moonwatcher
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| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! @mjmcubfn Tidal’s search is just as bad. Leave out anything and it won’t find it. They really do need to incorporate a level of "intelligent closeness" and offer suggestions better. And oftentimes I do better by searching for the song title rather... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! All good suggestions. I’m trying to think of only TWO songs that can provide all of the following: 1. Dynamics. 2. Soundstage and imaging. 3. Frequency response. 4. Bass textures. 5. The critical midrange - female and male vocalists and most inst... | |
| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? To be less flippant, your assertion that a sphere is somehow "perfect" is fundamentally in error. ALL designs, including spheres, are engineering tradeoffs. Look at it this way, even if the U.S. military wanted to spend a BILLION dollars develop... | |
| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? LOL. We just had a rather long thread on this previously. No, spheres are not "perfect" and neither are boxes. Open baffle speakers (no box at all) rule for audio quality other than perhaps needing a larger woofer and more power. See previous dis... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Well, I guess a good engineer could put drivers and an amp inside a concrete block that weighs about 300 pounds. Doubt it would sell very well. And Vibration dampening systems ARE important under turntables at the very least, regardless of what yo... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I’ve never had the pleasure to hear open baffle speakers, but I’ve seen plenty of reviewers saying they loved them. Even Steve Guttenberg, for "entertainment value" has switched from his beloved semi-permanent on loan Klipsch Cornwalls to PureAudi... | |
| Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma Just want to mention that between now and Christmas, many speakers are on "special" if you look. For instance, Crutchfield has the Wharfedale EVO4.2 on sale for $999 now (no stands, you'd need to budget for some, perhaps Monoprice for now. You ju... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @mijostyn I did get to hear the large Advent at a small mom and pop stereo store near NC State in the late 1970s or early 1980s. All us poor students lusted after those and the ones from maybe Polk that looked like large coffins. We half expected ... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? @grislybutter ah yes. I keep my phones for at least 5 years before moving on, even though others may chuckle at me. The only reason to upgrade is when it can't run the apps you want or because the new versions of software simply aren't written wel... | |
| Turntable question; Does Audio Technica make any good turntables? The Audio Technica LP120 and LP140 seem to be pretty popular. For ~$500 and under there isn’t a whole lot more you can expect, (at least they aren't Crosleys) so they are definitely good turntables for the money. Only caveat is that a few years ag... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? Technology HAS made speakers better. Today's modest bookshelf speakers are light years ahead of most bookies say of 40 years ago. But the basic technology used most often (a flapping piece of paper driven by a magnetic motor) hasn't changed. Howe... | |
| Disappearing Jazz? Medeski, Martin & Wood - Start with the very accessible Shack-man, then try the others. Great jazz since the 1990s....especially if you crave some Hammond B3. | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) @pixhead yes, I saw that. Watched it twice to write down the albums he used for reference so I could check them out. The size doesn’t bother me, (I’m living with some vintage AR9 speakers) but it seems dumb that MoFi can spend whatever money they ... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) @travisg he seemed impressed. Perhaps he didn't want to come across as a "cheerleader" given his friendship with Andrew. Then again, he has been living with those "new reference" open baffle speakers for a bit now, and maybe he's finding it harder... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) @grislybutter thanks for the comparisons. I note that it is more akin to the JBL L100 Classic which is 15.38"W x 25.06"H x 14.63"D, and JBL of course offers their custom stands for $330. I too thought it almost comical looking on those Solidsteel ... |