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| AKUS - So Long So Wrong- Time to Stop Upgrading? If you like AKUS you may also want to check out Kelly Willis. Her album "Easy" was produced by Gary Paczosa and the mastering was by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab. Great sound and some really nice songs as well. Leans more to country than AKUS but... | |
| Transparency: What speakers have it in spades? Drubin:Using your operational definition concur--the Harbeth's should not be on the list. Any speaker that sounds that good no matter what you put in front of it is not "transparent" by your definition. | |
| Warmest speaker? Drubin:The Vandy 5A is one of the best speakers I have heard. Much more accurate throughout the range but in particular through the bass region. I believe this has to do with the ability to tune the bass frequencies to account for room characteris... | |
| Warmest speaker? Vandersteen--to a fault. | |
| Proac D80 experience? & Room Size Jtale:I auditioned the D25s and D38s in two separate rooms--one slightly smaller than your space and the other slightly larger. I also had a pair of D25's in my own listening room (14 X 23 X 9) for over two months. The D25's really needed my large... | |
| Proac D80 experience? & Room Size I think you are pushing it with the D38's in that room. The D80's will be too large I'm afraid. You might consider the new D28 for that size space. | |
| Transparency: What speakers have it in spades? The Harbeth HL-5 Super would be something to consider. The Radial driver is more revealing than the Spendors but manages the same authentic tonality and laid back presentation. They go fairly deep as well. | |
| AKUS - So Long So Wrong- Time to Stop Upgrading? That song absolutely KILLS me. | |
| Best bang for the buck turntable? I agree with what some others have said here--no need to go there unless you plan to spend much, much more. If I were in your position, rather than spend 1K on a turntable and then god knows how much to retrofit your software, I'd either:1. Consid... | |
| Harbeth C7 vs Proac D25 Review Shsohis--you drastically overstate the degree to which the C7 departs from neutrality. To the degree that it does I'd say the results are stunning. I'd take the C7 over any speaker at anywhere near the price. With the C7 your great recordings soun... | |
| Rudy Van Gelder Remasters I had the opportunity to visit my local used record/cd store last weekend (Princeton Record Exchange) and spent about an hour in the jazz cd section. It would appear that there are two Rudy Van Gelder reissue cataloges. The most recent is the RVG ... | |
| your favorite michael brecker recording? I like the first Steps Ahead lp. | |
| What? No Norah Jones New CD Thread? Hooper:I'm not sure what to expect sonically. The first album sounds pretty good--above average certainly. The second album is, in my view, not very well recorded. It lacks life, dynamics and is muddled. Anyone out there see it like I do? | |
| Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners Thanks Rushton, very interesting. I have to say, on my system this isn't even close. The new Rhino pressing is so much better in every dimension. Who knows, maybe my original Reprise issue really stinks for some reason. | |
| The Best Midrange in the World Right Now I think it is important to distinguish between midrange accuracy (i.e. tonal authenticity--do instruments and voices sound the way they do in real life) and transparency (i.e. articulation and detail--how much information is reproduced within the ... |