kiddman
Responses from kiddman
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier "Anyone attending regular concerts and wanting a very true rendition of the instruments at home can find the sound getting old after a while."That quote of mine refers to the sound coming from a coloured transducer, in this case, the pleasant but ... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Thank you for a considered, quality response, Tubegroover.For me, the art was in the instrument design and evolution, the music writer, and the player. I want to feel and understand that combination of art and great human achievement as fully as p... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Nearfield is REALLY close, I would call 8 feet or further a relatively normal position. I can listen to my current system from 18 feet away to 4 feet away with pinpoint imaging at the 4 foot position, realism like you are up against the stage. The... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier ESSrand, I just wrote a long response that could seem, by its length, to be too hard on Harbeth. They are nice, just a bit forgiving is all, and that can get old....music is more stimulating than they portray. That's one of the better faults to ha... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Sorry Charles, about the typo of lower case "C" on our name. | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Thanks Charles. We agree. Two to three hours a day I hear myself play, as well as record myself and play it through my system. You need to keep the ears/brain educated. One can improve pitch through practice. A player can improve musical phrase re... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier OP says "Of all the speakers I have heard (which are not many)...."For that much outlay, unless that is a small amount for you, is there any way you can go out to do more listening?RMAF is coming up.....Before you go, if you could find some unampl... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Hi Larry,Not surprised we agree....those traits are there, if folks want to ignore them, fine, but they ignore the reality.Re: Kensigntons, they have a small degree of raspiness, but so much less than Zus....and so can the Orangutans. SETs help, b... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Yes yes on the suggestion of Tannoys. Get the real deal, a speaker that will stay with you for decades and be supportable for decades. But, if you go with the Orangs, nice speaker. Don't go for the Zu's....how can these guys stand the high distort... | |
| Best vintage Tannoy for rock? Now this is what audio is for! Music! Leave it to a Tannoy guy to start that enthusiasm. That's what they (and some other, but few) are about: music. | |
| Best vintage Tannoy for rock? Dan, nice post, and nice sign off (Yours in the love of music and Tannoy). Yes, we are on the same page.One thing about Tannoy guys: they are so often about the music. After all, they can't be about prestige as the gear is not raved in the mags. T... | |
| Best vintage Tannoy for rock? Why don't they get respect? Well, I'll flip the question: have you seen any other speaker that can go on for a long thread and not have any real haters out there, but many lovers? Maybe by respect you mean in the current high end scene of North Am... | |
| Vacuuming every time? LAST revisited? I don't use tweaks like wood blocks, wood stands that look like candelabras, I don't change jacks on my electronics, no bells or mini pots or whatever they are on my walls, no Stillpoints, I think all that stuff, and I've listened, represents noth... | |
| Best vintage Tannoy for rock? I don't think we disagree much, Dan, I have used old Tannoys too, and know they can be great. I said "plus some" since the new ones will play louder for a longer period but I did not say that was a huge matter. Perhaps you interpreted my indicatin... | |
| Best speaker that Proac ever made I was going to mention the EBS, I have not compared them directly to the towers but I would take the EBS in a flash over any speaker they have ever made. |