rockadanny
Responses from rockadanny
| Piano and Trumpet can sound bright Could be some of the above (ICs, diffraction, room acoustics), but my main suspiscion is the aluminum tweeters. Miles' muted horn can be excrutiatingly sharp on some systems I've heard. I have't yet met an aluminum tweeter I've liked. But for a fi... | |
| Your Worst WAF Incident Wanting to place my CDP (tubed) and preamp (tubed) in the monstrous TV cabinet prompted me to perform some cabinet modifications for better air flow on the sly ...While my wife was away for a few days I went into deconstruction mode:1. I removed t... | |
| Totem speakers and others that I should consider? I hate to say, "get what I got!", but since you asked, if you are able, check out a pair of the EgglestonWorks Fontaine IIs. I have the originals, not the IIs, and they are not as laid back as the Totem, but not in your face either - perfectly in-... | |
| Christmas Music and Audiophiles? Man, "Christmas at the Patti", does it for me. | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. "Louie Bluie" - great string band music. Good bio/doc as well. | |
| Kimber hero, Select 1011, 1016 vs. JPS Superconduc I went from 1011 to WyWires. Just as good (or better?) clarity but with better (truer) tonality, especially with sound of cymbals and piano key strikes, and cleaner top end. WyWires have no grit, where I found the 1011 to be slightly sharp-edged a... | |
| At what volume do you typically listen? 80-95 dbs for me, rarely peaks close to 100. My room and amp will not allow any higher. | |
| Super Budget systems at RMAF I used to own the Napa Acoustic integrated amp and speakers and agree with you - for the price they are terrific (for a small/medium room). | |
| Suggestions for speakers for my Cary 2a3se monos I've heard these (though they were SE or Anniversary or some kind of special edition I believe) drive Zu Essence and they sounded awesome! | |
| Does your amp/preamp/int amp have to look good? No, but mine do. A mere coincidence. | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry Crossed da border, eh, to see Iggy and the Stooges at the Windsor Ice Arena(?) back in '72(?). Iggy was Iggy - clad only in a silver glitter G-string, spitting on the crowd, acting a real wild child - when two members of the band started arguing w... | |
| Best small speakers? Check out Merlin TSM and Soundsmith Monarch. Different presentations, but both sound excellent. Never heard Devore Gibbon 3XL but if it were me looking I'd check them out as well. | |
| An interesting Digital vs. Analog experience So my point is, is it possible that some folks who prefer vinyl over CD have listened to CDs either on systems which were, in general, not optimal, or on systems whose character is biased towards playing vinyl? Just a thought. | |
| An interesting Digital vs. Analog experience simply switching sources could case a change in the way the system sounds. If this change were negative when switching from a digital to analog source then some people might place the blame completely on the source media rather than realizing that... | |
| What started you on your audiophile journey . Music has always been in integral part of my life. But journey into high end equipment began when my mid-fi CD player broke. I began searching for a replacement. At the same time I considered upgrading my speakers as well. I found www.axiom.com an... |