martykl
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| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll I don't want to put words into his mouth, but my take from following Schubert's posts over the years is that he simply doesn't have room in his life for for vulgar art. That's not limited to rock music, by the way, IIRC he's no fan of Stravinsky, ... | |
| John Mayer - Opened My Ears He's a really skilled player for sure. If you only know the pop songs, I'm not at all surprised to hear you say that it's startling to hear him get after it on a guitar. That said, I blow hot and cold on his musical choices - sometimes they blow m... | |
| Verity speakers for $7k or less? One slightly different POV on Verity/Cary. I've used my P/Es with a pair of Cary 805 mono amps for several years and really enjoy the combination. As Frank notes above, this definitely goes to the warm/dark side of true neutrality, but it sounds v... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Tho our tastes differ by about 180 degrees, I've always found 'Bert one of the most interesting posters here. His views of art and its role in society reflect a sensibility that's not often seen these days. It may be fair to label him intolerant, ... | |
| Speaker recommendations for new venture Duke,While I completely agree that reverberant sound will mitigate the delta in SPL (from near field to distant listening), I don't think that's the relevant question here. The real question is: Will it mitigate the delta enough to be the optimal ... | |
| Speaker recommendations for new venture If it's really a single, integrated space, it's hard to believe that one pair of speakers is the best solution. Since SPL falls off at a square of distance - folks sitting 15 feet from the speakers are going to experience something quite different... | |
| One or two subs James wrote:Using multiple subs to try to reduce the impact of room resonances is difficult and not very effective, especially since the output of the subs will be reinforcing or cancelling at different frequencies as a function of how far apart t... | |
| integra vs onkyo pre/pro 2ch sound quality I've had both pieces (the Integra was a loaner from a local dealer and the Onkyo had been purchased with return rights) in my 2 channel system. After reasonably extended A/B auditioning, I heard no difference and decided to keep the Onkyo. A/B tes... | |
| One or two subs James' analysis - tho correct in a vacuum - has it backwards.Reflections off of the walls of your room will cause destructive cancellation to the long wavelengths of low frequencies - whether you're using a single sub or multiple subs or a full ra... | |
| Fleetwood Mac Steve,I happen to like Silver Springs very much (tho not quite as much as you do), so I understand your point, but....1) The song was left off Rumours (tho included as the B side to the first Rumours single "Go Your Own Way"). "Monday Morning" was... | |
| So you've just heard speakers that blew you away Cstooner,Sadly, I'd have to say that a great system won't necessarily sound great in any decent room. Far from it - on at least on two different levels, IMO.First, I believe that the room issues below 100ish hz are, in almost all cases, best addre... | |
| two way v. three way speakers Add a pair of quality subwoofers to the Magico minis (making sure that they're properly set up and optimized thru the x-over region "the hand-off") and you'll have the answer to your question. | |
| Fleetwood Mac Loomis,I kind of agree. I always place Pet Sounds, The White Album, Exile, and Tusk in a class of their own as outlying artistic statements from bands expected to simply fire up another collection of radio hits. (It's easy to forget how deliberate... | |
| Should I upgrade my Blu-ray player now? Db,I was impressed by an early gen avm 50 I heard some years back, but I believe that there has been more than one version, so it's hard to say much with confidence. I think it was a fairly pricey piece (IIRC), so you might want to consider the On... | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? One more vote for the Parsifal Encore. It features steadily falling FR from a bass hump at +/- 50 hz (in my room), except for a gentle broad elevation in the upper mid and that adds "jump" to it's otherwise mellow tonal balance. Not strictly neutr... |