fsonicsmith
Responses from fsonicsmith
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson Thank you for elevating the level of "average sophistication and written-word intelligence" on this Board, granted that such is not hard to achieve. Fantastic read. Second to Prof, you describe the hard-to-describe very well and that was a fantast... | |
| How thick should the front baffle of speakers be? There used to be a loudspeaker manufacturer named Hales that featured ultra-thick front baffles-I believe of birch ply. They were reviewed multiple times by Stereophile. As with any loudspeaker, they still had strong points and weak, and the compa... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Prof, fwiw, I never thought my O/93's lacked sparkle on top but as I wrote in the Misc section, removing an area rug in my listening room made the sound very saturated with a shelved up high end just bordering on excessive. The O/96's and O/93's t... | |
| Area rug-my dilemna My O/93's are sitting au natural which means on their stock small wooden "nubbies" that John Devore's cabinet maker glues to the bottom. When a lot of positive press was coming out about IsoAcoustics Gaia footers, I emailed John asking what he tho... | |
| Area rug-my dilemna @oregonpapa thank you sir. The plinth on the Garrard was made by Russell Collinson of Layers of Beauty in the UK. I can not express in words how grateful I am for Russ's work. I asked him to go all-out and he did. In fact, he made a video about th... | |
| Area rug-my dilemna Thanks to all who have responded. Yes, after posting the thread I figured it was about time to post some photos of my system. Funny thing-at the same time that I was listening and before kicking over the can of seltzer, I was reading my new issue ... | |
| TT on Symposium Super Segue - slate or maple underneath? @bdp24 the Symposium Foundation, unlike the Symposium Osiris does not incorporate rollerblocks. I should know as I have an Osiris Ultimate for my main component rack (ARC Ref 6 preamp and Manley Steelhead) and two Foundations on either side for my... | |
| New efficient speakers - best way to keep noise floor down? Agree with Chakster. There are too many variables. I have Devore O93's and tube gear every step of the way to the loudspeakers and I used to have a hum problem with my VPI table due to a grounding issue. My other deck, a hot-rodded TD124 with a Re... | |
| What is trully important? Spelling. | |
| Devore O93 vs Super 9s I have not heard the Super 9's. I have owned the O/93's for a year and a half and love them. Ownership bias aside, if you like them when you listen to them, why are you less excited when you get home? I will venture a guess that the wide front baf... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? It's hard to fathom that a $5,000 gadget that causes refrigerators to suddenly freeze up and need re-calibrating (which defies that fact that modern refrigerators have thermostats), causes home AC units to run 20% less of the time, causes impressi... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? OregonCaliorniaPapaDoc-I will ask you one last time-what did you pay $5,000 for? Since you have such confidence in the value of your purchase, why not unwrap the package and find out wha the heck you paid for? A bundle of nano-fibers or a bundle o... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? This is a Hobson's choice. How is one to know without either resorting to pure speculation or admitting that you were a rube who paid a boatload for fairy dust? You can't win either way. I prefer the former so I nominate based on common sense and ... | |
| I went to THE show and didn't make any friends ... Audio shows remind me of large cycling tours like Ragbrai, a huge rolling circus of cyclists riding across Iowa. It is a chance to be around kindred spirits and see lots of gear but you have to deal with crowds, porta potties, insular groups atten... | |
| Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’ Mark my words; within ten years, probably five, this scam will be busted and you who keep chirping like lemmings on PCP that the products are worth it will be hiding behind new posting-names. Too bad this is not a real names-only Board. Indicator ... |