richardbrand
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| Validation Frankly, I could not give a rat's what anybody else thinks about my set up. On the other hand, I am always eager to learn from others, and happy to challenge assumptions | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? @lanx0003 Are you motivated to invest a multichannel stereo or you have it already? I've combined my video and audio playback capabilities for almost as long as I can remember, although it took me a long time to add rear speakers and even lo... | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? @devinplombier I say this as someone who’s always loved the transparency and speed of planar speakers. I was this close to buying a set of Sanders 10e, but merely standing up from your chair felt as if someone had put a motorcycle helmet over y... | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? @lanx0003 In Grammy-nominated or Grammy-winning recordings, the recording engineering approach is almost always multi-microphone technique, not One Mic. Multi-mic tech. enables precise control over indi. instruments, vocals, room acoustics, di... | |
| Kef KC62 subwoofer, stock power cord (oem cable) only 18 awg? I have a less powerful KEF T2 subwoofer, also with Class D amplification. It generated so much RFI, my free-to-air TV lost its digital signal. The solution was to add two ferrite inductors round the mains cable, which was a two-wire affair - no... | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? @lanx0003 I agree that a reference / standard needs to be established. ... This includes precise imaging—where each sound source is rendered with a clear, stable, and locational presence within the soundstage Those of us who mainly listen to... | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? @devinplombier I would say that the first step is for a person to determine what type of speakers they prefer. That is, not brand or model; but rather speaker architecture. Is it open baffle? Planar? Stand-mount with subs? Active or passive? ... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries @audio-b-dog listened to Klaus Mikela conduct Sibelius's 5th. It was excellent. He paced the first movement faster than I am used to but it worked really well Probably my favourite Sibelius symphony! I was imprinted as a child by Sir Alexan... | |
| Elac Vela BS403 vs KEF LS50 Meta @audiotroy Agree on the KEF Reference 1 which is a huge leap up in price and sound, given a capable amplifier | |
| Are you hearing the instruments or the music? @toddalin "I want to hear the instruments making the music each in it's own space" Not much chance of that at a real orchestral concert ... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries @audio-B-Dog I often play Sibelius, although he doesn’t have the complexity of Beethoven, but few composers do Most days, I'd take Sibelius. To me, many Beethoven's symphonies tend to be bombastic stop-start affairs whereas Sibelius mostly spi... | |
| Buying used from Canada I am very lucky (or smart, it was my choice) to live in Australia. Just picked up flat packs from the Swedish company IKEA to fit out a laundry. The cupboard carcasses are made in China, the doors come from Italy, the wood bench top was manufac... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries @audio-b-dog I often wonder what the earliest music must have sounded like. I assume it had a strong beat and the melody from a flute or whatever was less important than it is today The first nations people of Australia seem to have a continu... | |
| Concentration Sir Thomas Beecham said it best "The English don't like music, they just like the sound it makes". | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass @timstella Even Yamaha only claims that their Clavinovas approach the sound quality of the best concert grand pianos. let me know when you get to see a Clavinova at any one of the best concert halls in the world?? I will confidently say NOT IN ... |