immatthewj
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| Quandary @rvpiano , I can only speak for myself, but I would not pay $300 to audition the monoblocks that were not the ones that I was going to buy. Honestly, I think I would have a hard time seeing my way clear to paying $300 to audition the equipment th... | |
| For city apartment dweller audiophiles. Have you ever had neighbors banging on your walls? a fellow moved in upstairs whose child stomps around like a maniac and is prone to fits of screaming. So I blast him with my Genelec system that includes a sub. When the child starts in I turn the system on full blast so the windows and walls sha... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player However, the reason for having the player is generally to play sacd discs. Yes, @sharri , the reason I bought it was to hear the full sonic attributes of SACD and to also play my red book discs. You are right--if I did not want to play SACD I... | |
| My new B Stock speakers @soix , I still own the B&Ws and that is an excellent suggestion. I am logging my hours on the Revels as I go. I did a come to a point (at twenty plus hours now) where they are not having the same positive effect upon me that they had when... | |
| audible distortion and tube gear? @everybody, thanks for the input. @soix but if you share what equipment/cables are in your system and what CD you’re using you’ll likely get much better and more useful insights here. Good question though. Equipment is Maranzt SA10 in front ... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player . . . hmmmm . . . well, after doing some searches, as related to that question I just asked @sharri , I am getting that (mostly) that (probably) cannot be done. Someone did post a link at the end of the discussion I am about to paste a link for... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player @sharri , I went back through and re-read the posts in this thread, and once again want to thank you for the wealth of helpful information you provided for SA 10 owners. I copied and pasted and made a document which I saved and also printed of t... | |
| My new B Stock speakers Maybe, @grislybutter , but from the reading on this forum, you have way more experience than me with different speakers. I am open to what everyone has to say. When I bought my previous B&Ws home, there was a tangible and obvious improvement... | |
| My new B Stock speakers . . . I wonder if speaker break in could be compared to adopting a puppy (or in my case, puppies)? Three years ago we adopted three dogs anf two of them were either 8 or 10 (I cannot remember for sure right now) weeks old at the time. There were t... | |
| My new B Stock speakers I did put three hours plus on them last night, and this afternoon I put five hours plus on them. On the positive side (and since my memory is so short I’ll speak for today) I played a lot of my classical music CDs (and one SACD) which I am not rea... | |
| My new B Stock speakers @grislybutter , you may be right. The B&Ws, at the time I bought them, were replacing a way more affordable pair of NHT 2-way bookshelves that I had picked to pair with a M&K sub . . . this was my entry into HT back in the era of VHS and... | |
| Mood I am moody, and when I am in a bad mood I don’t even want to listen to music. I found this an interesting:statement regarding near field listening: It kills the sound stage presentation - or something to that effect I listen in a small room i... | |
| My new B Stock speakers @soix , thanks for the continued input. I do remember some posts a while ago in which you indicated that you felt the B&Ws could be bested easily by other monitors/bookshelves. I did used to like them a lot, though. The weird thing about the ... | |
| Listening Room A five or 10 Watt tube rig, a couple of small spectacular monitors @gents , if I could start over, especially given the room that my system now resides in (and perhaps if it was still in the living room) that is what I would want to try at thi... | |
| My new B Stock speakers @dr-boop , thanks for the info on the Revel SNs. @mark200mph , on a good night, music makes me feel great. @grislybutter , ah yes. Different Drums . . . I can see that. I remember when I was in the Air Force back in the early ’80s, I had a bu... |