lrsky
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| Phase Coherence or Time Alignment: Which More Imp? Actually, I WOULD expect the 'forward' or brightness from a first order design. It's almost a sure bet that everyone who's heard THIEL would agree that they sound forward in the high frequencies. My speakers measure flat, (inasmuch as any can or w... | |
| Phase Coherence or Time Alignment: Which More Imp? It's odd that Bud Fried, (who I had the pleasure of knowing) is part of this conversation, and as Lincoln might have said, "it is altogether fitting and proper..."Bud Fried's TL series made be become an audiophile back in the early 1980's. I fell ... | |
| Phase Coherence or Time Alignment: Which More Imp? I don't understand your post. There is no 'patent holder' per se on cross overs; what 'site' are you refering to--and who charges a lot for their speakers?Sorry, not being sarcastic maybe I'm just thick today, but I really don't understand your co... | |
| Phase Coherence or Time Alignment: Which More Imp? First order crossovers, 6 db per octave, are the only one's which 'supposedly' offer the least phase shift, that is energy storage, and shift from one driver to the next.The issue at hand is the enormous amount of work that each driver, since it r... | |
| Best Integrated Amp, Price no obstacle? Price no object, the VAC top of line is a magnificent sounding piece from a great company.The VAC will sound musical at all times, and have factory backing second to none.Kevin Hayes is one of the great designers around. | |
| Review: Acoustic Zen Absolute Interconnect Rspeck, you stated, (I'll probably regret opening this door)"I went to Acoustic Zen's web-site and looked at their 'technological'" articles. They are a maze of misleading advertising, bogus claims, misapplied and pseudo-scientific gobbledygook."I... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity First of all, I never think in terms of an 'amp' as a separate entity. My experience tells me that matching of goods, that is amps and pre amps are more important than just the individual piece. For example, while an amp may sound great, it only s... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity The question is, what do I recommend. VAC is a good place to start. Oftentimes Kevin Hayes of VAC has used pieces for sale on his website. Or just call and talk to him. You will learn more about tube gear from him in minutes than I could write in ... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity Musical Fidelity is overrated but more musical to me than the Bryston. Yet there are many tube amplifiers that have more musicality than either. So I guess I am a tube groupie, in that regard. Tubes sound more like music to me than solid state, an... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity I might point out that Bryston, in an effort to justify their pricing and quality differences, other than the obvious warranty differences, would intentionally show much better spec's than their OEM Lexicon counterparts.I would bet that the spec's... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity Actually I did, in that I (even though I did not include the dates) stated that I heard plenty of Bryston's and their current Lexicon which is their OEM product.Bryston is so damn good, that it is ridiculous to have any nit's but if you can imagin... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity TVAD I don't know why I softballed your question, when you said, "I don't know what slow means" or words to that effect.For many years now, rise time, slew rate, have become lesser talked about figures in some circles than in others.I think the no... | |
| Review: Acoustic Zen Absolute Interconnect I too, recently replaced my Kimber Select 3035, on the top and bottom, of a biwire speaker, with the Acoustic Zen Shotgun, top of the line cable. It is nothing short of remarkable. Clearer in the mid's and highs, and better in the bass, relative t... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity I've thought about the 'slow' comment, and it is admittedly vague. I think I always thought of the Bryston as less refined sounding than some others. For example, many will disagree, but I find the Levinson to be uninteresting, musically. I am not... | |
| Bryston VS Musical Fidelity My assessment, humbly is, that the Bryson sounds, although, I dislike this characterization, slow and lacking in fine detail. Inasmuch as tubes are finely detailed though somethat flawed in the bass region, the Bryston sounds unrefined and slower ... |