kiddman
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| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... Put on a good Blue Note. Then an RCA Living Stereo symphonic, a good Reiner performance. Then a Classic Records release of Brubeck Time Out.Next a good female vocal....Ella Fitzgerald would be good.A good male vocal.The speaker that makes them all... | |
| Dream System: Magico + Coincident + Wavelength ? If you are going with Coincicent go wth his speakers too, better than the Magicos. | |
| Anti static guns Simple test, pull 12 inches of Scotch tape off a roll quickly. Note that if you dangle it from your fingers, if you bring your other arm near it the free end of the tape will move over to that arm. Now Zerostat it. Do the same test. Using a proper... | |
| JBL K2 5500 anyone? JBL specs are anechoic. Real world, in room measurements show a much deeper bass. JBL just does not want to use the "guesswork and optimism-based" phrases, like "typical in-room response......" that so many boutique manufacturers use. I've seen th... | |
| Tannoy Westminister VS dc10 Instrument Grande V Kudos to Quad-man for his honesty in posts and for admitting when a great speaker is great. That along would make me want to check out his products. The posts about great sound also makes me want to check them out. | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE You missed the point Melba. And that point is that there are some significantly more revealing and detailed speakers that are much less sensitive to having the exact right electronics. The reason: those are lower distortion. The point is NOT wheth... | |
| Magico S5 vs Wilson Alexia Who says they are so different from each other? They are much the same in the most important audiophile parameter: Rave reviews in the mags. What else could matter? | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Close listening requires really coherent speakers. The greater distances are forgiving of not so well matched drivers, for obvious geometrical reasons. I remember hearing VMPS, a giant box of differing drivers, sound pretty coherent from over 50 f... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Mr. Decibel, after they listen from 12 feet away from my horns I have visitors listen from 4 feet away. They marvel at the pinpoint imaging at 4 feet, the immediacy of the sound, the coherence, and the lack of harshness, brightness, or any of the ... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers No time to respond now, I have to handle some real business things. But I will say that Sal, you wrote a nice respectful post for someone who is no doubt annoyed at me. I like that restraint and maturity. I would have you over to hear some horns t... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers There are many products that are a bag of mixed compromises to come out with a semblance of neutrality. These "band-aid" products never can be as good as a design that does not use matching colorations to cover up errors (or compromises) in design... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Atma, some of that sound has to do with poor horn design. I have had them, and your amp does not fix poor horn/throat/phase plug design, no more than they fix poor cone speakers or poor electrostatics. Like stupid, for which there is no cure, poor... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Larry, WRONG! The distortions do not have to be there, they are very avoidable with good throat design, good phase plug design, and good horn design in both shape and materials. It is not "characteristic" in general, it is characteristic of flawed... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers The worst cone speakers are horrible. There are cones that seem like they will loosen my fillings in my teeth. The worst panel speakers are horrible. The worst horn speakers are horrible Generalizations are nearly useless. But the best horn speake... | |
| Tannoy or JBL Hi Leog, I am in USA. Oh well..... |