larryi
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| Snell Type A Do not look for any 10" driver to replace the Snell 10." Diameter is just one of MANY operating parameters that matter and the chance that another random 10" driver will reasonably match those other characteristics is close to zero. If the foam ... | |
| Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement? Gradient Revolutions are made to accommodate different speaker locations, particularly those close to walls. To me, they sound very good. I like Audio Note speakers in close to the wall locations too (I see you have already looked into that bran... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? shkong,Unfotunately, the link to your photos is not working. But, in any case, if you found something specific that you heard and liked, it does not matter what anyone else thinks. Whether you get it or another vintage Western-based system, you ... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? What Western Electric system did you hear? With the exception of the Western Electric 753 and 757, they did not make many complete systems. It was more the case of someone assembling a system from components. Do you recall what components or sy... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? What particular vintage WE horn system are you looking at? Are you looking for a complete vintage system, or are you looking to build a system from vintage drivers and horns? I have heard many systems built from vintage drivers and horns and the... | |
| What should you hear? Mijostyn, You name-dropped a bunch of terrific sounding recordings and the music is good as well. What is striking to me is how good many older recordings sound; it does not seen that recording technology has advanced very far. When I want to de... | |
| What should you hear? Rodman,As I said, if all you were concerned with at a concert is stereo imaging, you could sit up front, but, that might not be ideal for other aspects of the sound; that is why it is not simply a matter of choosing front four rows in the concert ... | |
| Youngsters these days. It is probably prudent to NOT voice those sentiments about your kids, after all, they may be making certain critical decisions about your life in your dotage.This reminds me about how, when we were riding around in the family car and certain rock/... | |
| CD Transport to pair with Audio Note DAC 5 - suggestions? All transports have a rather limited life, particularly the lasers, but also the moving parts that have to spin the disc at high speeds. When buying used, it is hard to determine what remaining life you are purchasing, so I would be a bit hesitan... | |
| What should you hear? Rodman,It is true that one could find a seat up front that provies a nice stereo spread and allows one to aurally locate instrumental groups/soloists, but, that seat might not be close to ideal for other reasons--tonal balance, proper mix of rever... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player I don't know about the Bluesound unit specifically, but, an all-in-one ripper/storage/streamer should be able to deliver very good sound. I personally would prefer something with more storage than 2 TB, and I prefer something that allows the CDs ... | |
| What should you hear? From your description, it seems like you are getting good stereo imaging. Certainly, your Vandersteens are capable of delivering good imaging. The subject of what constitutes good imaging and how to achieve it is quite complicated. Almost all ty... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player I have found that it is not so much the medium as it is the particular mastering. A lot of streaming sources do sound bad, but then, so do a lot of currently available CDs of the same music. In many cases, older CDs sound WAY better then current... | |
| Youngsters these days. About 1/4 of my recent music purchases have been of music I already have on LPs (purchased just for the convenience of being able to use my streamer/server instead of the record player). Many of the currently available digital sources of reissues... | |
| Youngsters these days. jhills,Did you type this on an Underwood and have your grandson upload it to the internet? I too, like my old CDs and LPs, but I find it more convenient to upload them to a streamer (about 5,000 CDs). It is far easier to search my collection on ... |