newbee
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| Opinions needed-fatigue ’speakers are toed in about 15 degrees.’ A major problem, I think. Most speakers are hot on axis and that is close to where you are. If you can, just for the fun of it, point your speakers straight ahead and see what happens - a potential problem ... | |
| Opinions needed-fatigue You don't mention 'toe in'. How much (if any)? Distance from side walls? IME 6' is a bit too close for near field listening. An 8ft equilateral triangle, or something close thereto, with the speakers further out into the room could be much better ... | |
| Sonus Faber vs Wilson Don't forget that you're hearing those Wilsons in his room, not yours (nor with your stuff). Grass ain't always greener. Can you demo them in your house? | |
| Hum in Unico SE Are you talking about a hum/buzz coming from the amp itself or a hum coming from the speakers. Makes a big difference. | |
| Mahler vs. Strauss My view of Strauss' music is that it is more of a simplistic, romantic music, that you can easily hum along with, or in you head without, a recording. Much like Tchaikovsky, only more developed and interesting (to me). As such when you are listeni... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Not a 'go to' artist for me, but she sure is first class eye candy! And a good performer as well. | |
| Mahler vs. Strauss Recorded in the same hall by the same orchestra? Same label? Or just in general. IME there is certainly a lot more Mahler to choose from, ergo more great recordings. BTW, just sound wise, Schwarz and the Seattle SO has some excellent recordings o... | |
| How much reality do you really need? I'll worry more about this when I can find a recording in which reality has been preserved. Haven't found one yet, but then that is probably because I've never owned a system which could reveal this recorded perfection anyway (maybe I already own ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Re Janacek - Listened to Firkusny's RCA recording just a few days ago. Love it - I've found no reason to supplement it. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I just ordered the set from Presto. | |
| Soundstage You are experiencing a problem that is inherent in the 'stereo' design. 'In phase' information is only heard between the speakers. Sound coming from outside the speakers appears only when it is bounced off the walls/ceiling and floor or 'out of p... | |
| When did you most enjoy the music? I enjoyed music the most when I was in the process of discovery. Audio was not such a big deal back then and 'sweet spot' was practically unheard of. My audio system has improved markedly since then. Its properly set up and I sit in the sweet spot... | |
| Schumann generators: placebo or...? Oh no, say it's not so! :-) | |
| The Absurdity of it All I think one, just one, of the major contributors to the confusion about the results of loss of hearing at an advanced age is the failure of people to recognize much of what they hear and judge audio highs by resides in much lower frequency ranges.... | |
| Can you get proper imaging if speakers are not the same distance from center? If it sounds good to you then it is good. You are obviously aware that this is not a preferred audiophile set up. The image should not be centered but shifted toward your nearest speaker. If you want to see how much your image is skewed put on a g... |