larryi
Responses from larryi
| Help with some big ol' used DIY speakers If your friend will be listening while seated at the desk, the problem with this setup is that he will not get the sound from all of the drivers to be well integrated at his position. It might help to toe-in the drivers so that he is at least clo... | |
| Suggestions to upgrade from Lyra Delos I am a fan of Lyra cartridges. I own a Titan, although these days a Transfiguration Orpheus L resides in my tonearm. Lyra cartridges have a open, and nimble sound, which is not as harmonically rich and dense sounding as something like Koetsu car... | |
| Help me complete my stereo system (Harbeth, ClearAudio Concept). For tube amps, I recommend looking into integrated amps from Synthesis (Italian). They make integrated amps with very good DACs and phono stages built into the amp. I have heard the P3 with their Roma 96 integrated (25 wpc) and this is a very ni... | |
| Help me complete my stereo system (Harbeth, ClearAudio Concept). Deja Vu Audio has the full line of Harbeth and they sell ClearAudio turntables. Where they depart from the advice given above is that they exclusively deal in tube amplifiers. I have heard all of the Harbeth lineup there, and I like the P3's mor... | |
| Opinions wanted: 10-30K Speakers for Jazz/Folk I think it is important to think of not just the speaker, but, the combination of speaker and amplifier. If you already have, or have in mind, certain electronics, it would be useful information about compatibility. For example, Magnepan and Sou... | |
| Classical Top Five It is often hard to ignore the historical context of any artist, so I can understand why Wagner is so reviled. But, if one can just isolate the music, and how he melded the music to the drama, he is quite an important artist. I don't think gg107... | |
| Isotek EVO3 Nova One any good? I can only say that I like what the Isotek did to my system. I don't have any problems with audible noise, so the power conditioning is doing something more than removing noise--it improves clarity, and the precision of the image placement in the... | |
| Isotek EVO3 Nova One any good? The Isotek gear does not regenerate the waveform, in other words, it is not an amplifier. I have been to a demonstration and was very impressed with the improvement in sound over not treating power coming from the wall. But, I cannot really say ... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” newtoncr,I like your approach of narrowing candidates to a few that you can realistically audition. As it is turning out, you are looking at single driver or single driver used as wideband driver in a multi-way system, rather than traditional "ho... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” I like Maggies too, but, as is the case with all speaker types and models, they have their own set of strengths and weaknesses that may not fit the particular priorities of any given listener. For me, the biggest issue is that they come alive at ... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” A lot of the horn and other high efficiency systems I like that manage to tame excessive midrange peaks and nasal colorations are quite expensive (e.g., Goto horn systems, G.I.P. Laboratory drivers, Feastrix drivers). The Charney, Volti and the K... | |
| Classical Top Five It would be extremely difficult to speculate what Mozart would have done with more years; I would expect really great things, but, who knows? Based on early accomplishments, Korngold should have been a musical giant; he was good, but not that goo... | |
| Classical Top Five brownsfan,I agree with you about Bach. I was just raising an argument about what counts as greatness and whether influence of future composers can arguably be the main measure. I also agree with you about the greatness of the St. Matthaus Passio... | |
| Classical Top Five Top five in what respects? If I had to pick the single greatest composer it would be J.S. Bach, but, in terms of influence on other composers, one could argue his son C.P.E. Bach was more influential (pioneer in early classical form) with dad sort... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” I've heard the Charney Companion speakers at two audio shows and I was extremely impressed both times. This speaker system is a rarity--a single driver full-range system that does not have a rough, peaky response, has reasonably strong bass, and ... |