roxy54 I just googled it, Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Throw Away Your Television - couldn’t agree with it more. I just use the TV for the occasional old movie (Last Picture Show, Kane, Vertigo, or YouTube / classic Doctor Who etc). Music is way less... |