rcprince
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| Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings Jetrexpro--no, afraid I don't. Don't think it's a tube/solid state question as much as the recording philosophy, though perhaps it might be linked to the thinness/skewed tonal balance. I do notice a difference between the earlier DGs, like Karajan... | |
| Good sounding Deutsche Grammophon recordings Musically DG recordings are generally among the best. Sonically, a mixed bag. DG, unlike Decca, generally used a lot of microphones, some almost in the laps of musicians, ran the feeds through a mixing board and relied on the producer (tonmeister,... | |
| What is the best USED Speaker Under $10,000 Well, if I had a big enough room I would get a pair of Dunlavy SC-Vs or Duntech Sovereigns or Princesses. They can be had for well less than $10K, and while not the last word in transparency they still serve the music well. I don't regret selling ... | |
| Do you enjoy the sound at your local Theater Plex? Agree with everyone who said it's too loud, at least in most theaters I've been to. Arclight Cinemas in LA might be the exception, but don't know what sound system they use. | |
| Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IV I would think the main thing that could go wrong with the drivers (unless you have a problem with your amp taking them out) would be the surrounds for the woofers and midrange units. Those can likely be repaired by Madisound. I seem to recall that... | |
| Nola Contender & Totem Forest comparison? Bigkidz--remember that the Contender and Boxer speakers are closed box designs, not the open baffle designs Alon used to make. The higher priced ones are open baffled for the mids and tweeters and use a ribbon tweeter, that's why I far preferred t... | |
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| Power Filtering vs Power Regeneration? I have been using the Silver Circle Audio pure power 5.0 unit for a while now and must say that it really does work very well--more retrieval of recorded ambience, quieter background, etc. The unit uses a massive transformer to isolate, so it's a ... | |
| Janszen za2.1 vs nola metro grand ref series2 Pryso, as a former Duntech Princess owner, how would you compare the size of the soundstage presentation of the Janszens vs. the Duntechs? That would give the OP an idea of that aspect of the speakers, as the Duntechs' soundstage, from my experien... | |
| Surreal Speakers: Made to order in Virginia, USA Rush, is this a further version of the speaker I heard last year at our listening session? That one sounded pretty good to me, if this is better I'd be VERY impressed. | |
| Janszen za2.1 vs nola metro grand ref series2 Rleff--I'd think yours should be pretty well broken-in, maybe another 50 hours. I never really felt the break-in for my speakers was especially dramatic, but the KO does have a few more drivers than the Micros. I use no toe-in, as Carl suggested t... | |
| Final Speaker Decision: TAD R1 vs SF Strad What amps did the dealer use with the TADs? I ask because I heard them with a solid state class D amp (admittedly an early one) and was impressed but not moved, but when the dealer put a tubed (I think; might hsve been a hybrid) amp on them they g... | |
| Janszen za2.1 vs nola metro grand ref series2 I have not heard the Janszens, though many here rave about them. With respect to the Nolas, I think the Metros may be just a little bit too big for your room. My room is the same size as yours, and Nola had recommended the Micro References, which ... | |
| Too Good to be True? Seemed suspicious to me as well. There's an SME 30/2 at a ridiculously low price I saw today from London as well, don't know if that got pulled as well. If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't, I guess. | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? With respect to your first question, to me it depends on what you mean by "moving up the audio chain". If you're moving up to more and more "revealing" components, or perhaps to wires that might emphasize certain parts of the frequency spectrum, p... |