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| What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well? They're $6495, but after six months, I'm still happy with Sonist Concerto 4 Gen 2. Solid wood, high WAF, very efficient, 27hz-45khz, great soundstage, very transparent without being edgy. What's not to like? I had 10k budgetted, so used the savi... | |
| What is the most memorable concert that you had attended so far? Jon Batiste at Village Vanguard four days ago. I’m a rock&roller but he makes that genre seem childish. He’s playing chess while my heroes never got past checkers. | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible I found the older Cardas took the edge off. | |
| Love to hear from current owners or past users of Isoacoustics Gaia footers. I have them on some large floor standers, but I was kinda throwing the kitchen sink at "Last System.." I don't have anything bad to say about them, but I've noticed some of the A/B tests seem to leave the non-Gaia speaker slightly lower than the ... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? You can buy electronics based on good reputation or recommendations and get good sound, but speakers are the soul of the system and need to be chosen by personal interaction. But with so few dealers, old speakers are such a pain to resell, packag... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? If you grew up in warm incandescent light, then you'll likely find "Daylight" bulbs harsh. If you grew up with Daylight bulbs, you'll probably find incandescent bulbs very yellow and dull.The heyday of Mcintosh tubes was the era of low efficiency... | |
| Have you ever changed speakers to expereince a different "soundscape" or presentation?? @tomic601, JRiver now has RP-FLAC integration but I haven't upgraded yet. Sorry, off topic. | |
| Have you ever changed speakers to expereince a different "soundscape" or presentation?? Yes. I'm 100% satisfied with my Sonist Concerto 4's, and one example was listening to the loss-less Radio Paradise and noticing how many songs had six to eight separate sound sources spread out across the "Soundscape" where each had its own positi... | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money Invest in components that run true-balanced (internally balanced) and run Benchmark Media Balanced cables between them. Superb signal integrity, zero noise, and sensibly priced. But not as much fun as considering all claims and choosing your own ... | |
| What the heck is up with the audiogon listing photos? It's a totally artificially barrier to perception that you apparently have to pay to remove. AKA dumb and exploitive. | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? There is a huge difference between "knowing" and "striving to understand." When we cross over to "knowing," we get locked into a belief system and become argumentative in defending it.If the "knowing" includes "You get what you pay for" and "Ever... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? As in other areas, Digital Kills. The audiophile obsession grew from the belief that there was magic embedded in the record groove, which justified medical-quality equipment to extract the very small ore, and of course you needed something with t... | |
| LOUNDSPEAKER FOR $10,000.00 PER PAIR Kjl1065, your three speakers are exactly the ones I was considering. All good, but I chose Sonist Concerto 4 because the other three had a somewhat Technicolor quality that I felt gave more sound than the actual instruments, although I'd probably... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... Most Magico's I've heard, including A3, sounded very damped in the mids, which can be perceived as transparency. I find myself looking at the speaker instead of the soundstage, and hear a slight woodiness. But maybe that comes from sitting close... | |
| Sonist Concerto 4 Gen 2 Speaker A small appendum:1) It was unfair to comment on the cabinets since mine are Show Demos that I could examine before purchase.2) I think they form a solid foundation that can be mated successfully with a wide selection of ancillary equipment.3) The ... |