johnnyb53
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| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? 05-28-12: KhrysWhat if the choice was accurate vs. euphonic? Same parameters. Different semantics. I don't agree. "Analytical" is not synonymous with "accurate", nor is "musical" with "euphonic." One of the problems with measurements is they were ... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? The debate rages on. What are we to do? Designing a spealer that measures well in all areas shoulkd be the goal manufacturer. Uh, no. The goal should be to invoke in the listener as much of the thrill and emotional response to live music as possib... | |
| Warm Sounding Speakers Timrhu: I'm pretty sure the Kestrels I heard were some of the first run and that over time Pat improved the crossover and with it, power response and in-room uniformity. They sure imaged like a mofo regardless. | |
| Tonearm suggestions All the Origin Live tonearms use the Rega mount. So does the JA Michell and other modded RB250/300/301/303 arms. | |
| Warm Sounding Speakers 05-27-12: TimrhuActually, they were Kestrel Hot Rods but the difference is minimal as far as I can tell. Yes, I have owned both. Johnnyb53, do you have experience with the Meadowlarks? Yes. I'm not just aping the reviews of the time. I helped an o... | |
| Warm Sounding Speakers I can't believe you'd recommend the original Kestrel over the Kestrel II. The reason there's a Kestrel II is because the original had a power response issue at the crossover point and went into "cupped hands" mode if you weren't directly in the sw... | |
| What amp to tame Eggleston Works Esotar Tweeters? I don't think Lexicon is all that, especially if they can make an Esotar tweeter sound bad. Remember, they're the guys who rebadged and repackaged a stock Oppo Blu-ray player and charged triple the price. I've personally never found their units to... | |
| WILSON ALEXANDRIA XLF SPEAKERS- What was the cabling used in the XLF demo you heard? I heard 'em with Transparent Opus. | |
| Which monitor speaker to choose?? NOLA Boxer? | |
| WILSON ALEXANDRIA XLF SPEAKERS- When I heard the XLFs and Momentums, it was in the same room and the speakers were positioned in nearly the same place. David Wilson himself was on hand for that The only other variable was that the earlier Alexandria X-2 demo was powered by an al... | |
| Paradigm Atom or Monitor Bronze BX-1? Why not consider PSB? For $50 less than the Monitor Audio you could get the Image B4, and for $70 more you could get the rather astounding Image B5. They are extraordinarily linear from about 100 Hz up to 20Khz. Image B6 reviewEven the $299 PSB Al... | |
| Early digital recordings on vinyl vs. CD? The early digital classical LPs have the advantage that they were probably mastered from the native mode of the digital recording, and definitely done through a pro-quality DAC. With CDs, regardless of the original sampling rate and word length, t... | |
| Top jazz trios piano, bass, drums on vinyl? Another +1 for Hank Jones. I have "Hanky Panky" and "Just for Fun." This thread inspired me to dig out Hanky Panky. The trio on that one is completed by Ron Carter on bass and Grady Tate on drums. "Just for Fun" has Ray Brown and Shelley Manne, pl... | |
| WILSON ALEXANDRIA XLF SPEAKERS- I heard Wilson XLFs powered by D'Agostino Momentums in February. Both Peter McGrath and Dan D'Agostino were on hand. Cables were Opus MM2 and the installation and positioning were impeccable.Best rig I have ever heard in every way: truth of timbre... | |
| Ayre DPS Bauer vs Artemis Labs 05-12-12: ShsohisThanks for the comments. Just gotten a DPS 2 but not the Ayre PS. Why not? The speed consistency and its attendant pace, rhythm, etc. are part of what impressed me so much about the DPS/Ayre setup. Maybe you auditioned without and... |