larryi
Responses from larryi
| Capitol Audio Fest Speakers? I was impressed with two speakers at the extreme ends of the price range. At $500 for a very small bookshelf (or large desktop) speaker, the Vanatoos sounded quite good. For this price, the buy gets a built-in amplifier and DAC; just plug it into ... | |
| Bybee Internal Speaker Bullets - user feedback? Lewinski,My friend's speakers are horn-based--it is a 1970's Electrovoice system with a rear horn-loaded bass driver and a dome tweeter with a waveguide. The midrange is from another system altogether--I believe it is a JBL compression driver feed... | |
| Bybee Internal Speaker Bullets - user feedback? I use the Golden Goddess speaker bullets in my system with mixed results. They do tighten up the bass response and improve the clarity of the sound, but at the expense of the sound seeming less "beautiful" -- the overall sound is drier and less sa... | |
| Spendor SP 100/R2 and Harbeth 40.1 - impressions? I personally like the big Spendor speaker, although I have not heard it in direct comparison with the Harbeth. The primary concern with the SP100 is whether the bass response will overwhelm a room. I've heard it sound a bit upper-bass heavy in sev... | |
| Why Palladium in cables, wiring, etc. . .? I have no idea about either the physical/theoretical properties of the material, nor the supposed sonic attributes. I find it amazing how much speculation one finds in this thread based on the physical properties of the material when all bets are ... | |
| Greatest song titles.. What about: "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold it Against Me)" by the Bellamy Brothers. | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days A few more:Concert for BangladeshThe Band: Last WaltzThin Lizzy: Live and DangerousLou Reed: Rock & Roll Animal/Live | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days Off the top of my head:The Who: Live at LeedsLittle Feat: Waiting for ColumbusJoe Cocker: Mad Dogs and EnglishmenDeep Purple: Live in Japan\Bob Marley: Exodus | |
| Greatest song titles.. There have been several songs and albums with the title:"Laika Come Home." Can anyone tell me who did the original (LONG before the Gorillaz). | |
| New cartridge I own, and like the Titan. It IS a detailed and dynamic cartridge which also manages to be not overly analytical or dry sounding. But, if you really crave a very fast and dynamic sound, another alternative to consider is the Van Den Hul Colibre. | |
| Floorstanding Speaker Feedback Dayglow,I like the sound of the Gershman GA-P 858, which is WAY out of the OP's price range. Is the Sonogram a scaled down version of that speaker? It would be a winner if that is the case. Gershman makes some very nice sounding speakers that are ... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm A printed arm would not be inherently better; it could be cheaper to make if the production run is quite small (no need to machine the tools needed to cast the arm).If the arm were made with some kind of complex internal structure to increase rigi... | |
| Floorstanding Speaker Feedback In your price range, and given that you don't expect to play your speakers at ear-bleeding levels, you should not limit your choices to small floorstanders. There are plenty of great stand-mounted speakers that should be in consideration.Although ... | |
| tube vs SS preamp I have never never witnessed, either personally or among the many friends with tube gear, a failure of tube gear that lead to damage of a speaker. Most tube failures end in distortion or no sound from the speaker. In a post above, someone mentione... | |
| tube vs SS preamp There is very little danger of a tube preamp failure causing a large signal that would take out a speaker, particularly when the downstream amp is a low to medium powered tube amp. Damage is more likely with a solid state amp, particularly higher ... |