sbrtoy
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| Review: Aesthetix Calypso Line Stage Tube preamp Excellent review, read it on the asylum as well, thanks for the insight and for posting Jim's response. I went with a BAT because I had heard bad things about the noise issues in the Calypso even though it is a great piece. I am selling the BAT go... | |
| VA Beethovens upgrade to Strauss experience/advice The Vons are very good for the money, and are more accurate overall, and fit better in many rooms both for decor and sound. If your components are poor however the Von's will show it all, several others have noted this. For $4000 speakers they are... | |
| Good musical speakers that go low? Help Raquel,I disagree, in my smaller room with the setup I mentioned the midbass was not overcooked, so setup as always is the key. Also as far as deep bass, the Mahlers do quite well on organ music, and pick up much deeper bass than the Von Schweiker... | |
| Building my own I hate to tell you, but the crossovers you have will likely sound terrible, and the drivers will likely not integrate well unless your tweeters have an extremely low resonant frequency, or your woofer can play much higher than most 8's. I have bee... | |
| VA Beethovens upgrade to Strauss experience/advice The Strauss/Mahlers have much better dynamics and can play much louder without congestion. They also have a more transparent and accurate midrange, the Beethoven while soothing is a bit warm. They also project a larger and more holographic soundst... | |
| Good musical speakers that go low? Help Look for Vienna Strauss or Mahlers, these have amazing bass impact, especially the Mahlers with the dual 11" Eton honeycomb woofers which are some of the best bass drivers made, and are really truly underrated speakers. I had Mahlers, sold them, a... | |
| Info on Using BAX to Ship FYI also, unless you have the business say that the goods are from them to a consumer, they are considered "personal effects" which they will only insure for $500. I tried to do this from a BAX location myself and I wasn't about to ship a Pass X-3... | |
| CES 2005 Initial impressions... A few more details...I may go back to THE show tomorrow afternoon if I can play hooky from work, but I did not get a chance to stop back by today. Allan, you are right, many of the people at Alexis Park seem to shower once before CES and then afte... | |
| Fedex or UPS? UPS is the devil! I have had two really bad experiences with them, especially if you use their "UPS Store" to ship. They use this as a cover since they are an "independant business" and not UPS proper. They managed to bend the legs and mess up the... | |
| Which amps for Monitor Audio Gold Reference 60's? I owned the 60's and listened to them at a store with Classe amps and it sounded very good, better than the Rotel, B&K and Bryston amps I used them with. In my experience these speakers really open up with more power, so I wouldn't say an inte... | |
| What high-end cdp for low-end quality CD's ? Try Electrocompaniet for the most liquid and smooth sounding player I have heard. I own a Simaudio Nova which doesn't make terrible CD's sound great, but for example it allows me to listen to bright 80's pop cd's like David & David or Genesis ... | |
| What's your profession? Age? 29, Automobile Factory Rep, an understanding wife and 10+ years of progressively upgraded stuff has led to a system that retailed for around $27,000. The understanding wife part is the most important, I have found that Tiffany & Co makes for s... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? 1. Dire Straights- On Every Street (great sounding disc, and has some great tracks that encompass many of their other albums styles)2. U2- Joshua Tree (a classic rock album, not much else to say)3. Maroon 5- Songs About Jane (their first release, ... | |
| Good old 2ch versus multi-ch, what to do? I have not yet heard a 5 channel SACD demo that sounded like music. Even with extremely high end components in an acoustically treated and properly set up room, it still gave you the impression of "effects" more than experiencing the music. I thin... | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. I agree, Thiel's do not sound like music, but hi-fi. Also I think that Martin Logans are very overrated, no body to the music, again hi-fi instead of live concert in my opinion. |