jdoris
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| Best speakers around $130k? @hilde45 The question of bespoke speakers is an interesting once, actually. Numerous good small companies do, or would probably, "build to suit" : GR, Salk, Selah, Vapor, Fritz. I've listed to all of these, and owned a pair of GR's, and all... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? @noske When I heard the big Ventures, the designer, "Didi" as he is apparently called, was in the room. I must have been staring, thinking, "That guy is a friggin' genius!" He looked over, and caught me. Very slight smile, very slight nod. C... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? @hilde45 GR Research makes fine kits and speakers, but so far as I know, they top out at a few grand. What do 125 grand in mods look like? More generally, I'm guessing a build at the price point would exceed the competence of all but a fe... | |
| Pass Labs Int 25 vs Int 60 Sounds good, Markuzz! I had the Pass INT-30A, and replaced it with the INT-60. Both are very fine: to my ears the 30 was a snootch more musical, and the the 60 a snootch more revealing. What tipped me to the 60 is that, unlike some of the ex... | |
| If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically... @charles1dad Fair enough! I enjoy your posts. To be fair, Ayre's name for the product invites a bit of fun. I never used the green pen, but I did use expensive CD cleaners. I seemed to have a genius for scratching CDs, and am mostly glad to... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? @noske Glad you agree about the Ventures. Interesting about the 4 Ohms. Not to many speakers I know of like that. Is the idea that 4 ohms constrains amp choices? I'm guessing folks buying 130k speakers aren't so worried about that :) | |
| If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically... @charles1dad & millercarbon Totally agreed there should be fewer derisive comments around here. My comment was that I used the Ayre disk commended in the OP and did not notice a difference. Given the cost (assuming you do not buy a dedicate... | |
| Not manufactured any more. One set of designs that ought be much missed by DIYers (and everyone else) are the kit speakers from George Short at North Creek. Mostly pretty basic MTM or two way designs, with top quality components, often voiced to be placed quite near bounda... | |
| Not manufactured any more. @richopp Sounds like boxes are pretty dreadful! I wonder why so many cost-no-object designs use them? ;) But back to our regularly scheduled programming! | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget big_greg's thoughtful post is very well taken (though I'd not want to draw any inferences from the SQ from my Yammy HT receiver ;)) Certainly, a wide range of implementations could work very well at your price-point. It does sound like thi... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? The Venture Grand Ultimate is now up to MKIV. I listened to a previous iteration at a show; the best speakers I have ever heard. Amazing. (Their entry level model, in the high 30's when I heard it, was lovely too.) Of course, Venture is far too... | |
| Not manufactured any more. @decooney When I bought the Gallo 3 series, I multiply auditioned the Strada 1s, and while I found them good with the Gallo sub, I had a clear preference for the 3s. Interesting sidenote: I've bought most of my speakers without hearing them, b... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget Thanks, frogman! I bet your Manley kit sounds very nice, and I suspected it bests a high percentage of the integrated mentioned here. I wonder an a set-up like yours would cost --if it could be found used -- when cabling etc. is figured in. | |
| What Recordings Of Yours Did Not Age Well? +1 on Garland, who I think of as a bit underappreciated, compared to greats like Peterson and Evans. I like Groovy and Soul Junction a lot, and of course the In recordings with the Miles Five. High Pressure less so. Other RG recs? | |
| Not manufactured any more. =1 x5owner1 on the Gallo 3 series. Could sound very good indeed, and at very reasonable price point, esp. by the standards of today's hobby. I briefly had a pair of 3.5s or 3.6s, but could not get them to sing with the 30wpc amp I was runnin... |