larryro2
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| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? The Room Rules i was in a friends lab yrs ago and was amazed by the sound of music and I asked him what playing? he said he built the speaker from parts bought on Canal St in NYC and designed the cabinet! all for $20! | |
| CD transport vs.streaming I’ve owned very very expensive audio gear and I’m totally convinced its all in the feed and the room acoustics! stuff made nowadays is very good at most price points! look what Jones did with little funds and created so great speakers! | |
| CD transport vs.streaming I’m using a Calif Audio Lab Ikon Mk 11 CD player circa 1995! it’s great and has an analogue and digital output sounds great 18 bit | |
| The new Rogue pharaoh II slams I tried a Peachtree 150 and it’s class D and founded very good after a week or so. now using a Rotel Class A who knows? | |
| CD transport vs.streaming I have a CXNV2 as well Feeding a Rotel A14 at times it’s great-all depends on the signal I use Qobuz and internet music again it’s the feed! I find it a constant PIA- one moment it’s great and another I want to sell it all! same for LP m... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing Unfortunately we read those writers that have been mentioned and look their way for suggestions as what to buy! We never think of the “science or engineering “ behind the writers , if it even exists. I would be shocked if anyone of the writers u... | |
| Stand Mount Speakers Lee Taylor makes some beautiful cabinets. however never heard them unfortunately my experience with speakers is very mixed. I’ve had Quad ESL, Maggie, TAD, AR, Paradigm, Epos, Elac , Bozak Polk, and what it all came down to was room acoustics... | |
| China built tube amps What is seldom talked about is a conditioner! where I reside the electric source is a mess and v noisy. I purchased a conditioner from Furman and it made an audible difference. One of the few “tweaks” that was worthy! this year I purchased a St... | |
| China built tube amps Don’t try to satisfy a budget ! Expensive alone does not mean easy listening! I’ve been down the “Rolls Royce” pathway ! this field is saturated with snake oil what is important: zero fatigue a good music source High impact crisp hi and pun... | |
| China built tube amps Relax dude! I’ve owned Primaluna gear and they are fantastic if paired with the correct speaker in the correct room! When I lived in a cold climate with a large home tubes were great! Now resettled in Florida tubes lost out due to the heat facto... | |
| China built tube amps Relax dude! I’ve owned Primaluna gear and they are fantastic if paired with the correct speaker in the correct room! When I lived in a cold climate with a large home tubes were great! Now resettled in Florida tubes lost out due to the heat facto... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air Look for a pair of EPOS Epic 2- efficient 4 ohm speakers that are v v v hard to beat ALSO- a pair of Elac 2.0B6.2 designed by Andrew Jones and the very Best Buy on the planet- but they need at least 80 watts/ with either of the above you can ... | |
| Has gear or a recording ever made your ears hot? Hi the Tensor Tympani muscle is in the middle ear not the inner ear. It has a latency of about 40 Msec. The stapidius muscle which is also in the middle ear is much faster and has a latency of about 10 msec and a threshold of about 85dBSPL. The ... | |
| integrated amp on a budget Rotel A14 terrific versatile great sound terr | |
| Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening? Elac 2.0/6.2b they are so good but need some power it’s a 6ohm speaker 80-100 watts of power will do zero fatigue excellent Andrew Jones design |