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| Personal speaker evolution Speaker history of an obsessive hoarder:Advent 101 (Still own)Rogers LS3/5a (Still own)B&W 801F's (Still own)Meadowlark Blue Heron II (Still own, in main system)Harbeth 7-3es (Still own, but putting on sale)Merlin VSM-MXe (Took place of Harbet... | |
| Musical Fidelity KW500 and speaker match Different animal; (MF Trivista 300), same family. Driving Meadowlark Blue Heron II's with grace, accuracy, and beautiful soundstage. Can listen for hours and don't feel like I'm missing a thing. Not to mention: high WAF. farmdoc | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Although not a fan of her genre of music, the "goosebumps" label was applied to my backside by Laura Branigan. An '80's backup singer of Leonard Cohen with a 4 octave range, she was more popular overseas than in the US. But her voice could cause a... | |
| Harbeth Glad for your input Jamesw20. Always, (especially in this economy and after waiting this long) we need reassurance that our $$$'s are well spent. Looking forward to getting the system up and running. Now if only BobbyP would push things along a li... | |
| Harbeth Got a pair of VSM-Mxe's on order as well as a filharmonia. Will put a pair of 7es-3's on sale to cover part of it. Hope I'm not making a mistake; the Harbeth's are sweet for vocals, somewhat light in the bass (not sure the Merlin/Bam is going to s... | |
| B&W 801 history Filling in some gaps.The 801F is also designated the 801 Series 80 (?). There is a significant change (for the better I understand) in the crossover between the 801 Matrix 2 and 3. Lots of other stuff I don't understand (but I still keep my "F"s, ... | |
| McCormack SMC Audio upgrades: how good are they? Slightly different amp (DNA-1); but sent to Steve for Gold + revision. Quite pleased with results: I cannot tell you without looking further exactly what was changed out, but deeper, fuller bass, better soundstage, more holographic presentation. I... | |
| Keeping Hifi Equipment For Sentimental Values Yeah, it's easy to sit around and remember, although the years have dulled our memory and the sound we thought we heard may be nothing realistic. Despite my failing memory, I can't get rid of my B&W 801F's. I remember them as my first big floo... | |
| CDP's being dumped for hard drive driven units? Very Interesting, but the answers are all over the place. No consensus obviously, but I guess I'll keep looking for that Emm or ARC CD7 at a price I can afford for the time being. | |
| Which Integrated got you off the merry go round? For me it was was the MF TriVista 300. Cool with the blue glowing feet (pink until the tubes warm up). Drives my Meadowlark Blue Heron II's with authority and pace, and before that, my B&W 801's, which gobble up power.Dependable, musical, good... | |
| Want to accept the Harbeth 7's, but... Unfortunately, the room was designed in a way that precludes the speakers from being more than 3, maybe 3.5 feet from the wall. Interesting in that correspondents feel that there is no way to overcome the inherent advantage of a 3 way big box spea... | |
| Question about B&W 801 Frank Van Alstine ( of Van Alstine Audio) apparently found a problem with the crossover in the S2 801's yrs. ago; engineered a fix, and B&W upgraded the crossover in the S3. He is usually very open to discuss this with 'Goner's. His number is ... | |
| B&W 801 Series 80 Upgrading - thoughts? Input? I bought this same speaker in 1981 and still own them. Last month I packed them away after >26 yrs. of blissful listening but still am considering pulling back out because of their sheer honesty and non-fatiguing nature. I wouldn't change a thi... | |
| Is there such a speaker...(loud but smooth)? I think this is quite subjective as we all perceive 'smoothness' differently, but my personal experience with the B & W 801 F's (original) is that they sound better at higher volume; and I never, never noted harshness or grating after hours of... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE OK, I am not well versed in the technical aspects of audiophilia, but I know what I like. I have been trying to replace my B&W 801F's, bought new in 1980, with something more up-to-date, but I can't find it yet to justify the change/price. To ... |