martykl
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| Verity Audio Parsifal vs. Aerial 10T Interesting comments on the Parsifal. I bought one of the first pairs of Encores back in 1999 (?) and have owned them since. At the time, I was spread bicostally over 3 homes and, about the same time, also bought VSMs for a different house. I have... | |
| Good, Affordable Horns? You might want to take a look at the quirky collection of horn systems available from ossaudio.com. Be sure to look under closeouts for more affordable options. BTW, I picked up a very nice pair of Zingali horns from these guys a few years back at... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? Lots of good ideas here, but if your taste runs to pop and/or rock music, I might add:Richard Thompson is my favorite acoustic guitar player in the pop/rock sphere, but most of his best records mix acoustic and electric guitar tracks. Beeswing and... | |
| MBL WITH SUB?? MBL has thought of this and offers their own sub. I've heard the MBL sat/sub combo and it sounded very good to my ears, although the dealer doing the demo absolutely preferred the small mbl floorstanders (116?) at app the same $. I think I probabl... | |
| 50's Jazz Club Sounding Songs? Killer Joe | |
| Downgrading... Is it possible??? Suggestions In my living room I use SF Cremons with Pathos integrated and cd player (Classic/Digit small chasis). Add an Oracle TT and small chasis phono stage (Lehman Black Box or equivalent) and you'll have a small, striking looking system. It may not match... | |
| Opinions on MBL 121's Conservi,Your room sounds like a good space for MBLs of any stripe.If you're going to pass on the sub, I would only note that the 121 is very expensive for a speaker with that low-end rolloff point. That seems like it may not be very important to ... | |
| Avantgarde Uno's and duo's To my ear, the primary difference is that the lower x-over frequency of the Duo makes the woofer integration a bit tidier. As to room size, the horns on both the Uno and the Duo have limited dispersion and can be used near the boundaries in smalli... | |
| Opinions on MBL 121's MBL is certainly not for every taste, but they do some things amazingly well. The 2 strange things about the product line:1) Do you choose the 121 with the MBL sub or the entry floorstander (116?)? My local dealer emphatically prefers the floorsta... | |
| Jazz artists for late starter. Gawdbless,Load up on Duke Ellington. From the standards to the most exotic extended compositions the music is astounding. For the latter type, consider Far East Suite, Queen's Suite, and Intimacy of the Blues. BTW, Duke is also a wonderful, unders... | |
| CD Player with digital input? Jimmy,Do yo find the dvd to Benchmark sound "flat" like the Sonos to Benchmark? If so, try to borrow a different DAC. I like the Benchmark, but IMHO it is on the "lean" side. You might try a tube DAC unit for comparison's sake.Good LuckMarty | |
| Harbeth SHL5 compared to Merlin VSM ? IMHO Sbank has it right but I'd re-state it differently.The Merlin is more revealing, slightly leaner in the mid bass, and more extended in the deep bass.The Harbeth is warmer and more forgiving.I own Merlins and have auditioned the Harbeths exten... | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Jeff,I'm an analog guy who's slowly migrated towards more digital time in my listening room. However, the process has been largely driven by ergonomics - many posts above note the time required to do justice to analog - and I have been spending le... | |
| Duke ellington/Count basie.... My 2 favorite Ellington titles (along with Far Easr Suite, mentioned above) are "Intimacy of The Blues" and "Queen's Suite/Ellington & his Small Bands", both on Pablo. Utterly amazing music recorded beautifully on Pablo, as usual.Good Luck,Marty | |
| Ringo Starr or Charlie Watts??? If you put Ringo in the Stones and Charlie in the Beatles both bands would suffer for it. IMHO, the tasks they were executing were different enough to make this type of judgement irrelevent.BTW Blakadr, I think it's "Gene Krupa"Marty |