morgenholz
Responses from morgenholz
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I own or have owned 18 pairs of fairly decent speakers , from Spendor, Spica, Snell, Klipsch, JBL, B&W, and a few oddballs, but the two pair that I will never part with are Ohm Walsh 3's and 4's-- both have had their surrounds professionally r... | |
| My Turntable Collection..... Mechans, I really like the design of vintage linear trackers, but have avoided them for the reasons that you state. My only experience is with the very cheap, disposable ones that use P-mount cartridges, which are fine on consumer-grade systems an... | |
| Vinyl or wait for the new stuff?? Couldn't resist the resurrection of this vintage thread. Let's get past splitting hairs: Both digital and vinyl can be made to sound very satisfying. However, digital is and always will be a convenience format. If you want to easily access your mu... | |
| why don't I like it?? Agree with Undertow, Adcom + Klipsch = Harsh. I have a pair of KG 3.5 and I believe that their sensitivity is around 94dB-- I am running mine on 25W tube monoblocks with excellent results. | |
| My Turntable Collection..... Tobaccoleafpie, I was just setting one up, so this is a little diversion for me. I will now expose what a retro hermit I am:Rega P3 (modified)Rega Planar 25Thorens TD-2001Harman/Kardon T65CHarman/Kardon T55CHarman/Kardon hk720Denon DP-62LDenon DP-... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? Well, this one ran its course and finally reached its destination. It took a fellow Hoosier-- Timrhu-- to interpret my obsequious political aim: We don't need most of the crap being shoved down our throats, and we need to ask exactly what is being... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? Hmm... so the neurologist was feeding me an urban legend/industry joke rather than an actual (but anonymous) patient account...Chadnliz, and anybody else who does actually use a remote, my intent was NOT to castigate anybody who uses a remote for ... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? Ha. Still not a single one of us that admits using even half of them on a given unit, just some possibly defensive replies that could be fueled by some sense of personal inadequacy for not having mastered all of 'em. No real defense for even twent... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? OCD, perhaps. Counted 'em to provide hard data to support my hypotheses. Please do rest assured that I won't count them again, and certainly will not memorize their functions and positions. I'm more concerned with why this kind of garbage is produ... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? OK-- Now we're getting somewhere! I'll attempt to address some of the more thoughtful comments and questions that are emerging. There are three operatives here, in ascending order of relevance:1. No Hyperbole! The preamp in question is a Rotel RC-... | |
| How many of us look under the hood?? I always open 'em up and look inside, but I don't fool with anything-- I'll work on my motorcycle, which I understand pretty well, or turntables, which aren't really much different in principle. I do work on my loudspeakers, which are pretty strai... | |
| Remotes: Who needs 'em? OK, I'll address Bbro's cross examination. I don't watch TV-- there is too much real life to live, so no remote problem there... I don't particularly enjoy Springsteen, but I did gain a lot of respect for him when I heard him chanting "fifty-seven... | |
| Anyone into 78s, mono classical LPs? Yeah, I'm into mono hifi classical and jazz from the 1950's. A good performance on an original pressing has its own depth that transcends the accustomed lateral spatial clues. However, I currently play them on my stereo rigs but intend to build an... | |
| Break in period for albums.? Great post topic. I am aligned with most of you here and thus break music appreciation into two camps: (1) People who are only interested in music (but profess to like music) as a background soundtrack to their lives. These are those for whom CDs ... | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? I have 16 pair and must devise ways to hide them, so my wife always thinks I have only seven or eight. One way to hide 'em is in plain sight: A quad of JBL S109 Aquarius, Ohm 3s and 4s, two pair of Snells both in light oak, etc. Usually, I'll modf... |