jdane
Responses from jdane
| Most harsh/shrill sounding speakers (vintage) I got the speakers I have now, which blew me away in the store. I took them home, purchased a new Adcom amp and pre to go with them, and it was absolutely the worst sound I have ever experienced (great detail, but so harsh certain types of music ... | |
| Help with some big ol' used DIY speakers Are you sure that picture isn't out-takes from Clockwork Orange? | |
| Where does it end? I found that dissatisfaction with my system and the size of my vinyl and cd-collection ended about when I had to start making mortgage payments | |
| how can low watt tube amps drive speakers with higher power requirements My 91db speakers are driven just fine by my 20W tube amp. (I will say, though, that with a similarly-priced SS amp at 40W, they sounded like sh*t.). I doubt that there's a general rule that you could follow that would trump the judgment: "What d... | |
| members and their systems WFT......all I did was ask a simple question as this is not a cheap hobby....and I wasnt being all " nosy " as you put it. I didnt ask you where you got the money for your system did I ? dont believe I did.next time I will make sure that I... | |
| Classical Top Five Mahler and Haydn. Ditch the Brahms ... but ... well, you know, those damn trios ... then ... well, gotta include Dvorak, and then again there's Martinu and don't forget ... Damn! Chopin is probably the most influential of all, then ... well the... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? Mahgister-- OK. Now I'm following this. Your later posts seem (at least to me) to use the ordinary meaning of timbre. What I did not understand was the relation of this to things like "imaging" or "soundstage", which I believe in this context ar... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? Mahgister: with all due respect, I didn’t ask you to explain the normal meaning of timbre, with which I am familiar. I asked you to explain in simple terms how you were using this common musical term in this context. I actually think you may be on... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? I do know what 'timbre' means in music, but I confess I have absolutely no clue what that word means in the context it's being used here.Serious question: could someone explain it in such a way that a normal listener can understand what it means ... | |
| Most rooms don’t need acoustical treatment. Mofojo is right. We do know how a car works. On the other hand, we don't know why someone prefers a blue one to a red one, or a Camry to a Prius or why anyone likes the Fiat 500. (Well, maybe in some cases we do--like why I prefer my 88 Volvo ... | |
| High quality equalizers One of the problems with hearing loss is that it's difficult to determine where you're trying to get to. They can give you read-outs at the hearing-aid place, but if they adjusted the aids to that, it would be too painful to listen to. (I.e., it... | |
| Bach Recording Recommendations All of them! (And I don't consider myself necessarily a Bach-enthusiast.)I can't think of a single Bach recording I haven't liked. That's just the nature of the music. (Although I confess, I no longer listen to some of the turgidly Teutonic or... | |
| Are warm or colored speakers disrespectful of musicians/producer/engineers? Good point, chayro. It's hard to believe that those who in good faith long for "transparency" or "musician's intent" go to many concerts, where the sound is different in every hall and in every seat within that hall, just as it is different in e... | |
| Are you troubled by the imaging of a symphony orchestra? If you go to symphonies and "sit close," then you are certainly aware that that symphony ('sound-stage'?) will be completely different when you sit somewhere else. (e.g., as in Disney--you can sit 'close' in front, behind [for 1/10 the price], cl... | |
| Magic returns in seldom used bookshelves? Maybe a naive question, but if you like the sound of your little Sierras, why wouldn't you just return them to your system as you say? Why would you 'upgrade' ('replace') them with something else? |