holzhauer
Responses from holzhauer
| Build a system around speakers in the $5-$7.5K Jim, Does Stereophile or The Absolute Sound recommend the 802's? I heard them and did not like them. I found them so analytical that I would sit there criticizing the equipment and the recording all the while ignoring the music. Speakers have to ... | |
| Build a system around speakers in the $5-$7.5K I personally would purchase a used pair of Shahinian Diapasons. Like Roy said this is very subjective. Each of the best speakers available have tradeoffs. If you let us know what type of music you listen to and how important imaging, volume levels... | |
| Dilemma: LP or SACD? Try analog only to give up? I just went through this. I bought all the analog stuff and pretty much just let it sit there. The sonic differences in my experience were not great enough to merit the extra work required to spin the vinyl. I'm going to use the money from the sal... | |
| Speaker selection? A friend of mine just bought a pair of the new Magneplanar (planar magnetic) speakers that mount on the wall. They sound fantastic and look way cool. The magneplanars are great for movies because they have a surrond like sound do to forward and ba... | |
| Need help with acoustic treatment for brightness. Rives- you are way cool. To offer free advice when you do this professionally is more than generous. I did use your test cd with the Radio Shack spl meter to record the 5000hz. So I guess I gave ya a little business. I suppose I should lean toward... | |
| Hours sitting around just listening to music? Yyz- is your username from the Rush instrumental? | |
| which is better, Sony SCD-1, or SCD-XA777ES? yyz- is your username based on the Rush instrumental? | |
| Mom and pop garage audiophile caliber gear John Bedini makes excellent power amplifiers. I'm not sure if he is still doing it, but his introductery price on his latest Pure Class A Classic Mono Blocks was $1600 for the pair!!! He used to sell his 100/side single box amplifiers for $3000. T... | |
| Zaikesman's Username Pronunciation Field Guide Holzhauer is pronounced holes-hower the latter part rhyming with hour. Some in my family say Hole-sour which I don't particularly care for do to the variation sour-hole. It's obviously a German name and it means wood chopper or wood hitter. | |
| Anyone still do insightful or intelligent lyrics? I've always found the lyrics of Rushes Neil Peart to be extremely intelligent and thought provoking. He has published several literary works as well. A favorite of mine from Natural Science "When the ebbing tide retreats along the rocky shoreline ... | |
| Where to start with room acoustics You could purchase the Rives Audio test CD and a Radioshack sound pressure meter. The test cd allows you to measure the in room frequency response and will likely confirm what your ears are telling you. From there you can explore solutions. | |
| Suggestions for the best DAC under 1K John Marks of Stereophile suggests the Benchmark Media Systems DAC-1. ($950) I bought one and love it. I haven't compared it to anything else but it sounds like the real thing to me. | |
| B & W N802 or Shahinian Hawks? Without any doubt whatsoever, the Shahinian Hawk would be the speaker of my choice. I own the Shahinian Diapasons and I have auditioned the 802's. I suspect the 802's would be a step down from your Arcs. Just my opinion (please no abuse from B&... | |
| Gilmore Audio planars revealed Tok20000 has me salivating over the potential of these babies. Ok CES attendees. Give us some words on your first impressions. Please | |
| Best speaker between 15K-35K Nmurro, You are truly fortunate to have that much disposable income for this hobby. It is my personal opinion that many of the super speakers out there sound worse than some of the smaller speakers in the same product line. For example I thought t... |