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| Maggie versus Magico Had a chance to hear the Magico mini system again recently.Still one of the most striking sounding systems I've heard out there. Fantastic transient attack and detail!The price did go way up since a year ago, over $30000 now. Yikes!I suppose these... | |
| Maggies with no Sub: Fantastic surprise I owned larger maggies for 20 years and ran them off higher power SS amplification and never felt compelled to use a sub.Having said that, I've heard newer top of the line Maggies running off a fairly juicy Rogue tube power amp with a small well-m... | |
| Vintage receiver 2 phonos Tandberg tr-2080. Had one for years...really miss it! | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? BTW, I saw Porcupine Tree live on their FOABP tour in a small local concert venue nearby a year or so back and it was absolutely awesome! Strongly recommendedIt was as loud as it gets, but very well produced and everything sounded phenomenal. It h... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Para,Glad to help spread musical enjoyment wherever possible.I would not tune my system initially using Deadwing though(too much going on in general to be able to sort through things), but once you think it sounds right, Deadwing is as good an aci... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Para,Believe me, there is a break-in period, both for the speaker mechanism, and the first time listener, with these. BTW PT Deadwing is a very challenging album for most systems. When the system overall is clicking though, IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD (... | |
| Good tube integrated for Ohm Walsh 2-100s3 If it were me, I'd steer towards a high current SS amp and tube pre-amp combo with the OHMs.You might get this is a good hybrid integrated, but I think $$ per dollar you will do better with separates. That is because integrated amps often must com... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Parasound63,I think you have the right mindset for how to best locate the OHMs. You have to play around with different locations, listen and decide what works best for you. Just avoid location within a foot or two of walls. Some locations will sou... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I like to use the tracks "Season of the Witch" by Donovan as a reference point to get soundstage and imaging focused and bass honed in. Other tracks on "Donovans Greatest Hits" can then also be used as tests once you tune in using that cut. | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording Does anyone know of a specific place where I could look to find the LPs of the soundtracks? Ebay. I've picked up several there of late in excellent condition for reasonable cost. | |
| Astral Weeks, Live At The Hollywood Bowl Picked up a copy out of the library today and gave a listen.All in all, I'd say this is a very good recording and performance. The material is of course classic verging on legendary and has aged very well. If you like the original "Astral Weeks", ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Parasound, PErhaps to a lesser extant than with most speakers, room acoustics and other factors probably come into play regarding tonal shift from various vertical listening locations. The Walsh drivers do inherently fire more upwards than down th... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Yes, I can typically tell a slight difference in tonal balance when listening for it from a higher listening position above the cabinets (brighter) compared to a lower one. | |
| Is too much power in an amp really a problem? If there is no benefit to higher power in any particular user's case, based on preferred listening SPL, room size, speaker efficiency, etc., then no reason to go there. It will add cost to do a higher power amp well as Raquel relates so the benefi... | |
| Is too much power in an amp really a problem? The OHm F-5 speakers in my system are a good example of speaks that benefit from high power and high current with adequate damping based on my experience and all reports. They are largely omnidirectional, less than 90Db efficient can move a lot of... |