northman
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| smaller speakers for critical listening? Oh, wow. @jjss49, thank you. That's incredibly helpful. 7' is obviously more than enough by those standards. Dang.I can't tell you guys what a help this has been, all your advice. I'm on a new path and I'm excited. Now, out with the pandemic and i... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Thanks, @rockrider! I'm actually now contemplating a route that I simply hadn't thought about before: using my small room as a semi-dedicated listening room.I'm wondering if the room is big enough. I can ask this elsewhere but do you guys think th... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? @jjss49 , I'm totally pleased! I'm truly appreciative of all the thoughts, recommendations, and insights. I have a literal list next to me (now adding the w-b vertex), and I've emailed Reference 3A about dealers. The hunt is on, at least in the im... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Fair enough, djones. Yes, stand mounts, not "small." By the way, D&D are definitely on my list now. | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? I want to thank everyone again. Travel is starting to shut down again in the Northeast, so I'll likely be putting off my speaker auditions until ?. To make matters worse, my old Bryston amp just lost a channel; that's fine, I've been anticipating ... | |
| How do I pay? The answer to the OP's question is: through the nose. | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Fair enough, prof! I know it was an unfair question but I thought I'd ask. | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Here's a though experiment for you, @prof (if you're reading this): Let's say you pick up a top notch recording of _____ (take your pick: Kind of Blue; Beethoven's Grosse Fugue; Morton Feldman's Trio; Workingman's Dead; Joni Mitchell's Blue; Aja; ... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Thank you all for such thoughtful, engaged responses. It means a lot to me that so many took the time to consider the question with such care. I'd especially like to thank @verdantaudio, @phusis, and @prof for their meditations. I hear a few of yo... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Thanks so much, all. I'm interested in everything you guys are saying. I know that my original question was elusive and hard to answer. I'm not so much wondering about excellent small speakers; I've heard some great ones. And I certainly agree abo... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? @yogiboy, congratulations! Part of me wants to settle into some new speakers (and all of me wants life to return to normal so I can audition more), but I also admit that I enjoy the research. What will I do with all my time once I pick a pair of s... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Thanks everyone. Great and encouraging thoughts. djones51, I haven’t really thought much about active pro monitors. You’ve given me something new to think about!@yogiboy, Harbeth is one of the speaker lines I'm thinking about. I've heard the 30.1s... | |
| When was the first time that you heard great sounding speakers? Magnepan in 1982 at Take Five, New Haven, CT. | |
| Put that in your pipe(s) and smoke it Also, no one's free speech is imperiled by questioning why this thread was posted in the *speakers* forum (unless it's a subtle bit of etymological fun). | |
| Put that in your pipe(s) and smoke it First, I've been an active member on many forums (music, single malt, bbq, woodworking, and a few that need not be mentioned) and this forum is second only to the Phish forum for rudeness, arrogance, and self-centeredness. I love this place, and m... |