hilde45
Responses from hilde45
| ABS: What Is The Trouble With Measurements. @larsman Good point, but I don't think that I need measurements for those things -- my common sense is good enough for them and also for audio. Nothing is at stake because common sense is all I need! | |
| ABS: What Is The Trouble With Measurements. I go 100% by listening; I couldn't tell you the measurements of much of anything in my listening chain. That stuff has just never interested me. @larsman I feel the same way about my cholesterol. If I feel good, the numbers don’t matter at all... | |
| ABS: What Is The Trouble With Measurements. Thank you for posting this. I'm very interested in the epistemology of listening and it is news to me that a well known publication is daring to put "philosophical" as the header of a column. | |
| Adding a sub. - can i start with one? +1 on the idea of a SWARM, especially in your space and for less $$ than two REL's. | |
| Adding a sub. - can i start with one? A single sub properly setup will improve overall SQ-but it’s subjective like EVERYTHING in audiophooland. The improvement past one sub was not better in a "subjective" sense. As if it was just my whimsy that I liked it better. No, it was bette... | |
| Does a REL subwoofer make the speakers' job easier? @gladmo I hear you and @bdp24 has written a post on subs for the Ages. Really fantastic. REL is clearly a good product and they have a very vocal and earnest fan base. As I said, I love my REL sub. BUT, as mentioned in bdp24's post, the ability ... | |
| Words of wisdom on choosing a speaker | |
| looking for a more efficient speaker..... From what I can see about the Alon's, they're excellent. Information about your amplification is critical. | |
| Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver @chrisoshea Yes, I did. Ascend Acoustics Sierra Towers (RAAL) tweeter. They work very well with tube and with my Pass XA 25. They are not likely my endgame speakers but are really excellent. I hope to write up a commentary about them sometime soon... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? I never owned them, but when I was 20 I visited my older cousin in Northampton, MA and he had very very large Maggies. I don't know the model. Let's just say there's the period in your life before you lose your virginity and the period afterwards,... | |
| Have you ever solved a high end audio issue using non-audio technology? Or, visa versa? @clearthinker It was my room. That photo was from an experimental phase. Some of you might know @brownsfan . He and I corresponded for months. He discovered that when a cd rack was placed in a way that diverted some of the direct sound, it resulte... | |
| Billie or Ella? Maria or Renata? Technique or feeling? de gustibus non est disputandum | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. @ditusa My mistake! Apologies. Hope folks enjoy the photo anyway. | |
| Have you ever solved a high end audio issue using non-audio technology? Or, visa versa? I used plywood boards, mounted on stands, as deflectors near speakers to help with FRF and DRF. Works amazing. If someone could make a nice version of this (Chinese screen design, perhaps ceiling mounted) there is a major audio product in this ide... | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. @ditusa said, I think, that the Quicksilver is not point to point wired. I have a Quicksilver. I love it. Happy to chat on message with OP if desired. It is point to point wired. Here is the inside. |