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| Who else can't sleep the night before their fancy new gears arrive? I took delivery of my brand new Boulder 2160 power amp on Saturday. Definitely a restless night the night before. Then i was up hours before normal, cleaning house, dusting my kit, full of nervous energy awaiting the big arrival, plus friends to l... | |
| Pass and electronic music For electronica, my suggestion would be valve preamplifier, solid state power amp. Valves to bring warmth and humanity, solid state power for the bass, slam and fear factor. I use a Wavac pre and Boulder power, Focal speakers and i listen mostly... | |
| Pass and electronic music @jwpstayman but like most european amplifier designs of late, they automatically go into a "sleep mode" after so many minutes of no music where they stay warmed up and ready to go, but only draw 8 watts. Crazy energy-efficient for solid sta... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? Reggae music has been around longer. But mainstream US has a massive blind spot to what was coming from Jamaica. Personally i really like Trip Hop, the UK version that combines dub basslines with hip hop vocals and trippy effects, a la Massive At... | |
| Speakers with deep/powerful bass My Focal Stella Utopias have no trouble energising my 'difficult' room. They each use a 13.5 inch field coil bass driver, similar to the 18 inch one in the Grande Utopias. I'm a fan of drum and bass, a genre where the melody is in the sub-bass re... | |
| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? Jason from Sleaford Mods | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack I can vouch for my Artesania Esoteric rack. And it looks fantastic. Really completes my system, and every component is isolated from the frame. They don't use shelves, instead wee shock absorbing pucks made from non conductive material support th... | |
| Wilson to Tekton to ???? But we do all have eyes. And that is the most widely expressed criticism, their appearance. For me both Wilson and Tekton are butt ugly, badly conceived, brutalist designs. They look malevolent. For that reason neither would find a place in my ... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? @larsman funny you should mention subs. I've gone with four Velodyne dd18+, and I'm very happy☺ | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? Klipsch LaScala Just criminal the complete absence of sub-bass. I was persuaded back to a dealer's home after he promised me epic bass. Put on my first record, some drum and bass, and the point where the bass slam usually descended into the mind ... | |
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| Avalon Acoustics reputation It's my intention to audition Avalon speakers as soon as i can. One respected audio friend has the PM3, another the Osiris. Which are on my shortlist as potential replacements for my current Focal Stella Utopias. In fact they might be the only s... | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno @atmasphere Yes i certainly preferred that...we'd call that genre 'goa trance'. If you like the 808 sound, try this? All Ablaze, by Ian Brown Meanwhile, getting back to bass extension, solidity, punch😁 We have a genre known as drum... | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno @atmasphere Mystical Experiences' by The Infinity Project....had a listen. Not bad, kinda ambient, bass, while extended, very loose and lacking punch, drive and definition. Try the Jamie Jones 4z remix of 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell ? | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno It most certainly isn't a myth that many speakers, most even, don't provide sufficiently extended bass to do justice to electronica. There is no specific voicing required, just additional low frequency extension. Even in the pro sound field, the... |