paulburnett
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| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? I tell people who want to get into vinyl that the fun ship has sailed. I loved picking up great old lps for 1-5$, or snagging a whole collection once in a while. The world supply of original-pressing vinyl (not fancy, even thin, flexy mass-market... | |
| Really need some help finding a full range speaker What kind of music do you listen to? What do you like about your current sound? What does good bass sound like to you? Wharfedale Lintons are efficient. Should maybe try to audition Klipsch Forte as well? That's efficient!Subs could potentially so... | |
| Looking For Advice After Dumb Vandy Purchase Here's one way of looking at it. I, like you, scored some great Vandersteen gear, 2ce Signatures with stands and high-end custom bi-wire cables. One midrange was burned a bit but got it rebuilt by Vandersteen for a fraction of my used purchase! La... | |
| families of audio concepts, mixing, and listening @bdp24 Yes, I left out electrostatics, in a class by themselves, but I thought of them as power-hungry speakers that produce flat frequency response (except in the bass, depending on make a model), and so filed them into the low-efficiency speake... | |
| Should I be able to hear a 4Hz difference in my speakers? +n on a subwoofer. | |
| Acoustic Suspension sound in 2020? @yogiboy Vandersteen 2s and 1s are sealed-box enclosures, no? If no ports, therefore acoustic suspension, unless I misunderstand the definition. There is also an interview with RV in which he cites his inspiration from the sound of the acoustic-su... | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 on all the time? I just had my Pass X150 in for service, and I spoke with Kent there about replacing power supply. He said they are just beginning to see the first Alephs coming in for cap replacement, almost 30 years old. Those are monstrous, and monstrously hot,... | |
| Acoustic Suspension sound in 2020? Vandersteen, which were modelled in part after the acoustic suspension sound. 2ce Signatures and model 1c are acoustic suspension designs, maybe other too. | |
| What Possessed Me to Do This? Just a follow-up question, was it necessary to pack up the gear? Could you have moved it to the center of the room or the next room and sealed it with plastic tarp? Too big or too risky? Can VOCs of paint damage audio equipment, or is it the risk ... | |
| Speaker return or sell As New FWIW, I have read that better electronics are not wasted on the LRS. Never heard them, but the same has been said about my Vandersteens. I was skeptical. Having recently moved to Pass Labs, I can tell you that certain brands of speakers really ben... | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation I'm a Gen-X-er, and I hear you on the cultural dominance of the Boomers. For a long, long time, I had to stay away from the catalog of Rolling Stone's 100 best albums from 1987 that formed the backbone of my early collection. Lately I've been retu... | |
| Listening time and habits Right?I had a friend a friend who used to drive 8 hours nonstop with a trunk full of records, wine, and whisky for a long weekend of fun. Good times indeed! These days, I have a friend I see once in a while who comes over for a session, but it's r... | |
| Listening time and habits Agreed, noromance, though a little music is a pleasant start to the day. It almost has to be a mini-vacation so I can feel really free to dive into my collection. There is a flow to moving from one piece to the next, a queue starting to stack up i... | |
| Is There a Speaker for Me/Impossible Requirements? (budget: $2000) Whoa, I misspoke. Meadowlark is still in business: www.meadowlarksings.com | |
| Is There a Speaker for Me/Impossible Requirements? (budget: $2000) If you like neoclassical/ ambient, you should look into Vandersteen. I have 2ce sigs in an 11 x 16 room, but you might want to try the smaller, 2-way 1c, which I have not heard. It's true, as others have suggested, that you should try to audition ... |