mahgister
Responses from mahgister
| Sound Stage and Imaging If the gear system dont present synergy problem between the pieces to begin with ... If you can control the room acoustic timing of the directed and reflected waves and some control of the pressure zone distribution with a good ratio between abso... | |
| Fosi Audio V3 I am happy with the Fosi SK01 ... Perfect job to amp my secondary headphone (AKG K701 ) used for movies... There is better for sure but at the price paid with three tones controls which help a lot to make the unnatural K701 to my taste i decided... | |
| Jazz for aficionados i will not be the one who will dare to contradict you... 😉 As I’ve said before, Bill Evans is in my top five pianists and that’s in all genres. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Subsequently, I’ve come to appreciate both, although forced to choose, it’s no contest for me -- I’ll go with Evans. Me too... That was my point ...😊 | |
| Great classical pianists My three favorite are : Ivan Moravec, Vladimir Sofrontisky, and the greatest of all even in his ruined old age , Ervin Nyiregyházi... Why ? Because music is not about sound and playing perfection but about meanings and expressive emotions first... | |
| Why isn't better quality used gear being made available? Super vintage deals dont appear magically as we wish it ... First we must read and learn what to buy ... It takes me almost a year... Second we must wait for the chosen item to appear at a good price ... It takes me months for my 2 vintage Sans... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more @mahgister I didn't imply that room treatments aren't necessary for near-field listening. I said the impact from the room is minimal since you get the more direct sound than indirect sound. Also I cannot comment on "soundstage" from near-field li... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I don’t enjoy many K. Jarrett recordings for the same reason. Of course, in some circles, such a statement is liable to provoke a similar reaction to ramming a stick into a hornet’s nest! I like Keith Jarrett and Miles Davis but i love Bill Ev... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more If I sit forwards, almost between the speakers, yes, the soundstage will be located here. But is this neccessarily worse? Yes it is the worse situation ... Because a well done acoustic relation between speakers position and listener position an... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more So near-filed and far-field are basically relative to the speaker design, For sure beside of the acoustic ratio and timing and direction of reflected versus directed waves importance, the design and the type of speakers play a great role ... Th... | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? There is a source of tinnitus aggravation or cause but not well spoken about because of censorship and denials... The link under is in french but google translation work well ... I hope it can help some ... Even in this thread there is at least... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more Very important clarification for all here ... Thanks and welcome here by the way ... Nearfield and Farfield are acoustic terms to describe the ratio of of direct vs reflected sound. If in the listening position you get more direct sound from ... | |
| You go to music! If i could pick only one instrument to test timbre rendition i would pick a piano... Because the sound of a live piano is well known at least as guitars, and the way the transients attack goes on a piano is very dynamic and the tone timbre decay ... | |
| Nearfield listening - once more I have a soundfield encompassing the listener position (3 feet) and 2 feet outside of the speakers with depth... I used 100 bucks modified small active speakers ...Natural timbre and pin point imaging .. But i modify the porthole design ... On ... | |
| ***Seasons Greetings A'goners***Are You Getting Any New Gear For Christmas*** I decided to add to my nearfield low cost system with active speakers a low cost tube pre-amplifier with three tone controls to improve a bit a system so unbelievably good for his peanuts price i am amazed ( But i modified the speakers design myse... |