harrylavo
Responses from harrylavo
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc Keltner is playing "jazz" on his solo .... multiple, multiple rythmic and sonic variations on a simple (in this case) rythmic underlay ... both stated and danced around. Tutt is simply doing what drummers usually do while trying to show off .... ... | |
| CD Transports I'm going to throw a curve ball. Back in the SACD days, Pioneer put out a universal player (in this country designated 578A.) John Atkinson mentioned it in an article or review as having the most accurate instrumental timbres of even the most exp... | |
| Some speaker suggestions My rec would be a used pair of Thiel 2.2's. Similar to the Vandy's but with clearer midrange and tremendous see-through transparency if the electronics are up to it. You'll get full 40hz - 22khz out of these. Tremendous especially on jazz, cham... | |
| Differences between Magnepan 1.6qr and 1.7i Thanks secretguy. Apparently that is what minimizes the crossover issue. | |
| Differences between Magnepan 1.6qr and 1.7i Thank you, Direwolf336. My room is 12 x 16 ft. Clearly the MG 1c's were too large, although the room has good acoustics and the bass was okay. But the imaging clearly suffered. The room has large-ish openings into a front hallway and my dining... | |
| Differences between Magnepan 1.6qr and 1.7i Thanks BDP24, but I intend to stick with Maggies. | |
| Differences between Magnepan 1.6qr and 1.7i Thanks, Robergerman2 and Edgewear. I'm hoping some of those folks who've had both will weigh in. | |
| Who's Gone Topless? It's clear to me that the tubes just enjoy the fresh air, and have joined in the singing and the playing with great joy. Congratulations on treating your tubes so well!! {-) | |
| Equipment Rack - How important in the grand scheme of things? I would say not at all important, with two big caveats: You need to use sorbathane isolation feet under your electronics, especially tube gear and more than especially for your turntable. And if you have floor vibration, you must use a wall moun... | |
| The bass is the place... Regarding multi-source bass reproduction, until I recently had to downsize my music-oriented multi-channel system featured five Thiel 3.5's with equalized bass down to 22hz. No sign of room nodes, and with that many Thiel speakers, no power/sound... | |
| what's your opinion on the magazine 'stereo review'?? The best thing about Stereo Review was that it gave rise to Stereophile and the Absolute Sound in the '70's. | |
| Emotiva not so good The Outlaw M200/M2000 monoblocks are better. They are relatively musical. But they do have a bit of grain blocking absolute transparency. For the price, though, I think they are a real bargain. Both for home theatre and for audio. | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I happen to live in an area with an exceptionally good NPR station .... WFCR, hub of NEPR (New England Public Radio). This station puts out a state of the art FM signal, as well as three digital sub-channels (which I ignore). It provides not onl... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Agree with 4425, although I would add refurb'd Dynaco or Van Alstine gear to CJ/ARC. Any of these you can easily get really good, fully depreciated preamp and amp for $3k or less. | |
| Vinyl Old timers: HK's and Rabco's The turntable that the HK was modeled after (poorly, IMO) was the Rabco ST-4. It was a very quiet belt-drive turntable, with a thick tube "roller" and the flat tonearm that has been mentioned. The tonearm was metal, except for the end where an a... |