rsbeck
Responses from rsbeck
| Levinson, Krell, Classe, Plinius, McIntosh This is great information, folks -- thanks! | |
| Want More Bass Vertewax --Please do this before you decide on your next speakers.Contact Sumiko, who imports Sonus Faber, and findout the Sonus Faber dealer nearest you. Listen tothat line of speakers, especially the "Grand Piano Home."http://www.sumikoaudio.net... | |
| Speaker Cables? Your input kindly requested. Here's a great place to get speaker wire and patchcables..."http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=40" | |
| Want More Bass On the contrary, I've done many cable experiments. Awhile back, I connected $10,000 speaker cables to the front door of my house. Within moments, I noticed a difference. A close inspection revealed that I have the only mahogany door in the neighbo... | |
| Speaker Cables? Your input kindly requested. If you gave me that system and five hundred extra dollars, I would upgrade those speakers. For mymoney, B & W have a tendancy to sound "bumped"in the upper mid. Sounds great in the showroom,but less so at home. B & W CDM 9 NT's are not aba... | |
| what's my problem? Marakanetz -- Excellent points. | |
| what's my problem? Loose --Excellent points. I think we are on the same page.There are some pitfalls to the whole hifi audiofile"thing" -- but then there is the music that is so intoxicating when you get your system together.Which lasts for awhile.Then, you you have... | |
| what's my problem? Having said all that --Also -- give your stuff a chance to break in. I'veseen stuff sound great right out of the box and thengo into a rough period where the bass disappears,the highs are edgy, the speakers lose their coherencyand then, after awhi... | |
| what's my problem? Loose --At your price point, I would take all of my expensive cable, power cord, and speaker wire budget and put it into my components. I would apportion my budgetso I was spending 50% of it on my speakers, 30%on my pre/pro, 15% on my amplificatio... | |
| what's my problem? What's your price range? | |
| what's my problem? 1. Bass response is something that definitely improves with break-in. After a few weeks, you mighteven feel like you have a new system.2. No doubt -- separates will give you better sound.3. Some speaker manufacturers do a great job withspeakers wi... | |
| Want More Bass Seems to me there are two key lines from the original post.1. "(My current speaker's bass response is rated at 50hz.)"So, based on their own rating, these speakers are missing the lower octave. 2. "Got a new Rogue Audio tube amp and preamp. (88 an... | |
| Monitors $1,000 to $2,000? Joseph Audio Versus Monitor?It is all a matter of taste, but you asked for opinions, sohere's mine: I am not a fan of Joseph Audio speakers.I find them too laid back and too smooth -- no punch.But -- hey -- that's just me.When I was auditioning th... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Old "Pre-Stax" Staple Singers. Bochherini. Dorothy Love Coates. Chess' Boxed set of Muddy Waters.Big Maybelle Smith, "The Complete Okeh Sessions." | |
| Opinions Please? I believe they will continue to sell Proceed for awhile,but I would expect that you will continue to see Proceedgear sold here on Audiogon. And, Levinson says theywill continue to offer successful Proceed products likethe AVP2 and the HPA2 and 3 u... |