mapman
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| MFSL moody blues: are they all so good? "The 2012 inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have just been announced.The Moodies get stiffed again.Somebody 'splain this to me."My understanding is the choices are made by the R&R HOF proprietors and is highly biased accordingly. Ev... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Had to mention here that somebody has a pair of original OHM C2s listed on agon for $50 in the NYC metro area. Assuming all is in order, that is a steal! I am tempted to buy despite having no need.The C2s are one of the larger and better 70's vint... | |
| Please help a Novice PSB is the safest bet that I am aware of. | |
| An Experiment in Speaker Placement stage depth generally requires several feet behind to rear wall.assuming a setup in a room that facilitates this, omnis do it best but require even more space behind than normal for optimal results. | |
| What started you on your audiophile journey . The first real "audiophile" system I heard was running Klipschorns and Magnepan Tympanis I believe they were circa 1977. They left quite an impression! | |
| What started you on your audiophile journey . record players fascinated me and i shocked myself once playing around with a phono as a kid. | |
| How Long Ago Since You Cried Listening To Music? "Fiddler On the Roof" soundtrack and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker usually bring a tear to my eye. | |
| Favorite poorly-recorded albums Louis Armstrong and his All Stars | |
| Speakers that are RAP music proof Great idea for a thread!Throw a 250 or 500 w/ch Class D amp at a pair of modern OHM Walshes. They will rock your world and never break a sweat! Guaran-damn-teed! They have all the muscle and finesse needed to deliver the goods with any kind of mus... | |
| MFSL moody blues: are they all so good? THe MoFi of "Seventh Sojourn" is very good but not revolutionary.Most of the newer CD remasters of the MB albums are very good as well.Remasters of Octave and their early 80's discs by Justin Hayward are major improvements over the original CD rel... | |
| Review: Klipsch RF-3 Speaker i've liked the newer better klipsch models when i've heard them and consider them a good value. | |
| Please help a Novice For $300-$500 used, Triangle Titus, Magnepan mmg or Klipsch Heresy.PSB is a pretty safe bet also.You could also do a pair of OHM Walsh 2s or slightly bigger in that range if you were up to trying something completely different (omnis) with lots of... | |
| Speaker height vs ceiling height I would think you want to avoid early reflections of ceiling similar to walls. Usually there is less distance to work with in regards to ceiling and floor than walls even. I like to keep my speakers as low to the ground as possible but also with a... | |
| Please help a Novice I would go towards something good, affordable and higher efficiency for use with the receiver. You'll do better going used of agon as long as you are careful that you know exactly what you are getting before buying, teh age, and teh condition.I'd ... | |
| What is would be a small listening room size? go by cubic feet (Height X Width X )Length.12X12 with 7.5' ceiling (~ 1100 cubic feet)is towards the small end of the spectrum.Your room is 1530 cubic feet, ~ 30 % larger, still towards the smaller end of the spectrum I would say. I'd say 8000-900... |