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| Vanderteen 5A's versus Wilson WattPuppy 7's I hope a few specific musical examples will suffice. On Ella Fitzgerald's 40th birthday concert recording (In Rome) she sings "Stompin' at the Savoy" with Oscar Peterson's piano trio accompanying her. There are several instances when you can tell ... | |
| Vanderteen 5A's versus Wilson WattPuppy 7's I had a similar internal dialog within the past several months, however, several other speakers have also been part of the mix. I found that 5As and WP7s were similarly appealing with respect to long term listenability, but they were not equally c... | |
| Top Audio Designers Of All Time? E. NakamichiHenry KlossPeter WalkerKeith JohnsonWilliam Z. JohnsonRoger ModjeskiDavid BerningDavid HaflerPaul KlipschSid SmithRichard SequerraJim WineyDavid WilsonJon DahlquistIvor Tiefenbrun | |
| Music Reference RM-200 people what preamp? I auditioned the RM-200 with several preamps. The systems I preferred paired the RM-200 with a tubed preamp. I listened with the Rogue 99, Hovland HP100, Audible Illusions 3A, CAT SL1 Signature, and the Wright Sound Company WPL20. Of these I prefe... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Hi Dok,There is nothing contentious about acknowledging the essentially modern outlook of Jazz. You are absolutely correct about that, and I think many, if not most people in the music would see it that way. Certainly many of its most important co... | |
| Anyone Switch from Electrostatic/Planar to Dynamic I had CLSes and subs of various types for 16 years, during which I felt little compulsion to change. I was in love with the "breath of life" thing that CLSes do so well (i.e. voices and instruments that occupy the midrange have a kind of dynamic l... | |
| Speakers that accurately reproduce a drumset Finesse at the loudest and quietest passages are, for me the most important elements of reproducing traps convincingly. The three systems that I have found most convincing were tubed, and contained Wilson Watt/Puppy 7s. | |
| Record-playing Rituals? 1. Clean record with VPI HW16 and custom made fluid. Thorough scrubbing if needed.2. Treat record with Zerostat with Staticmaster brush 2x.3. Clean stylus with custom fluid and Diswasher stylus cleaning brush.4. Treat stylus with Stylast.Fetishist... | |
| I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah Rene Marie, oh queen of my heart. | |
| Personal Preamp Evolution 1. Preamp section of Panasonic Mini-Receiver (found in just about every dentist's office in the early 70s)2. Preamp section of Pilot 25 wpc integrated solid state amp3. Preamp section of Yamaha CR620 receiver4. Nakamichi 620 Tuner/Preamp (Slanted ... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Stan Getz - Getz/GilbertoAbbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay the BandPhineas Newborn - The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas NewbornRahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated TearHorace Silver - Song For My FatherAbdullah Ibrahim - EkayaJimmy Scott - All The WayJohn ... | |
| Wilson Watt/Puppy 6 or 7 versus Sophia My encounter with all three of these speakers was enlightening in the extreme. I heard the WP6 first as line demos that were displaced in favor of the WP7. I had never before been gripped by reproduced music to such an extent. Entertained by my re... | |
| VPI Aries owners Started with the Bright Star 19 sandbox set upon a shot and sand packed Rack of Gibraltar. Still had some mild acoustic breakthrough problems due to being located on a sprung wood floor. Purchased a used Airmass 19, placed sandbox on top, and that... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Tvad,The 'Stripes reflect, for me a completely original amalgam of styles that is utterly authentic, and derivative of noone. In performance their extraordinary level of songcraft becomes very obvious. BTW, if you are basing your impressions of th... | |
| Wilson or Kharma I find these discussions to be remarkable, less because of what they reveal about the nature of the equipment than what they reveal about the people that use it. Listening biases are much more clearly divulged than any truly salient characteristic... |