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| Cheap $88 Sony SS-CS5 Speakers - Awesome I recently stuffed, makeshift style, some felt strips around the tweeters (simply taped to the grille cloth), and these great-sounding speakers sounded even just a bit better. I recently traded them out in my system with my Harbeth P3ESRs and my G... | |
| Guess How Big My Speakers Are This discussion reminds me of a 1987 Stereophile article by Martin Colloms. Basically, it talks about how to optimize bass response through room positioning. Nothing groundbreaking, but a good reminder: https://www.stereophile.com/content/who-sto... | |
| Not manufactured any more. Spica! | |
| old ears One thing to consider is whether or not the objective of your system is to reproduce as closely as possible the sound you hear in live music: the (dare I say it?) absolute sound. For better or worse, we all hear live music with the same ears and s... | |
| Phono preamp with two inputs: two MMs or MM+MC? At just $125 over your budget (unfortunately), the KAB Souvenir EQS MK12 offers two inputs and nearly infinite adjustability . If you're into historic mono recordings, it also offers a series of pre-RIAA eq curves.-Bob | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers >>"IMO depth is nearly entirely a psychoacoustic construct that depends on how far away from the front wall the speakers are. Further you put them, more perception of depth you have.<<"Thank you! I have long believed this to be true. I... | |
| Did Redbook get it right? >>"I was also told that the mandate was to fit an entire symphony on one disk; Beethoven's Ninth being the longest running length."<<They never heard of Mahler?! :-)-Bob | |
| Is KEF no longer relevant? "...sound massively better than bullshit laden so called 'pro' speakers."I'm not real knowledgeable about pro speakers. Could you enlighten me as to what the "bullshit" is so I can avoid stepping in it? THANKS.-Bob | |
| "forward' vs "laid back" speakers "one thing that surprised me was how little my own listening impressions aligned with published reviews that I’d read of these speakers."A very astute observation. I think you will also ultimately find that the speakers you end up with in your lis... | |
| Getting phantom image perfectly centered "My ears are clean and super sensitive"That's great! But you don't know whether they are EQUALLY super sensitive unless you've had an audiogram. Simple, painless and usually inexpensive.-Bob | |
| Getting phantom image perfectly centered There's one part of your system that I don't think you've mentioned having tested: your ears. Not trying to be a wiseguy, but many people have unequal acuity in their left and right ears. Just a thought.-Bob | |
| Infinity Primus P363 TAS review "What does the speaker suck at?"I understand your point, Zd, but most audio gear above the bargain-basement level is pretty darn good these days, at least in my experience. I can't recall hearing any component that truly "sucks" at anything. While... | |
| Retipping Miyajima mono cartridge "Bob is the implication here that those who use conical styli in their mono cartridges presumably don't want to make their cartridges sound as good as possible, such as Miyajima?"Hi Veridian, No. Not at all. I just wanted to offer the OP a particu... | |
| Retipping Miyajima mono cartridge Yet a respected cartridge maker who presumably wants to make mono cartridges that sound as good possible and who chooses the mono stylus shape based on extensive listening comparisons is hardly someone to be summarily dismissed as a factor for con... | |
| Retipping Miyajima mono cartridge Lyra's Jonathan Carr has stated that extensive testing revealed that the best mono performance was derived from a line-contact stylus (if I understand his remarks correctly). I believe all Lyra mono cartridges now use a line-contact stylus.-Bobhtt... |