larryi
Responses from larryi
| Favorite cover? Yes, his version of Wonderwall is terrific. It is too bad he has fallen into the persona non grata classification of artists.There are a lot of covers I really like, but, not necessarily more than the originals, for example: Garcia/Grisman-"Frien... | |
| Favorite cover? Everly Brothers-"Unchained Melody"Shonen Knife-"Top of the World"Roy Orbison-"Love Hurts"R.E.M.-"First We Take Manhattan" | |
| Speaker toe in It is simply wrong to state categorically that any particular degree of toe-in is optimal and anything else indicates some kind of problem. All adjustments--placement, toe-in, rake angle (tilt back) are specific to a particular speaker model, roo... | |
| Speaker toe in I agree that proper toe-in is something determined by experimentation. This is the case with ALL aspects of proper speaker placement in a room. As for a reason for extreme toe-in, this can be useful if you are attempting to widen the area that o... | |
| What is the Best Tool to Measure Cartridge Azimuth? I am in agreement with those who prefer that the stylus be properly aligned to the groove over a correct electrical alignment. With my current setup, I used the mirror approach to get a decent visual alignment of the stylus to the groove. I then... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? Speaker preference is so extremely subjective that any particular choice, even ultra-expensive models, might be horrible sounding to certain listeners. Therefore, any "giant killer" candidate must be auditioned by the buyer before being considere... | |
| Your favorite Electrostatic, Panel spkr It has been some time since I've owned panel speakers, but, I still like many of them. I've had Magnapan II, Acoustat 1+1 with a subwoofer, and Martin Logan Quest. I have heard, and liked, models from Sanders Sound, SoundLabs, Quad, Magnapan, an... | |
| CD"S I still buy mostly CD's, but all of them have been ripped to a hard drive and are played only on a server. The CD's I keep on a shelf for reference to their booklet, cover art, etc. I like the access to my collection afforded by having them on a... | |
| What is your favorite High EFF speaker Cost is no object: custom-made horn systems with vintage Western Electric drivers or G.I.P. reproductions of Western Electric drivers; or system built around Jensen/ERPI M-10 fieldcoil woofer and Western Electric 597a tweeter.More reasonably price... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations Larger horn systems may be hard to blend into the decor of multi-use rooms and smaller rooms, but, they do not inherently sound out of place in small rooms. To me, they are so much better than most speaker types as low volume that their biggest s... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations I have not heard the PureAudioProject speakers, but I like the looks and I like the concept. I like open baffle speakers, but, if deep bass is a must, I would caution that a relatively narrow open baffle speaker can be expected to roll off in bas... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations willgolf,I have not made any sort of direct comparison between Charney and Avantgarde (I've heard the Charney more recently), so at best I can recall my impressions of the two. The Charney sounds extraordinarily coherent from top to bottom (not s... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations willgolf,Since you like the looks of the Avantgarde speakers (I do too), I am wondering what you think of the AER Pnoe. This is a backloaded horn speaker that is very much like the Charney, in terms of design. I found out about this speaker when... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations kornhent,Thank you for the additional information and links to more pictures. I am a fan of your kind of horn-based systems. My own system utilizes a small Onken with twin 12" drivers (alnico magnets, pleated paper surround). The 12" drivers we... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations kornhent,Those are very interesting looking systems. I noticed that some of the pictures look like Onken bass reflex cabinets for the woofers (I like Onkens). It is good to see builders making serious modern, but old school, systems. What drive... |