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| Room acoustics in a former church sanctuary? I'd get a feel for the room acoustics somehow beforehand if that is a major decision point for you. IT will not likely sound like a typical home listening room, but rather have its own unique charms that can be leveraged to unique effect if done r... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Dancability factor is a very useful speaker metric that is often overlooked.....:^) | |
| Why does most new music suck? 40 years ago it was pretty much all about exploration. Where is the new frontier these days? Listening to some Johnny Hartman, damn those Beatles for taking music over! | |
| Why does most new music suck? The "classic rock" era was a great time for white guys singing the blues and hippies singing bout peace and love. Also a time when electronic instruments, guitars and keyboards mainly, came on board and broadened the horizons immensely from prior ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? I find that these days I tend to like a lot of specific songs or pieces of music that I hear, but do not levitate much to many new artists in particular. I think that being older and more interested in the music than the much younger people making... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Jwc, I also have a pair of small Triangle Titus XS monitors. These have been acknowledged by many over the years as champions at low volume and I would agree. They convinced me that dynamic speakers could be as fast and detailed at low volumes as ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? "Dear Mapman: Agree that are many other persons that are thinking and experienced audio subjects " out of the box ", I never said I'm the " only ": not."No, but when you talk about AHEE in such broad general terms, it gives the impression that it ... | |
| LS50s and room size I really like the LS50 design.THey've gotten a lot of good press, I'm still waiting for someone to say anything really bad about them. Good omens! | |
| Avalon Eidolon Diamond vs Revel Salon 2 I've heard the Avalons in very limited audition only and in less than ideal setup in a very small and cramped room. For sure, I can say they are a unique breed of sound with some unique charms. Lots of mid-range energy and a sound that was more le... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? ITs funny (or not) how the AMerican way is to encourage more and more buying as a means of keeping the economy going.What's needed is more and more learning combined with high standards so more people can actually earn more as opposed to just spen... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? Quad-man,Welcome to the new world order.I suppose as more and more Chinese become wealthy and inflation kicks in there accordingly, the next less developed economy out there will come in to pick up the slack when it comes to low paying jobs that h... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved " In fact I would add that many rare 78 recordings have been saved by being digitized!"I can vouch for that. I've recorded all my family's old 78 RPM records from the 20's and 30's to CD and then ripped the CDs to my music server along with all th... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "there is only one Led Zeppelin"For sure.and only one BEatles...and Dylan...and The Who...and Elvis...and so on....I used to always be looking for the new "fill in the blank" but eventually learned to avoid that trap and appreciate each act for wh... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? JWC,I was not referring to clipping, though that is certainly always something to be concerned about. I was referring more to dynamic headroom, the drivers ability to pressurize the air in the room highly at higher volumes, especially at lower fre... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "The MBL room playing an open reel at 15ips. This was by far the best room for me as well as the friend that accompanied me. Unbelievable resolution, wonderful clean lively sound, top to bottom. We first visited the room in the morning and Hugh Ma... |