helomech
Responses from helomech
| I'm putting to rest worrying about sibilance Now that I run a Hana SL, I experience sibilance rarely, and it’s barely noticeable on records that used to be the worst offenders. I’ve noticed the problem is always greater when using a cart with an elliptical stylus. I understand the Hana EL is... | |
| is the Tannoy Xt 8f a warm speaker?? l haven’t heard the XT8F but do own the XT6Fs. They’re not what I’d call warm speakers, especially with the grills off. I think they sound fairly neutral with the grills on. If you want a brighter sound, look to FocaI, Monitor Audio, or Revel. Tha... | |
| Speaker of the Century Award Goes To .... Helo, Monitor Audio had a few " lines " of speakers, and I agree that the more affordable lines left a lot to be desired. But, if you are saying that the Advents are, by todays standards, capable of annihilating them, in what specific areas of mus... | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music I would like to point out, that when the Advent was introduced, it was a game changer that allowed so many young folks, in college, or in life, to realize excellent hifi on a budget. Yes, they were a steal back then. I still appreciate them, but, ... | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music You could save a lot of dough by getting a refurbed or mint pair of large Advents - ones with the bull-nose cabinet and "fried egg" tweeter. I have five other pairs of speakers - all far more expensive than the Advents and none are better in absol... | |
| Speaker of the Century Award Goes To .... 2.5 - Way speakers tend to sound better than 3-Ways IME. The only affordable 3-ways I can imagine living with are Vandersteens. A couple years ago I owned some relatively affordable 3-way towers from Monitor Audio that were praised by many in the ... | |
| Calling all Vandersteen Fans I did follow the setup protocol. I noticed the decay was highly dependent on rake angle and listening height.Yes, I used multi-strand speaker cable. I owned some Type 4 in the past with my other speakers and wasn't impressed to be honest. I may tr... | |
| Calling all Vandersteen Fans I appreciate all the input. For some reference on the sibilance I heard with the 1Cis: Yesterday I bought a pair of near-mint Large Advents (77'), the ones with the orange "fried egg" tweeter. I kid you not, they sound better than the 1Cis ever di... | |
| Calling all Vandersteen Fans I have a pair of 2C's from 1988 I believe those are of the silk dome variety and are very smooth - never sibilant unless the source is (which they can be). I am not sure of the tweeters in the very latest model 1's 2's and 3's think the tweeters ... | |
| Calling all Vandersteen Fans Bump | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music Having owned LS50s and driven them with a similar tube amp, I suggest you try Spendor A2s or A4s. Better speakers all-around - superior detail/imaging/bass/musicality...not as bright.I also own Heresy-IIIs. They're good but not as good as Spendors... | |
| I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"... Tone and soundstage are two very separate performance characteristics IME.The academic studies of psychoacoustics better explains the difference your friend claims to hear - more so than any quasi-technical explanations you’ll find littered throug... | |
| Spendor D7, D9 but no love Classic 100? The Classic series of old and the recent models are totally different in my opinion. So much so that instead of buying any of the recent versions of the 1/2 I waited patiently to buy a pair of the older 1/2e that I had owned several years previous... | |
| Alert, Warning, and Caution about Modified Components The problem, weakness, or flaw in writing, posting, or talking with adjectives, adverbs, and clauses always appearing, following and duplicating in triplets, threes and two plus ones, is its so tiresome, tedious, and boring to read its hard to fol... | |
| Roadrunner reapearance Maybe a phone call to SOTA? |