schubert
Responses from schubert
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? Got to love all these old testament quoters who seen obliviousthat Jesus came and died so that, among other things, soldiers would vanish from the earth.Not to mention the Holy Spirit hasn't been on vacation the last 2,000 years. | |
| Akai Speakers I had a skinny pr of Akai towers with bamboo drivers back in the day. As I recall about 150 bucks , cheap and cheerful ! | |
| Afraid to buy new speakers Rega RS3 are designed just for that and are good speakers at about $1500 new. Used I got a pr for $750 shipped.I'd say if they don't sound good in that room your best option is buy a pair of Gallo minis with stands and move them out when listening... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it Sounds like you make good sense to me.As you can see from systems shown on here, many folks are quite wealthy and need not concern themselves about cost.As you say, just different circumstances. | |
| Opinions on the Acoustic Research M 6 floorstander Not so, there were pleasant to listen to, most cheaper speakers are NOT . | |
| rega white belt vs black belt speed test poll Was a record on TT while you measured? | |
| Fake RRP on cables. A Joke I've see major brand SC's as big as your wrist,MSRP 3K. cut open showing a 22 gauge copper wire covered by 3 inches of cotton batting. | |
| Opinions on the Acoustic Research M 6 floorstander Yes, heard them a lot.Just a cheap and cheerful speaker that was easy to listen to.Poor mans Focal perhaps. | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a I have had 4 pairs of Maggies over last 30 years.Enrty modelsto be sure, but have heard bigger ones a lot as well.To my ears, they are unable to reproduce the uppper base-lower mid harmonics of strings that give classical music its beauty.Plus mas... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it Frogman, what I've noticed is that most people, including me,tend to make things that are only difficult, into somethingmuch more complicated than it really is.Easier to rationalize not doing it. | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it Its only money , not something really important like a new Purcell album .Or reminding yourself to send an equal amount to Doctors without Borders or the Child Fund. | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it Rpfef, I'm death. You are dead wrong. What it proves is in a human brain sight and sound are interrelated , in a way/ways we have no knowledge of."Evidence" is for trials, human heart and soul are for music.There are more things in heaven and on e... | |
| Jolida JD9: I think I over-bought. Alternatives? NAD 2 is good. | |
| If I like Gorecki'S Symphony 3 I'll like.....? Upon reflection , aka forgetful in my old age, Gorecki pretty much copied Karol Szymanowski .His Symphony #3 ""Song of the Night" in particular.Gorecki got popular because some BBC program used him for a theme.Szymanowski (1882-1937) is a better c... | |
| Which usual suspect TT in $1500 range. Not a bad idea Bpoletti. Can always get serviced in USA as well. Main reason I ain't getting any Project or Music Hall.I 've always liked Jelco as well. |