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| Why is the snake oil topic closed? The burnin' question is do snake oil salesmen elect their representative or is that position just up for grabs? | |
| The Moody Blues - "Seventh Sojourn" Moody Blues fans be aware the Moodies 50th anniversary of Days of future Passed Concert from earlier this year in Toronto with orchestral accompaniment is premiering this weekend on PBS's Great Performances program. | |
| Not much discussion around MBL Shadorne who knew parasitic vibrational modes could sound so good! 😉Those on a budget who cant afford or deal with mbl owe it to themselves to set up a pair of ohm walsh well and give that a try. Much more practical for most rooms and used you mig... | |
| Not much discussion around MBL There have been many posts about MBL. Yes pricey. If you like MBL take a look at German Physiks or OHM. OHMs do not take a big financial commitment to try the waters.I’ve heard MBL on several occasions once in a well designed dealer showroom and t... | |
| More effecient speakers? Larryi yes mine are Triangle Titus XS. They sound as you describe but I find they can become somewhat shrill on some amps. I currently run them of Bel Canto C5i digital integrated, 60w/ch. No speakers I've used sound shrill on this amp including t... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Obviously horn loaded speakers are used commonly in larger public venues. Many of those sound really bad as well compared to a good home system, but in many cases it is due to poor or echo-prone acoustics commonly found in those places. Still ... | |
| More effecient speakers? Larryi,I know what you are saying. I have little Triangle monitors that are more efficient and sound best at lower volumes. Mostly because they are small and not made to go too loud.No doubt a more efficient speaker will "wake up" sooner with fewe... | |
| More effecient speakers? The only advantage of high efficiency speakers is to be able to go louder with how ever many watts. In a typical home, higher efficiency might benefit in more cases than many might expect, similar to using a more powerful amp. FWIW I’ve never hear... | |
| More effecient speakers? Digital streaming and DACs might be an area worth exploring. | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? I have nothing against horns these days and in fact like many good ones I hear (especially run off tube amps which is another story) but my first exposure to a horn speaker was working at Radio Shack for several years. Remember the big Mach Ones ... | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables trelja,One last thing I can say with confidence regarding the OHMs is that they are most responsive to what is fed them and will sound radically different case by case. So there is a chance that if you ever get to hear them again, the sound woul... | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables Maybe one of the snakes reported it. | |
| Chord Mojo headamp/USB DAC Beyond just being a good overall sounding DAC, the Mojo seems to add impact and dynamics to the music in a way that other DACs I have compared with do not. The music just seems to hit you harder yet still in a most detailed yet non-fatiguing manne... | |
| Chord Mojo headamp/USB DAC Any one ever carefully compared the sound of Mojo to Benchmark DAC in a good home system? | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables I would have liked to see that. I wonder why it was removed? |