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| My Thoughts re: Dealers Posting on Audiogon I have few qualms about dealers posting on forums. It’s up to me whether I find their posts useful or not.That said, and especially having been back in the speaker market again over the past few years, I can not remember a dealer who has ever offe... | |
| More Devore vs Proac questions (super 9 vs D30RS) Thanks Mike!One other thing I am concerned about with the 9s is listening distance.As I've mentioned in my own thread, I find I need at least 8 feet from the O series for them to have good high frequency life and coherency. Whereas my seating req... | |
| More Devore vs Proac questions (super 9 vs D30RS) MPYou've been able to do the comparison I'd been hoping to do. I listened to the O/93s again recently and though they were still great in the ways I remembered, I would have liked a more extended, refined top end. I've been intrigued by the Supe... | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner Yes the Degritter is very flexible and user programmable.I got two water tanks for my Degritter for when I want to do as you’ve mentioned - a second wash to remove any left over surfactant. Though the usual presets combine wash and dry, you can s... | |
| Planned to upgrade to DeVore Gibbon X, but concerned about comment of base leanness Actually, the Gibbon X is quite a bass heavy speaker. Read for instance the review at parttimeaudiophile.I auditioned the Gibbon X in what was a pretty generous sized space and found the bass region very deep but unfortunately over-bearing. Just... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers fsonicsmithI may have left the wrong impression. I don’t find the 93’s "dark" per se. I don’t like speakers that sound too dark so I would have written them off early if they sounded that way. They could sound quite vivid, and sounded very clear, ... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Yeah, I know. It's killin' me. By the time I can buy I bet the second hand perspective market will be dried up as everyone who wanted to sell or upgrade will have done so during this "new model turnover" | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers I asked my local dealer about the Super Nines. He said he's sold a couple to customers who are very happy with them, but he doesn't have them for audition. That's been the same of other Devore dealers I've encountered.I think I have a gist of ho... | |
| Thiel Owners Jim dismissed the pluses because he couldn’t get past the minus of insufficient deep bass control. Understandable, especially from his designer perspective.The reason I’ve held on to the Premier 12s all this time is because Michael Fremer’s old st... | |
| Thiel Owners Very cool Tom!I first heard Thiels on tubes at CES - in the VAC room where Kevin Hayes was using Thiel CS6s. I was completely entranced by the combo. Not being able to afford VAC and already having good experience with lower priced CJ amps, I sp... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom, how did it work exactly? Would the subject (listener) first hear the live band, and then that was recorded and A/B'd somehow with the live musicians without the listener knowing which was which? | |
| Thiel Owners Wonderful post Tom! Thanks.I used to follow J. Dunlavy's claims and met him once at an audio show.He sure wasn't shy about his opinions :-)Also he was one of the very few speaker designers claiming his speakers could replicate the sound of real v... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers UPDATE:Listened to the Devore O/93 and O/96 speakers again.I’m STILL saving up for a speaker purchase (as mentioned earlier in the thread I was ready to purchase the Joseph Perspectives when my finances took an unexpected hit, which I’m still digg... | |
| Thiel Owners Jafant,Interesting CJ combo. I have the CJ Premier 16 LS2. Were you able to bring them home to try with the Thiels?(I was just kidding about the cables - no need to waste your time telling me what cables you tested). | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad Not sure about the acoustics as I’ve never had my rack in between my speakers. But my buddy just had a larger, taller rack made for his equipment which sits behind and between his speakers. The rack is very nice looking, but even so for me it sl... |