hickory
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| Magico S5 review Ckkeung,We had seriously considered black, but fortunately the dealer demo pair was in titanium (dark grey), which both my wife (an important opinion given the expense) and I liked and agreed would fit nicely into our reasonably well furnished fam... | |
| Magico S5 review I just received a pair of Magico S5's three days ago to replace Avalon Opus speakers. I had auditioned the V3's over a year ago and the Q3's earlier this year. However, I decided to go ahead with the S5's even before listening knowing I could pull... | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? Thanks to all for the insightful suggestions. At a minimum, I have a few other considerations that do not involve major construction. I do not believe that bass in the current set up is lacking, so building a new wall may mess things up with respe... | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? AblangI really can identify with your situation which sounds quite similar to my set up. We also have a double door opening (French doors removed) 3 feet behind the speakers with about a 3 foot wall section flanking the double doorway opening on e... | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? So I guess another angle on the original question would be: if you could change your room dimensions or characteristics to improve the sound, what would you do...no rear wall or putting in a rear wall. | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? The 'body' component is I believe the strongest supporting argument for having a rear wall. Of course we have the floor, side walls, and ceiling for some level of body. I was wondering if a good recording is to accurately reproduce a 'live' sound,... | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? My current speakers are Avalon Opus with all Spectral electronics (DMA-250 amp/ 30SS pre). I am currently considering Magico speakers for which I would be willing and eager to optimize the room. I had a reputable dealer indicate that one needs a w... | |
| Female Jazz Singers...new person/new releases... I have not yet seen mention of Rene Marie in the thread. You should check out her CD "Vertigo." There are many YouTube clips to get a sense of her singing, which is quite passionate. An example of one of my favorite songs is:http://www.youtube.com... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? If you are a fan of Jesse Sykes (I just got my copy of Marble Son) you may wish to consider Nicole Atkin's newest LP " Mondo Amore." I like side B the most. It is similar to "Neptune City" if you are already a fan of Nicole. | |
| Fozgometer? Have any of you tried another independent method to compare the results obtained with the Fozgometer? For example, measuring crosstalk in each channel using a voltmeter with the same 1kHz test tones used for the azimuth calibration using the Fozgo... | |
| Nagaoka MP-500, what's your comment? Sorry for not getting back sooner. I used 47k for resistive loading (not able to easily set 100k on my phono stage.). The midrange was the most appealing segment of the frequency range which was great for vocals. Spatially, there was a bit less de... | |
| Nagaoka MP-500, what's your comment? I had the Nagaoka MP-500 in my system for about 6 months and found it to be fairly engaging. I thoroughly enjoyed my listening sessions during this period. Soundstage, imaging, etc. were pretty reasonable compared to other fairly high-end MC cartr... | |
| Sexiest Pop Song Ever? I concur with Mcrosier regarding Julie London's recordings. I have 12 of her lp's and essentially all are heavily laced with her sensual singing. Another contender from that era is Abbe Lane with "Lady in Red" and "Where There's a Man." In more mo... | |
| Brandi Carlile Nilthepil: Brandi's second album ("The Story") is on vinyl, but as pointed out by Everest_audio, the recording quality is reasonable, but not stellar. Like a lot of new vinyl, there are periodic pressing-related ticks and pops that are NOT removed... | |
| Brandi Carlile Brandi is one of my favorites! See also her first CD (self-titled), She has awesome passion for her music which comes through clearly in her performance. Check out KT Tunstall, Amy MacDonald, Duffy and Kathleen Edwards' (newest) for similar artist... |