martykl
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| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Peter Green + Danny Kirwan + Jeremy Spencer = guitar heaven. Green will always rate at/near the top of my list of blues rock guitar heroes. That band was short lived. but spectacular, IMHO. The Kirwan/Christine McVie/Bob Welch variations also prod... | |
| merlin vsm owners , what is your room size ? Just one idea for you to consider:Per my post above, the VSM's low end response is IME quite sensitive to boundary reinforcement. You have the speaker about 4 1/2 feet out from the wall behind them - great for imaging, not so great for fullness in... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll I also found the "Rolling Stones most misunderstood" item to be an odd call. I think they're very well understood. The Stones are a rock n roll band that made (a) few concessions to pop. Judging from this thread, I think that The Beatles are more ... | |
| Rembering the 80s: College Rock Loomis - For the record, I did that long post above specifically about Romeo Void. | |
| authentic space recordings Sinatra - Live at the Sands | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers Zavato-In retrospect, "knock off" was a poor choice of words. I really meant "Linn-alikes" - belt driven, UK sourced, suspended designs with wood plinths that are the calling cards of the LP-12, the best known of those types. I wasn't intending to... | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers Anyone remember Audire? Really good SS electronics from IIRC a former NASA guy called Julius Siksnius. Audire made my first separates which were purchased at a steep discount from Crazy Eddie (?!) in NYC many, many moons ago.Lots of turntable name... | |
| Rembering the 80s: College Rock Ah.....I remember that time. Plenty of good memories, for instance:It's 1980 ish and I'm a recent college grad, living in an apartment with a roommate in North Jersey. Of course, we haunt the NYC club scene and listen to the NYU radio station reli... | |
| new kiko sound quality OT, but.... I saw Los Lobos play at a small club here in my 'hood about 2 weeks ago and they can still kill it when they want to. Good to know that the re-release of Kiko sounds good, but I say "try to catch 'em live, if you can." | |
| Afraid to buy new speakers You might try on-walls plus a subwoofer. You won't get SOTA imaging/staging, but at least FR won't be as screwy. Vienna Acoustics Schoenbergs come to mind. | |
| Wit's end with Gallo 3.1s To clarify - nearby walls means nearby side walls, since the 60 degrees of non-rsponse from the Gallo tweeters is at their rear. If I read the OP correctly, it sounds like the speakers are close to the wall behind, but not the sides. | |
| Wit's end with Gallo 3.1s The Gallo tweeter has IIRC 300+ degrees of dispersion. It's possible (likely?) that the system has been voiced for reflected energy that would be expected from nearby walls. You don't have those nearby walls,, so the lack of such energy might make... | |
| Which artists' music do you buy without audition None! MOG/Beats and Pandora make auditions painless. They have also reduced my overall purchases by 95%. | |
| merlin vsm owners , what is your room size ? I've used mine in many different rooms over the last decade+. Dimensions have varied from 10' x 12' (a spare bedroom in an apt) to 14' x 35' (combo dining room/living room in same apartment) to a pair of 14ish x 20ish dedicated listening rooms (on... | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a IMO, MMGs provide great value at $600/pr., but they do have limitations in dynamics and deep bass. Then again, I'm not familiar with any $600/pr speakers that don't have limitations. Certainly the LS35a shares those very same issues with the MMG. ... |