shadorne
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| Remasters: which are the good ones? The 25th Aniversary Clash remaster of "London Calling" has better bass extension. I'll have to get that - thanks for the heads up - I always felt London Calling was a tad bass anemic.BTW - there was nothing anemic about my 45 RPM 12" "Rock the Ca... | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD but for the last decade and a half the price versus performance does not correlate most of the time. Now a days it is more about audio jewelry and it seems that some of the prices are derived arbitrarily and have no correlation to part costs or d... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic by their very nature, deep bass notes can be somewhat 'fat' and slower sounding. Jaybo may be on to something. Masking is an important issue in what you hear. More plundering of the bass depths can be the pleasureable result of ported designs/bas... | |
| mo' better bass: any substitute for watts? It doesn't appear to have anything to do with the amp, high impedance or not. What's wrong with this picture? If you think of the amp output impedance and the speaker load as a very simplistic set of resistors in series then you will see that the... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic I suspect what people are pointing out is that there are horns and there are horns => short throw and long throw horns and everything in between. If you make the leap then perhaps the jump to long throw horns like Cessara Beta horns might be to... | |
| Remasters: which are the good ones? Bob Marley remasters (excellent!) This is off topic but if anyone is on the hunt for Bob Marley then get Rebelution "Courage to Grow" - great sound and great reggae with a modern energetic twist.As for masters - check out Doug Sax at Artists dire... | |
| Picture discs - Collectors items? I have the Boston first album picture disc - it did not sound good compared to normal 33 vinyl (more pops and clicks) but it looks awesome and cool - love the art - but as someone mentioned it is really just "memorabilia" | |
| Active Speakers: The usual suspects .... Steve,No I have not made direct A/B's. Frankly, when I say "King" I mean it is immediately obvious that nothing else that small without a big sub could sound anything like it. Drums are particularly good. For near-field I think that a cheaper set ... | |
| Active Speakers: The usual suspects .... I'd say it is quite similar to ATC SCM100 in sound - really tight bass and a bit less forward in the upper mids - however the dispersion is narrower so definitely more suited to near field or smaller rooms. | |
| Should 'a' been a contender hales were magic for sure. i remember listening to a revalation 3 against a brightly painted 20k speaker, and the hales actually sounded way better I agree the Hales Revelation 3 was (is) a revelation but it is often more desirable to a own a mor... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Well you can't beat horns for distortion levels that will compete with headphones - so you are on the right track for detail - but can you live with that kind of directivity. Room issues/setup/sweetspot may become a bigger challenge. | |
| Confused and unsure about upgrading my speakers. Do you have a large room? Or put another way do you find you ever play your speakers in a way they sound really quite loud?If you do then you are probably runnning into the limitations of an excellent great value design. Small voice coils quickly... | |
| Confused and unsure about upgrading my speakers. I agree with your analysis - you made a good choice. You will have to spend significantly more in order to get a modest improvement.Principally you can do much better in the bass department and much louder clean playing and more dynamics (realism)... | |
| Active Speakers: The usual suspects .... Unfortunately, the MM27 comes in at $7,000 pair (street price), which is way out of my price range Yes - but look at what you get for all that! Plug in an iPod into these babies and you will be in serious rock heaven - nothing else required! Jack... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic After hearing some incredible horn systems What have you heard and can you describe what it is you like about horns viz a viz your current setup?As far as I can see you have plenty of bass already - so is it more dynamics or forwardness of just g... |