mdhoover
Responses from mdhoover
| what amp? Several people have mentioned tube amps as matching well with speakers having horn-loaded drivers. | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? Jtgofish:The Intuitive Design website is certainly short on details. Dale doesn't do a "spiel" at all; in fact, his taciturn nature is something I've found rather frustrating. I did NOT purchase these speakers based on reviewing his website, belie... | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? "Small speakers should not sound big.Trying to make them sound big gives them a fake sounding bass which detracts from their potential for purity of sound.[More excursion equals worse midrange]You are best off with a small speaker that only goes t... | |
| OK...ONE LAST SPEAKER QUESTION cash cash If you really want to know which one YOU'LL like better, then YOU must listen to both--period. At 10,000 dollars, it's absolutely mandatory, unless you're a multimillionaire. | |
| Kharma Clones? Although I'm not absolutely CERTAIN, I think it's unlikely because of the proprietary internal network used by the designer of the Kharmas. | |
| Do you know of small speakers that sound ''BIG'' ? "Take any line of speakers and move from the monitors to the floorstanders. Huge difference. One monitor in any given line might sound better than a floorstander in another line. I think that is often confused with considering the smaller speaker ... | |
| Would you buy speakers with out first listening ? Well, maybe I'm just being too stubborn. I will say that I bought a pair of ADS car speakers from Duane years ago without first listening, and they sounded great. But I'm still spooked by that one experience years ago. One reason for my reluctance... | |
| Would you buy speakers with out first listening ? "Yes, my current speakers were bought without prior listening. But for $150 for Altec 604-8G's in 620 factory cabs, I couldn't pay for them and get them loaded fast enough. Church yardsale. Although if I was going to spend serious money on speaker... | |
| Would you buy speakers with out first listening ? Not a chance in hell. Based on getting psyched up about some hyped up speakers that I thought would be the holy grail. Went to listen, and was blown away--but in a bad way. Any chance that I'd ever buy speakers without first listening disappeared ... | |
| what are your views regarding reviewing styles ? "much of today's reviewing is what i would call advocacy reviewing. there are very few instances where reviewers try to strictly inform without influencing.what do you think ?"-MrtennisGuilty as charged, at least with respect to my review of the I... | |
| Your listening chair An idea: Get a subwoofer and use it as the ottoman. Two birds, one stone. | |
| what is the purpose of a stereo system ? Fun. To accomplish this, in order of importance: #3>>>>>#2>#1. Others (#4,#5,#6) are irrelevant (for me). | |
| Musical Concepts Modifications Yes9,Thank you for taking the time to post your follow-up story. I've never--ever--heard or read anything bad about John Hillig's mods at all. AND, he tells me that he owns Intuitive Design Summits! | |
| Dodson Audio - Still in Business? Philnyc:In my opinion, your having taken the time to post on this thread speaks volumes about your commitment to your customers. Providing information counts as serving them (in my book), and your efforts are to be commended. You must be a GREAT d... | |
| Review: Sonus Faber Stradavari Homage Speaker Wonderful review! Congratulations on audiophile Nirvana! Nice place to be! Pics to follow?-Bill |