larsman
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| How to make the Focal Kanta No. 2 speakers sing? Have the speakers been broken in yet? Your description sounds very much like many speakers sound right out of the box; a few hundred hours later, they may sound much different.... | |
| Female vocals There are plenty of women singers who do not in the slightest resemble jazz, Norah Jones, or Diana Krall, but who actually ROCK. | |
| Results of Actual Hearing Test and Next Steps I've been wearing hearing aids for the past couple of decades. I've been wearing eyeglasses for longer than that. I would no more listen to music without my hearing aids than I would read a book or watch a movie without my glasses. I'd suggest g... | |
| Burn in vs perception @rockadanny - I've owned a number of pairs of speakers; some will sound fine right out of the box, but most I've had sound pretty nasty to start off and sound the way they should after 150 - 200 hours. | |
| HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO? @hilde45 PLUS ONE | |
| Interesting videos about sounds and music @mahgister - you may be right, but what does education have to do with liking or not liking jazz? As for hating music, I agree - I don't see the point; people can listen to what they like and avoid what they don't - it's not difficult. People lik... | |
| Burn in vs perception @ozzy62 - in your case, I'd say both the amp's electronics and the tubes need breaking in; in my experience, tubes mostly sound at their best after at least 100 hours. You've probably got a good bit of improvement left to look forward to.... | |
| Somewhat of an oxymoron - speaker stands for the floor for bookshelf speakers. Different speakers are designed for different stand heights; while there is indeed a 'rule of thumb', there is no 'one size fits all' best speaker height for all standmounts. For instance, I've got a pair of Martens that are very high on their sta... | |
| Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation. @mahgister + 1 - as soon as I see 'all' or 'no' in regards to some category of items like 'tube amps' or 'ss amps', I dunno - just doesn't make sense to me. | |
| Why is so much music recorded out of key? Doesn't bother me and I doubt I'd be able to tell; these are not quizzes or tests, just music that one either enjoys or does not. | |
| Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation. What does 'correct presentation' mean? | |
| Two questions to make you mad. They didn't make me mad. 😄 | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. It would depend on who is doing the 'considering'. I wouldn't worry about it too much and just enjoy yer tunes.... | |
| Speakers versus Balance vs Amplifier @hickamore - most hearing aids have multiple programs, or different EQ settings, for different circumstances. This will be given names, sometimes like 'music' or 'hi-fi' or some such. How accurate the names are remains to be seen or heard. Whichev... | |
| Heavy Vinyl Speakers Corner from Germany makes some excellent all-analogue re-issues that look completely authentic; I got their versions of BOC's 'Tyranny and Mutation' and 'Secret Treaties' and they are superb. They don't sell direct, though - you have to b... |