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| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Thanks to the O.P. for an entertaining thread--and a great attitude about audio in general.Example: "I decided I would try to have Oriental Patience from then on." | |
| I nominate this company as building best speakers! I’m happy for the O.P. in 2 ways: he found speakers that thrill him; and he apparently can afford their price. Those 2 things don’t often happen together!Side comment about the Ohm Walsh speakers mentioned above: one of the many pleasures of Prime... | |
| Please Educate Me There’s nothing at all strange about OP’s question. We’re completely surrounded by digital information on computers, laptops, tablet, cellphones, RFID chips that track those phones in stores. The list is endless. And all that hardware seems to wor... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Just had an interesting experience w/elderly cables. It didn’t go well:I pulled 2 pairs of 5 ft long Monster Cable M1 speaker cables (late-’80s vintage) out of storageI decided to biwire my ATC SCM 12 Pro passive monitors w/them. I’d been meaning ... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? I'm struck that this thread exploded in all the tedious controversy & name-calling so many threads do. WTF?It's a pretty straightforward topic by OP. Here's my answer:-- in the mid-'80s when Infinity was coming on like gangbusters, I bought on... | |
| I Just Inherited 4,000 LPs R.I.P. Roderick. Sounds like a most interesting fellow. Glad you got to hear live music with him; also listen to music on your system.(shout-out to audio buddies everywhere!) | |
| Perfect Pop Songs Every time I hear this, I fall into a spell (song-as-drug):Irma Thomas, "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_K9xsSdgMs | |
| Harley quote WHAT Hilde45 SAID!! | |
| Late Night Jazz + 1 on Ellington/Coltrane's version of "My Little Brown Book"2 other you-can't-go-wrong suggestions:1 - Joe Henderson's "Lush Life - The Music of Billy Strayhorn" 2 - Blue Mitchell's "Step Lightly" | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? I could be wrong, but it looks like you are running 2 subs in parallel with 2 mains (ie, mains are full-signal; subs are supposedly filtered out above the crossover frequency).If I'm correct, the single most assured/competent resolution would be a... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music One word: Vandersteen. The best, most consistently pleasing sound I’ve yet heard from multi-driver speakers came from Vandersteen.This is how you get that slightly warm, spacious sound in a room: the 6 dB/octave crossovers & set-back driver pl... | |
| Are there speakers with cloth/soft enclosures instead of wood? Don't forget Vandersteen 4's. All you see is the top & bottom oak caps & that big black sock wrapping 95% of the speaker. I've seen pictures of the Vandy 4s sans sock. Very odd looking thing: a very strong central tower of various speaker ... | |
| "Musical" subwoofers? Advice please on comparing JL subs I have the e110 & know it to be an excellent subwoofer. It is accurate; tuneful (standup bass vs electric bass vs baritone clarinet all sound quite different--as they do IRL); goes plenty low for me; and has more than enough power for me.It la... | |
| What Audio Religion have you converted others to successfully? I’m going to answer your question seriously--because it seems like a serious question, well-posed.All I try to convey to others whenever discussing audio gear & music reproduction is my preference for gear that sounds as much as possible like ... | |
| How old are you? I'm 738 years old (a vampire) |