martykl
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| SOTA processors also bang for the buck Sorry, my mistake - the post should have read PR-SC5508. I think that continuously staring at computer screens during the +/- 18 months of research I did prior to this purchase have permanently damaged my ability to accurately recall model #s.Mart... | |
| A question for Maggie owners From time to time (including right now) I use a pair of 12" Rythmik subs (2 x $800) with MMGs ($600) in a system that costs just over $2K. I've also owned the significantly more expensive 3.5s in the past. Not in the same system, room, etc. - so t... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Schubert....so ticket sales are your measuring stick? And THAT's what establishes Mozart as the pinnacle of human artistic expression. Now I got it!I also note your deep familiarity with the alternative classical traditions. It is this full apprec... | |
| SOTA processors also bang for the buck I just bought an Onkyo PRSC 5509. It does just about everything a pre-pro can do, sounds great, and is available new for well under $2K. It includes Audyssey xt32 which AFAIK is the mother of all room EQ systems. I'd be reluctant to compare it wit... | |
| Merlin Subwoofer? I've (briefly) paired my VSMs with a pair of 12" Rythmik subwoofers. When I use subs, I use room EQ on the bass signal to the subs and run the mains unprocessed, using only an NHT X-2 active x-over to low cut that signal. I generally use an x-over... | |
| Do you know how Kirksaeter speakers sound? "band's sound", above, should have read "brand's sound".Marty | |
| Do you know how Kirksaeter speakers sound? I don't know the models, but I do recall thinking that the band's sound changed pretty dramatically over the years. Very early on (early '80's?), a local dealer brought the line in and I thought they were very strange sounding and seriously weird ... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Chuck Berry? | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Schubert writes:It does nor demean any other form,time, society ,nation,race or culture to state the obivious and that is the music of Bach,Mozart,Beethoven,Schubert et al is the greatest artistic acheivment of the human race.That statement demean... | |
| Why few discussion on Audio Machina CRM, CRG, CRS? They spend little to no money on advertising.They never had very many dealers and now sell direct.This means few have heard OF them and even fewer have heard their products. It should be no surprise that they fly way under the radar.It probably do... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Rok2id,My point was that "Western Classical Music" (as narrowly used by some who have posted here, please refer to the names/period Schubert mentions in the post directly above this one for an example), represents an expression of Western (as oppo... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Schubert writes,I suspect(strongely) there were be NO current acts even known a hundred much less three hundred years from now.Popular music is utter garbage plain and simple.A related question (or two):How much contemporary classical music will b... | |
| Bandwidth question? -3bd @ 100khz vs 300 khz can be critical - if you are a bat. | |
| Who is your favorite jazz pianist One more vote for Duke. | |
| How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know? Three (possibly four).One from high school.Two were lawyers who worked on my deals when I was a banker in NY.The possible fourth was a boss of mine after a I moved to LA. I was told he was a tube guy, but the subject never came up in conversation ... |