larryi
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| How to go about collecting Classical Music label 19,I agree with you completely about not overlooking chamber and other smaller works of any composer. While symphonies and concertos paid the rent, a lot of composers felt more free to be inventive and not worry about public appeal when the... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? I would love to hear the Shindo Lafite. I like the Latour (two-way field coil Shindo system). I really like field coil drivers--they sound very dynamic and "alive."While I would be totally satisfied with a Charney full range system, and perhaps ... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? dht4me,I have not heard the AER BD5 driver, but I would bet that it sounds terrific. I've heard the BD2 utilized full range (no other drivers) in a couple of systems. One just had a large horn on the front, and was completely open in the back. T... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music Another resource is the on-line classical CD seller Arkivmusic. They have an enormous listing of available CDs searchable by artist, composer, label, etc. They also offer recommendations on particular recordings that can be helpful.I agree that ... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music The field is so vast and diverse that you should sample as much as you can to get a handle on what kind of music, period and styles you like the most. I would suggest listening to the radio, particularly internet stations, or even the classical m... | |
| Need speaker advice I have not done anything close to a direct comparison between a Klipsch Heresey and Tekton speakers, but, I have heard the Klipsch and two of the Tekton models--the MOAB and the Double Impacts. I prefer the Tekton speakers because they are not as... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? I use XLO limited and NBS interconnects that are at least 16 years old. My long interconnect (3 meters) between my linestage and amp is Audio Note Sogon that is around six years old. My speaker cables, also Audio Note Sogon, are also around six ... | |
| Need speaker advice Trenner and Friedl is an interesting suggestion. Although none of their models is extremely efficient, I've heard them with lower powered amps and they sound very good--very lively sounding even at modest volume levels.I would also look at Audio ... | |
| Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy That is an interesting video that does make some valid observations about some streamers and servers. But, as he noted in the video, there are some streamers with proprietary boards and components in them that are optimized for the task. As he n... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Erik,I've heard a lot of wide-band/full range drivers used very successfully in multiway systems. Some were, as you discuss, assisted by a woofer, others were assisted by a tweeter (most commonly with large diameter full range drivers) and some w... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Of all the true single-driver systems I've heard, the quarter wave back loaded horn systems of Voxativ and Charney are the only ones I really liked because they had reasonably extended frequency ranges and smooth response (not excessively peaky an... | |
| Help troubleshooting: 1 speaker is playing significantly lower Start at one end of the system, like the speakers, and switch the wiring left and right. If it is the same speaker that is softer, it is the speaker that is at fault (not likely).Next switch the wiring from the amp to the speaker wire (to rule ou... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? There is the whole gamut of Chinese audio gear--original designs, designs based on existing gear from other manufacturers and outright counterfeits (meant to actually fooling someone into thinking it is an original piece from another manufacturer)... | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? I saw an amazing looking linestage which had parts that looked like vintage Western Electric transformers, capacitors and resistors. The buyer paid big bucks (I think it was something like $15,000), but the parts turned out to be Chinese counterf... | |
| Grounding with a Earth box? I cannot say whether or not any improvement from using one of these grounding boxes is "worth the money," but for some context, I thought the Nordost system made a bigger improvement in the system my local dealer used to demonstrate the product (h... |