mapman
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| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? In looking at Albert Porters System, I see that he has a one meter interconnect that costs more than my entire main system.I've never heard the Dali's in Albert's system, but have heard other large Dalis albeit in listening rooms that were too sma... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? My system is clearly not high end if the measure is $$$$s spent compared to others.I listen to the best systems I can without regard to cost whenever I have an opportunity and use these to set my reference for what is possible. Then I decide how t... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? If I had the budget, I'd probably end up spending more.But my system fits my current dwelling pretty well. The differences, if any, would be marginal or subjective, IMHO.If I had a larger house with larger rooms, I would probably be inclined to sc... | |
| Record you spin on a rainy Saturday w/ family gone No Quarter is a great and often overlooked album. Several better than original versions of Zeppelin classics + nice recording to boot. | |
| Weights on a preamp how about a clever little brick? | |
| A future city dweller's dilemma... Maggies are one of the best low volume speakers in my opinion.Match them up with a high current amp with damping factor of 50 or more into 8 ohm and they should really sing at typical condo listening levels.Also, check out the discussion with Atma... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? Agree with Shadorne.I'd only add that the underpinnings of audio is science and engineering, but 98% of the end user experience results from the artistic aspect, which includes the recording process. | |
| speakers for classical music Its true that really good speakers, when matched properly to the rest of the system, will sound good with all genres of music and types of recordings.Classical, particularly large orchestral arrangements, and some would say piano, is generally one... | |
| In your opinion, what is Hi, Medium and Low end? You can achieve fairly high end sound for medium or low end cost if you match any decent speakers properly to a decent amp and focus on good speaker placement within the roomMost systems sound "high end" when speakers can be placed at least a few ... | |
| speakers for classical music Quad, Magneplanar, or Ohm. | |
| A future city dweller's dilemma... Keep the maggies if at all possible.USe the smaller mmgs if necessary and add a good subwoofer but only if you think it is needed.You might pick up a pair of Dynaudio monitors second hand for a bit more. I was able to live with these nicely as a r... | |
| Weights on a preamp This is a job for:MACHINA DYNAMICA!!!!! | |
| Record you spin on a rainy Saturday w/ family gone Nice to see a plug for Caravan!Waterloo Lily is a much underrated classic album with those guys.Richard Sinclair is one of my favorite bass players. He has done some great playing with Caravan and Camel for an album or two as well. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music good call with Ma Vlast | |
| System matching can be difficult... System matching is hard but of course of primary importance for good sound. The fact that it is not easy is probably one of the biggest reasons people continuously modify their systems.Another reason is that it is fun to dabble and see what more i... |