ejr1953
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| Focal Sopra 2/3 vs Harbeth SHL5 Plus I spent much of 2015 auditioning a number of speakers, eventually purchasing a pair of Sopra No2's.Though Harbeth's are "not my cup of tea", I understand why people love them, as said earlier, for that "British sound". I would characterize the Mo... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Beethoven's Symphony #9, Riccardo Chailly, and to think that Beethoven was probably completely deaf when he wrote this glorious piece of music! | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's The Sopra's sounded awesome in my "man cave", without the sort of low bass I enjoy in adding sub woofers, but the bass the No2's have I found to be very tight, detailed and not at all "boomy".Now, once I added the subs, the bass they produce in th... | |
| Good CDs Bad Recording Last year I did a major system upgrade, including new speakers. Though I do enjoy having "audiophile grade" equipment, I am "in it for the music". So when I've visited dealers to audition equipment, I make sure I bring some CDs from the 80's tha... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Hey extravaganza,I noticed that some pre-owned pairs are starting to show up on Audiogon...no pressure! | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's In my "man cave" the Sopra's are about ten feet apart, tweeters focused just in front of the listener, found when I focused them that way, they produced a "singer in the room" sound stage. They are much more "relaxed" now that they are about nine... | |
| Anyone Had Experience with USB Ground Isolators? Thanks everyone, I'll check out Itona. BTW, streaming Tidal without it sounds just great, always looking to make it sound better. | |
| For Old Timers who experienced the "Golden Age" of Audio of the 60s and 70s. These postings made me think, I've had a lot of equipment over my 62 years. Some of the memorable setups:While in college I snagged a Dynaco PAT-4 pre-amp, McIntosh MC225 amp, Dual 1219 turntable with a Shure V15 cartridge and a pair of Large Adv... | |
| Music Lovers Speaker vs. Audiophile Speaker Last year I had a several month quest to find a new pair of speakers, eventually replacing all my components. At one shop the salesman asked if I preferred "analytic" or "musical" speakers. I suspect what some think as "audiophile" speakers is w... | |
| Why are so many companies like harbeth making old speakers designs and charging thousends? Last year I spent several months sweating over a speaker upgrade, though the "Harbeth sound" is "not my cup of tea", I can understand why people like them...and I'd say the same about a number of other high-quality offerings from Magico, Wilson, S... | |
| Bass traps - too many choices!! Rockyboy,I have a fair amount of experience selecting, positioning and installing bass traps. I found those from ATS Acoustics to be well made, very reasonably priced and easy to install, I have two of their corner traps and eight wall mounted on... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Riccardo Chially conducting:Beethoven's 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th symphonies. | |
| HESITANT with NEW member sellers I agree with all the above, using a credit card on PayPal.I have never had a problem either buying or selling on Audiogon, but a guy who bought a piece from me let me know that, years ago he bought a piece of high-end electronics, when it arrived,... | |
| Negotiating when buying demo and used speakers from a dealer Back when I was in the audio business most speakers had about 50% profit margin in their list price, when new. Like that new automobile, as soon as the speaker leaves the dealer, it depreciates a lot (why would one pay close to new price, and no... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Enjoying the holiday weekend, too hot and humid to play outside, halfway threw the Beethoven symphonies, with these Sopra's, they just sound awesome. I'd say that they really came into their best sound at the six month point, seemed to mellow out... |