larryi
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| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? Mapman, I heard the Goto speakers at the same first Capital Audiofest. It was indeed a nice sounding horn system, but Goto systems are wildly impractical (giant, straight throated horns) in terms of size and price (more than most people's homes ... | |
| New Falcon distribution in the U.S.? Falcon had local dealers signed up by MoFi. But, MoFi was dropped as a distributor and so were the dealers. Falcon is currently sold direct. I find this a bit dubious--get someone to show and market the speakers and then dump them. While my ... | |
| One DAC to Rule it All The only thing I know is that, under certain circumstances, multiple ADC and DAC conversions do not substantially degrade the sound. I heard a track on a test CD (a Jazz sampler/test signal CD by Chesky Records) that was of a sample of music that... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles I’ve heard several systems with Voxativ field coil drivers and they are remakably dynamic, which is why I am interested in how they sound in PAP systems. My concern is with how bright and sharp sounding, something I heard with their driver and so... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. I've had only one connection ever get totally loose and it involved a spade connection. I currently run banana jacks. That one time was pretty funny because I totally missed what happened and my travails involved an incredible coincidence. I al... | |
| Finally...subwoofer that's aesthetically pleasing! I don’t think the woofers look st all good. The Stradd, on the other hand, do look good with the elastic string grill. The problem with these grills is that they don’t last and replacement is not that cheap. It is a good thing that the Strads l... | |
| Dipoles distance from front wall rectangle room?? The specific ideal location of any speaker can only be determined by trial and error. With dipoles, one wants some distance to the wall behind the speaker. If you can get five feet or more, the sound of the reflections of the back wave will be ... | |
| A phono preamp with equalization selector It is pretty much established that by the 1960’s everyone used RIAA. But, nonetheless, there are quite a few records that sound better using some other curve. I heard a demonstration where 1980s recordings sounded better with the old Columbia cu... | |
| Best Circa 90's CDP Yes, the Vacuum State modified SCD-1 was considerably more natural sounding than the unmodified SCD-1; it would be a contender for top sound. I had a Wadia from that period that was also very good. | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles It would be quite hard to ship the quintets as assembled speakers. It does not look that hard to do the assembly. They are, to me, very much worth the effort. I’ve heard the Quintet with the wooden horn midrange/treble module, and the Trio with... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles Pure Audio Project speakers should be in the battle as well—terrific sounding speakers. | |
| Best Circa 90's CDP In the 90’s, I liked the Linn CD12 a lot. It was nearly $20k back then, so it was one of the more expensive machines. It didn’t hurt that it was one of the most elegant looking machines out there. Audio Aero Capitole was another nice machine fr... | |
| New Falcon ls3/5a Silvers in the house I have heard the Falcon LS3/5A powered by the Oto and I liked the sound. But, I don’t play speakers very loudly, and so I don’t know if your Oto was enough juice for your use. I would bet that your B&Ws are at least as hard to drive as the F... | |
| Best single volume guide to classical music The Penguin Guide is pretty good for choosing specific recordings, but is not that great a guide for determining which specific piece is significant or a good introduction to a particular composer or type of music. It is unfortunate that the Pengu... | |
| Best single volume guide to classical music For a survey that is about composers and their works, and not about recordings, I would recommend "A History of Western Music" by Burkholder. Another classic is "The Lives of the Great Composers" by Schonberg. The ultimate book source of informa... |