lrsky
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| Thiel 3.6 s and amplifier choices In my opinion the Mac is not a good choice.It would sound ok, though not as tight as some others in the bass region. The mac is very smoothe a good thing with the THIEL, but not as controlled as say Classe, Krell (a tad bit grainy) Pass. Of these,... | |
| AZ adagios or von schweikert vr4jr Don't send a deposit in advance to Von Schweikert...they tend to get lost...Expericence guaranteed..Larry | |
| Best speakers for 15X14 ft room Your question, versus the information supplied is not aligned.A 14'X15' room is 'tricky' acoustically speaking. The speaker, while essentel is important is a 'part of the elextronic puzzle' of this kind of question.To paraphrase many engineers, "S... | |
| Does Class A amplifier artificially smoothen sound Class A amplifiers don't exhibit switching distortion.A Pure Class A amplifier is running 'full out' all the time--AB amplifiers run (about) 5 Watts of output all the time, and when the volume needs exceed that output the B transistors switch 'on'... | |
| heard Melody Gardot? I would agree with the Aznavour influence...he was a stylist, better for interpretation than vocal ability--nevertheless I loved to hear him sing.Larry | |
| Help me pick a power amp B&K is an excellent value--and to my ears, much more neutral than the NAD. I've been to their factory--very impressive products for the money, good people and they used better parts than the retail price would indicate.I personally think B&... | |
| B&W and deteriorating Kevlar drivers Angst0,Are your speakers exposed to sunlight from a window or skylight? It could be that the Kevlar broke down 'chemically' due to exposure...just a WAG.Kevlar does have a 'honk' as some critics have described it.It was used for it's great strengt... | |
| heard Melody Gardot? Vinylmeister,I hadn't noticed the difference in the vibrato speed...you're VERY observant.What I think is also VERY interesting is her emotion, the way she emotes so strongly, really selling the words.A great friend and I were auditioning a piece ... | |
| most articulate speaker TBG,Of course, extending my point of 'low mass' being ideal for maximum res, a plasma driver being essentially 'massless' would make it even more articulate. I must defer on this, as I haven't heard the Plasma speaker. Larry | |
| Lexicon MC12B VS Mark Levinson NO.40 Rademaker,Lexicon would be my choice, depending on cost. I would suppost that the circuitry is 'borrowed' from Lexicon, as they are the leaders in studio equipment--with home audio being a small fraction of their market. Also they write many of th... | |
| Jazz vocals recommendations please Klipsch,This is mentioned on another thread.Melody Gardot's second (and probably her first) album is terrific. She is on youTube if you want a sneek peek. She's in a video in the tub, (not R rated) just sensual, and her voice is (to my taste) bett... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Few, but in order of appearance, not a system.THIEL CS5's Circa 1989Gryphon Callisto Integrated AmpSound Lab A1Goldman CD player at the 1999 CESPipedreams 24's (set up correctly)John Tucker's CD Player Larry | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bkonig,No I haven't. I will though.Do you have, Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderly, her first album???Circa 1962--it has THE DIFINITIVE VERSION of, "I Can't Get Started". He does things that only Charlie Parker or MAYBE Phil Woods (without the so... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Years ago, Jim THIEL gave me a Sting Album with the song,"There's a Moon Over Bourbon Street" on it, for my birthday. That's on...love it.I always think of him when I play it. Nice gift!Larry | |
| Speaker recommendation. have $2,500 I recall the THIEL as being voiced closely to the Dynaudios. Jim, during the early years sourced or had made to his specs, drivers from them, as I recall. The Dynaudios are very flat. Maybe a little thin in the midbass, (or maybe I just like a lit... |