darkmoebius
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| Zu on Zu I'm not a Zu owner or even potential customer since I already have large fullrange/wideband, hi-efficiency, speakers that I am very happy with. But, I finely got to hear Zu's Definitions under halfway decent conditions at HE2006 and have to say th... | |
| Volume and Bass levels at LA HE Show Hi Marty,When I said "everyone should stop pretending" I meant manufacturers and exhibitors, primarily. They should stop pretending that their rooms are for competently evaluting equipment because 95% fall far short of the level.To a certain degre... | |
| Volume and Bass levels at LA HE Show 213Cobra,Man, was it great to have some real rock and blues played, finally. I found a few rooms where we were able to tear the roof off the place. Globals Acoustic's Audio Aero amps and WLM speakers - Cranking Tool, Neil Young, etc. and Zu was ri... | |
| LA Show Report I made a mistake, I think Elliot meant that the vinyl release of Grimaud's performance was nearly impossible to find. | |
| LA Show Report I also felt that Eliiot of Acoustic Image had the best sound at the show with the $40k ESP Grands. Believe it or not, those tall line arrays have 10 drivers each - four 8", four 5", and two 1" soft dome tweeters. Yet, the image and sound like true... | |
| Volume and Bass levels at LA HE Show First off, I think 80% of the rooms far too small for the systems being demo'd. Second, they were msotly bare except the few who had sufficient room treatments - Brooks Berdan, Acoustic Image, etc.Also, exhibitors have to compete with hallway nois... | |
| DIY do it yourself tube amp kit Keithmundy,Response Audio does extensive mods on the ASL Hurricanes, though it doubles the price.If you can get by w/ 100wpc, they also do the same mods on the Monsoons.Check out the listed changes they make to their amps for ideas. | |
| Best Sounding Room at the HE 2006 Show? I didn't make it into the Lamm or Wilson rooms due to industry crowds, but for me, Acoustic Image's room had some of the most original and best sound. Elliot was using $40k ESP Concert Grand SI line array speakers(15 drivers per speaker, 90dB) tha... | |
| Home Entertainment Show in Los Angeles Agaffer,That table was from Sound Engineering out of Nashville Tennessee, and I must have returned to that room 6-7 times. That quality of precision machining and design was breathtaking. $7,900 is a lot of money, but if ClearAudio, SME, or any of... | |
| Home Entertainment Show in Los Angeles I spent 6+ hours at the show today , some observations...1) That hotel is like a freaking maze, snaking off in all directions rahter than the normal north, south, east, west. I got turned around more than a few times.2) Rooms ranged from small to ... | |
| DIY do it yourself tube amp kit Hi Keithmundy,Sorry to bring this up, but only two of the kits mentioned so far will do your Vandy 5's the least bit of justice - the Velleman K4040 at 90wpc and the Transcendant BEAST at 165 wpc. In fact, the Welborne, Audio Note, other Transcend... | |
| What will beat ear 834p by a margin Good point Goatwuss,Upgrading one part of a system often has the disadvantage of revealing weaknesses in other parts. Or, at the very lest, throwing off the "synergy" that existed before.For me, getting better speakers required better amps, which ... | |
| Sherman Oaks, CA Hi Zargon,I've actually been to two meetings of the LAOCAS and it was a great time. Lots of highly experienced people there to get advice and input from.But, smaller get togethers at people's home also have their own advantages that larger meeting... | |
| DIY do it yourself tube amp kit What kind of speakers are you driving? That's the most important factor.Decware, Bottlehead, and Welborne are best suited for speakers above 94dB efficiency with fairly stable impedences above 8 ohms.I have Welborne DRD 300B monoblocks and they ar... | |
| Sherman Oaks, CA I'm down near the beach in San Pedro, but I'd make the drive to the Valley for a good listeing sessiona and some audio talk. Please let me knwo when & if you are having a get together.Btw, the size of your Dynaudio's make me feel a whole lot b... |