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| Sonus Faber Olympica nova 2 VS Sonus Faber Cremona M Loudspeaker vs hey Petaluman, Sandy Gross is not a designer. But his partner in both Definitive Technology and Golden Ear was an excellent one. But Sandy was one of the best audio businees men in audio. He was largely responsible for the initial growth of Polk,... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? There is no question that a good system well set up can give a sense of depth. What I'm not sure is whether this is reproducing what' s on the recording(which I doubt) or just a room/speaker interaction(which I suspect it is except for a miniscule... | |
| I noticed brightness/harshness more than usual from my system a couple months back. Is it true in both channels. If it's just one something probably went bad in one channel. Try switching left to right in one piece at a time and see if it changes channels. If it's both channels it's tougher but it's your system(which can include... | |
| Describe the "new HiFi sound"? Musical is a useless term. It means I like it. New Hi Fi Sound is an oxymoron. The goal of hi fi is reproduction of live sound. Live sound hasn't changed. So there can't be new hi fi sound. | |
| Is a FLAT response the IDEAL? There are many factors involved in reproducing a recorded signal. Some are more important than others which is why when some factors are not done well the sound may still be better than when other factors are done well. But the goal is for every f... | |
| CLASS A POWER RATINGS The only amps that you can be sure are always class A are single ended amps because their topology makes them always class A; they cannot go into class B since the output devices must be on all the time. Push/pull amps are different and what you ... | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 Speakers are as we all know are very personal. And given your history of Spendor and Harbeth speakers it seems you need BBC type reproduction albeit with more dynamics. If I were you I'd be wary of going for non-BBC style speakers. There's a good ... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? Well not less than $100,000 but about 1/2 as much. I have it on direct authority from a respected reviewer that the Wilson Alexx V is better than the XVX and that he's not the only reviewer with that opinion. Perhaps alos look at the Laxia V if yo... | |
| Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms! I suspect many listening rooms full of crap and that look messy may actually be reasonably good audio environments. With little repeated dimensions and/or room treatment there's less likelihood of strong resonances in a room. | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE As good as the Cambridge or other drive is there is the possibility of jitter going to the DAC. I use 2 old Monarchy anti jitter devices in series(with good cables) and that seems to produce improved sound. | |
| Biamping vs only inserting an Active crossover Active biamping is the best way to do crossovers. It eliminates the reactive load of passive crossovers leaving only the inductance of the voice coils. And the crossover reactive load, depending on how well it's done, can choke an amlifier and in ... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Power is good and watts are watts, no such thing as better watts. But speakers are not resistors; they are reactive and good amp design(often great power supplies which don't show up in specs but do in sound) does matter when feeding real life loa... | |
| Low level listening Macg19. Sorry I wasn't clear. What I meant is our ear's balance changes with level. The louder we listen the closer lows and highs are to the mid levels. But this doesn't imply we should listen at 100dB. But the nearest to correct balance(assuming... | |
| Low level listening Low levels will never sound right as explained by someone earlier our ear frequency response varies with level and bass and treble are softer than middle frequencies until about 100dB, certainly loud. I suspect this affect is magnified by speakers... | |
| Is Imaging Worth Chasing? Cleeds, it wasn't the Absolute Sound that started subjective reviews and made low distortion less relevant. It was Gordon Holt in the 50s in a magazine now defunct I can't recall. He began talking about what he heard, not specs. It didn't go over ... |