cptkaos
Responses from cptkaos
| When was the first time that you heard great sounding speakers? For me it was much more recent - 2016 at John’s store audio connection in NJ - it was a pair of Quatros - love at first listen. | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID @ctsooner - apols haven’t been on this thread for a bit but your choice with words is spot on - scaling. My brother was over - moonlights as a musician otherwise a partner at McKinsey - keep teasing him about that - but he was bowled over - good e... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID @ctsooner hope you are doing better mate - you, @tomic601 and @gdnrbob got me onto the Quatros. | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID So it has been over a couple of months with the Quatro CTs and all I can say is I just brought my hearing experience at Audio Connection to my living room - it is all that and much more.I do have to say equal credit goes to the Rogue Audio RP-7/M-... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID Spendors, ATC, ProAcs - quite a few solid British brands - | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID I keep hearing the splendors come up in conversation - only heard good things about them however haven’t heard them in person. | |
| Shout out your favorite Audio dealer!! +1 JohnnyR at AudioConnection, Verona, NJ - pretty much got me into this hobby and still my go to place for many years and counting. | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID Thanks Soix. Just got the Quatros installed. Happy to take you up on the meet option though :). | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID Sounds like a plan Jim. And 100% agree re: offloading sub 120Hz - talks to a well thought out design.I think I will give this a couple of months to settle in then will work with JohnnyR on the cable swaps (ICs and speakers).Spent last evening list... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID Thanks Bob. You were able to articulate it better than I was - it is refinement which persists even if you crank up the volume. Separate across high range and low range frequencies - it is like more of the same imaging but just louder - it does no... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID PS. @douglas_schroeder - I wanted to add that I am uber jealous that you are able to experience amazing gear on a daily basis :). | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID @douglas_schroeder I was speaking with another Audiogon member who is contemplating the DIs and I really do not want him to be swayed by my comments. To your point - having a new experience - swayed me completely. And I do not have anything negati... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID Jim,Yup - Nightbird - I have it on digital, CD and looking to get a Vinyl pressing as well.I am going to let it settle in and work with JohnnyR on a good IC/Speaker cables combination.Whenever you are in town - let me know - would love to have you... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID JohnnyR and Samir were over from Audioconnection to install the Quatro Wood CTs. One word MINDBLOWN!!!!It is setup just the way I like it and I cannot believe what I was missing from the Tekton DIs. Pls don’t get me wrong Tektons were phenomenal b... | |
| New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID Heh - more a take on the alter ego mechanic from the cannonball run :) |