schubert

Responses from schubert

Most impressive small footprint speaker
1.Joseph 2,Spendor3. Totem 
What’s really hurting the audio hobby?
Smart phones will end it . Simple . 
A "best amp for Ohm Walsh Tall 1000's" question with a twist...
I was always against class D  but I have recently heard  Bel Canto drive Maggies , they are good, very good . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
If Brendel said it , it IS so .I just don't like him . My bad as they say . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
If it works for you that's all that matters . Thanks . 
Just received shipment of my Magnepan LRS’s
meiatflask, off hand,Atma Sphere,ARC,Bel Canto,Van Alstine,Magnepan,Anti-Cable,Schmitt Custom CableIf something is needed , Needle Doctor is a walk in store here.FWIW Best Buy is based in Mpls . 
Light weight speaker cables
I have Clear Day double shotguns as well , they are fine on everything except massed strings of classical music , but that can be said of almostevery cable . Exception I have found is Audio Art cables which are  both below and a bit more , 
Is this sign of getting old?
As you get old your system try’s, with no avail, to fend off death by going back to your youth in any manner possible .It’s more a sign of the path we all have to walk down .You can whistle pass the graveyard like above post but its all foolish . 
The Golden era of Japanese integrated amps, are we missing out?
If you want to recap a Sansui it will punch with anything avaliable under 5k 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I don’t doubt that Schiff is a better player but doubt he could best an excellent Slav on Janacek.. He is an ICON in Slovakia for not only his great talent but his lifelong defense of their language. He could have had any number of jobs that paid... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
newbee, try them with the Audioquest Red Dragon !The mid-range is not warmer, it just seems so when base and treble are not boosted, aka coherence =natural sound .Checked it against 650 and 800 's . That kind of "detail" is not natural , but if yo... 
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The big guy. Lord how I miss him !https://youtu.be/gb-B3lsgEfAYou idagio freaks are responsible for this and I thank you . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
God agrees with you IMO .I received my Audopquest Nighthawk phones today.Made sure I bought used because they need 150 hours break in .170$ for what sold at 600$.They are both the most comfortable and natural sounding phones I have ever heard . Au... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Thanks rv .I did hear a rumor in Paris that Saint-Saens , kind soul that he was, wrote the B minor Sonata for Liszt just to make his life worth something . Hitler did his best for the composer that made his efforts so much easier , but the German ... 
Just received shipment of my Magnepan LRS’s
I live exactly 6.2 miles from Magnepan , as speaker companies go it is a large company .More audiopiles use them than any other speaker .Their problem is two-fold , if don’t have an amp that puts out at least 400 watts a side @ 4 ohms you will nev...