shadorne
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| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) @woofer72 Not sure what you had in your old SCM 100 - there have been several tweeters over the years. The old Excel millennium tweeter was excellent - one of the best. The older vifa tweeter was sibilant but my quite old pair of SCM 100 may have ... | |
| Hihat Question You need a great tube preamp with the right tube. Anthem is good but the hihat will be buried in most mixes because most pop/rock producers feel that a hi-hat is an irritant. Jazz, reggae, funk and disco will have more hi-hat because it fits those... | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? Led Zep influences are everywhere. Jack White. Wolfmother. Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rush. Just to name a few others.I think it is wonderful that a new generation of musicians pay homage to these great musicians. After all it is great blues music pla... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) @woofer72 I use ATC EL150A with their P6 amplifier and new ATC built tweeter. I also have the C6 subwoofer which I don’t use for 2 channel stereo (not needed even in a large room).The new ATC tweeter is worth having. Having owned for years the SCM... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) I have heard Harbeth and could easily live with them although I use ATC.Harbeth have a bit of coloration from the cabinet but it is pleasant. They don’t do full orchestral, big band or loud rock with quite the aplomb of ATC. Harbeth are however wo... | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana @mcondo Check out Curse of Lono!Great stuff from Felix! | |
| Magico A3 vs S3 MKI If it doesn’t work with R&B then I would re-examine your choice or determine if it was the listening room or something else. A good speaker should work equally brilliantly with absolutely anything - absolutely anything. A speaker that works wi... | |
| Magicos are chesty @helomech I love the sound of polypropylene cones. My first higher end speaker was Energy Pro 22 with a poly mid-woofer woven onto a rubber surround.That said, my experience is that polypropylene cones almost always sound more rolled off in the 1 ... | |
| All Kit are Band-Aids I like 440Hz because I am used to it. Any other tuning and I can immediately hear that something is off. Generally lower tuning sounds flat to my ear.That said - some olde classical stuff indeed sounds better tuned at the original 432Hz - gives ev... | |
| Coaxial Ribbon Midrange/tweeter - Can a small midrange ribbon actually do midrange well? I would be more concerned about ringing. The grill housing of the midrange tweeter system is all metal. This is going to want to vibrate big time.The crossover is around 400Hz so the ribbons are going to have to work hard. Indeed your concern abou... | |
| Magicos are chesty My guess is you are hearing the sound of the polypropylene plastic bucket that houses the midrange. Polypropylene cones always had a chesty sound - as if the vocalist had a bit of a cold. It was apparent in many of those designs of the 80’s - BBC ... | |
| is ok to use wifes new make up brush to clean styius needle You should ask your wife not the folks here. If she is ok with it then go ahead. | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) + 1 ATC. Their 3 inch super mid range dome practically owns the mid range and has done so for 30 years. Many have tried to better ATC but all I have been weighed, measured and found wanting. Still being installed by professionals in million $ faci... | |
| Do 45 rpm 12" LPs really sound better than 33 rpm? More dynamics. Better by a large margin than LP. When I was heavily into vinyl I would only buy Japanese pressing and also any 12” 45 rpm versions or singles of my favourite hits. Living in Canada our vinyl quality was garbage. Imports is what mos... | |
| What is the best 5k-plus Preamp with balanced outs and Phono stage? I second the EAR-Yoshino & AR SP-20. Also try to audition the Macintosh C2600 - it is a very capable tube preamp with an exceptional full feature phono stage and a warm yet detailed sound. |