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| Dynaudio C1 and voices Agree vocals on C1s should be to die for. Probably just some minor tweaking needed.I have heard certain Nolas but not enough to offer any useful comparison to Dynaudio. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? OHM Walshes by default are NOT fully omnidirectional There is a separate tweeter that is directional above 7khz or so angled inwards normally. That works to produce widest soundstage by default. I have dabbled with angling out for more direct expo... | |
| Dynaudio C1 and voices I've heard Dyn C1s. Being more "laid back" than B&W does not surprise me.The best ICs I know of for the cleanest and most coherent midrange are DNM Reson. I use these in my system from source to pre-amp and pre to amp in my system. Overall coh... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Group hug... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? "Dear mapman: Sources of truth?, it does not exist in formal way. They came from personal research deep research I can say."Raul, the problem with that is that no man is perfect. WHat if you are wrong or missed something? How would you know? Good ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "I thought that I had read somewhere that the driver materials or something was different between the 1000/2000 series and the 3000/4000 series. "That's possible but do not know. John Strohbeen would. I do recall reading Walsh drivers in latest X0... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "You haven't answered my question, as I've noticed you don't actually address the meat of any one's post."Which question?I like David Bowie. Pretty awesome!No I was not kidding. I do believe the simplest of melodies are most pleasing, and that the... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "You've melded two peoples' opinions on different issues into a collaborative position of your own. And you're talking about narcissism? What are you on?"Jut trying to be helpful.Oh well.... | |
| Sleeper Debut Lps...70s classic rock Even The Beatles first real US album "Introducing the Beatles" was a big sleeper for a bit until "Meet The Beatles" came out soon after. Maybe the biggest in teh US of all time! Damn, I which I did not get rid of my original (bargain bin at the ti... | |
| Sleeper Debut Lps...70s classic rock Even The Beatles first real US album "Introducing the Beatles" was a big sleeper for a bit until "Meet The Beatles" came out soon after. Maybe the biggest in teh US of all time! Damn, I which I did not get rid of my original (bargain bin at the ti... | |
| Sleeper Debut Lps...70s classic rock JEthro Tull's first two albums were big time sleepers before many first discovered the group with "Aqualung". | |
| Sleeper Debut Lps...70s classic rock Billy Joel hit his stride in his second album "Streetlife Serenade" well before his popularity skyrocketed a few years and 3 albums later with "The Stranger" | |
| Dynaudio C1 and voices Also, when you say voices are "less than terrific" what does that mean? Are you able to understand the vocals in most decent recordings? OR can you understand but something does not sound right in regards to tonality perhaps?Thanks. | |
| Dynaudio C1 and voices Interesting topic. I own Dynaudios (not C1s) and other make speakers and run them concurrently of the same source system in different rooms, so I have taken some notice of how my Dyns do voices compared to others.What's feeding the Dyn's? SOurce, ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "*But it's always been the simplest of melodies that are the most pleasing""Rja, mediocrity is the norm for everything, not just music."Taken together, it seems that the simplest of melodies are most pleasing, and the norm is mediocrity.So the dil... |