dave_b
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Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? I’ve had the inert kind....sorry, but they do not sound organic and alive like real music. | |
Narrowed to 3: 802D3, Sopra 3, Reference 3 The 802D3’s have amazing bass. Don’t blame the speakers if your not hearing it in a demo. | |
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Fired up my Rift Cherry Signatures this morning with new MIT Matrix HD 36 Proline IC’s and HD38 speaker cables...wowzer!! So warm, liquid and dynamic with tremendous bass weight and midrange fullness. Not even broken in...amazing. Makes me appr... | |
Which material sounds better for speakers construction? Wood, Ply or MDF? Wood...my Totem Cherry Forest Signatures Sound like a Stradivarius ! Fine musical instruments are made of wood. Can you imagine a plywood, MDF or aluminum violin 🎻. Yikes!!! | |
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures Fired up my Rift Cherry Signatures this morning with new MIT Matrix HD 36 Proline IC’s and HD38 speaker cables...wowzer!! So warm, liquid and dynamic with tremendous bass weight and midrange fullness. Not even broken in...amazing. Makes me appr... | |
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures I had Levinson gear as well...great stuff! | |
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures The Forest Signature speakers need power to bring out their exceptional dynamic range and robust bottom end. The Krell delivers great body, weight and detail without sounding clinical. Soundstaging is superb as well with excellent tone. | |
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? There are still mysterious happenings coursing through the audio ether between components and our subjectively unique perceptions. | |
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? iTunes Rez is 1/2 CD quality! In other words, it sucks. Steve Jobs? No. Tidal or Deezer is far better. Cables do make a difference in a system where you can discern a difference. Fidelity must be at a certain level to hear changes in Q. Bot... | |
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures To be honest, I let my Mahogany Signatures go a few months back and brought in Focal Kanta no 2’s . After a couple months I had withdrawals like a crack addict ...I needed my Signatures back bad!!!! Ordered the Cherry finish second time around 🤗... | |
Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? Totem does everything well on your checklist! | |
What speakers work well against a wall Totem speakers can do amazingly well in almost any configuration! | |
Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures I think they are the most addictive speaker ever created! | |
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Just buy what you want and enjoy....keep the psychobabble for the shrink! | |
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? WTF?? What a bunch of wackanoodle doodles! In even a mediocre system, a music lover can hear what great cables may offer. Assuming of course that the material used for playback is fairly well recorded. |