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| Dynaudio C1 II vs Focal Micro BE vs Harbeth SHL5 You have the same problem as I do, liking too many different sounds when I hear them. :^)Works much better than targeting the "ultimate sound" IMHO, but it sure is tempting sometimes to get stuck in that trap.Nice write-up. I don't think I read an... | |
| Recapturing the JBL L100 Century "Not really interested in a current ohm because they don't use a true Walsh driver. "Not exactly. The main driver does operate "walsh style" with wave bending a part of that but only up to 7khz, which covers most of what one hears in music, save t... | |
| World's Greatest Tenors Assuming jazz tenor sax, is John Coltrane too obvious an answer? | |
| Recapturing the JBL L100 Century Zav,Another option is those Fs have trade in value up to $4K or 25% of cost of new speakers with OHM as long as cabinets are in decent shape. My F5s used refurbished OHM F cabinets from OHM.Shipping cost to OHM in Brooklyn would be the main expens... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "Techno babbalo obfuscaturo a mundo. El tubo harmonico supremo."Eat Oreos. It'll all sound muy bien. | |
| shindo vs. atma-sphere Have not heard Shindo, but agree Atmasphere is good place for a vinyl lover to be. Have heard phono through atmasphere amp, but do not recall what pre-amp was used. Can't imagine anything vinyl related that says atmasphere on it not sounding top n... | |
| Recapturing the JBL L100 Century "What if I told you, Mapman, that I have a pair of Ohm F's in my garage waiting to be refurbished? Vastly different than C2's r the L's, but intruiging none the less"Getting those Walsh drivers on those OHMs refurbished properly is extremely trick... | |
| Recapturing the JBL L100 Century I recall those JBLs specifically from years ago working at a Tech HiFi part time during college.Speaker and amp technology and options have come a long way since then. SO its hard to compare stuff from back then to today. I would feel confident in... | |
| Your Preference: Resolution or Fullness? "Some might argue that the latter (reflected energy) ends up obscuring the former (high resolution direct signal), but IME, that's highly room and set-up dependent."I'm in the opposite camp.Sound (including detail) is a 4-d (including time dimensi... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I think the sonic benefits of NF is pretty well documented and understood as are the drawbacks (nothings perfect).The fact that it is so widely applied would seem to speak for itself in terms of overall merit.No NFB would seem to be the exception,... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "For the time being designers have yet to universally recognize the importance of human hearing rules in audio design, so we are likely to see considerable differences in opinion for quite some time :) "Few things are ever "universally" realized. ... | |
| Your Preference: Resolution or Fullness? Gotta do both pretty well and sound good overall. Lots of good affordable gear is capable of both.The main keys to both together is often getting a good integration with room acoustics and an amp that is 100% up to the task of driving the speakers... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Back on the "life is too short" topic, see ThisPaul and Yoko now buddy buddys. "Life is very short...." indeed! | |
| Review: Morrison Audio Model 19 Speaker Nice to read about these again. Have not heard much about Morrison speakers in recent years.I am not far from DC metro area in northern MD. | |
| World Series Buzz That might be the critters in the RS beards. See if it gets louder during interviews. :^) |