salectric
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| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? The diversity of opinions in this thread demonstrates once again the diversity of viewpoints in audio, which is a good thing in my opinion. We approach the listening experience with different attitudes, priorities, life experiences, etc. which gi... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Well, that was an interesting follow-up to the problems in the Brinkman/Tidal room. It certainly sounded like the channels were out of phase. I am pleased the room sponsors were able to fix the problem before the end of the show. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 The story about the Brinkman demo is absolutely right. When I entered the room, there was an empty seat in the front row on the center line of the speakers. As I started to sit down, it was immediately evident that the sound was out-of-phase. T... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Johnk gave a good description of the sonic advantages of good vintage speakers, one borne out in my experience as well. I would just emphasize the realistic dynamic swings that a good vintage speaker can provide, both low-level, subtle shifts in ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? As usual LarryI has a balanced and measured post which means I agree with him. There is no question that modern speaker design software and measurement tools have contributed to an overall improvement in speaker sound quality. For those of us wh... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Larry,Thanks for clarifying the open baffle design. The second time I visited the room Aldo was demonstrating the system to Art Dudley and he had removed one of the speaker grilles. That's how I saw the drivers on the front panel. It has a horn... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Larry,I am a little confused by your description of the Deja Vu speaker as "open baffle." The cabinets I saw appeared to be completely sealed front and back. Did Vu switch speakers during the show perhaps? The ones I heard on Friday and Saturda... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 There were many very nice sounding rooms at this year's CAF. That makes 2 for 2 at the new venue, and considering that the sound quality for the several years previous was not as so uniformly good I have to conclude that the new quarters must hav... | |
| How long do high quality speakers "last" 7 years is just barely broken in! Seriously, unless your drivers have foam surrounds, speakers should last a long, long time. My Spendors have 15 years and should continue for many more. The vintage drivers in my high-efficiency speakers date f... | |
| Ideas on table/arm combo for Miyajima mono cart I agree with Darkmatters about the Schick. I owned one for a few years and tried it with a number of cartridges and headshells. Despite all the hoopla the Schick just doesn't sound all that good. I replaced mine with an Analog Instruments Siggw... | |
| Audio Note Phono stages A couple points. First, Audio Note Kits are not the same as Audio Note (UK). Despite some obvious similarities in both circuit design and parts quality, the final voicing of ANK kits is unique to ANK. Second, ANK recently revised the L3 phono k... | |
| Your single favorite component No.1 would be my DIY speakers which are similar to Western Electric 753 monitors from the 1940s but use an Altec compression driver on the 32A horn. Details are on my system page.No.2 would be my Emotive Audio Vita power amps. I have had them fo... | |
| What happened to the "club atmosphere" of Audiogon? Lots of good observations in this thread. Yes, the old sense of community at Audiogon has changed, and not for the better. Yes, the hobbyist orientation of the Audiogon ads has changed so that today a high percentage are dealers. Yes, there are... | |
| Curious .. What is the compared price of your tt vs spkrs Details are on my system page. Basically the LP setup is Galibier Gavia, Triplanar and Siggwan arms, Benz and Denon carts. Commercial speakers are Spendor SP-100. | |
| Curious .. What is the compared price of your tt vs spkrs Here's a different perspective. My turntable setup has a MSRP of $30,500. This includes one table, two arms and two cartridges. My two pairs of speakers are harder to calculate but I paid a total of $5650. The speakers include a DIY unit so th... |