simonmoon
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| Best speaker brands for transient response The best transient response I've ever heard, are ion plasma tweeters. It's hard to beat drivers with zero mass. Lansche and AvantGarde Acoustics both have very impressive transient response behavior. Next in line would probably be ribbons and... | |
| New In 2024 To be released on 7/26/2024. Perpetual Mutations by, Gavin Harrison (King Crimson, Porcupine Tree) and Antoine Fafard (one of the best jazz-fusion bass players on the planet). With: Jean-Pierre Zanella: Soprano Saxophone Dale Devoe: Trombones a... | |
| 1 song you never get sick of? Yeah, I know the OP said 1 song, but there are way too many for me. This list is only a small amount of music that I don’t get sick of. Prog: Yes - Close to the Edge, Gates of Delirium, And You and I King Crimson - Starless, Exiles, Book of Sa... | |
| Anybody compare the latest Audience 1+1 V5 speakers with Alta Audio Alyssas? I am going to have to agree with @soix on the Audience 1+1 (not sure which version), but I found them to be much as described. Veiled, dynamically limited, highs lacking. The Alta Audio Alyssas are substantially better, but they still have their ... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I don’t give a crap about Parson’s resume, he doesn’t get to lump all audiophiles into one overgeneralized group like that. That’s just a stupid and ill-informed statement IMHO. Some audiophiles probably do that but I believe most don’t. Ar... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? @macg19 Great quote. That is exactly what I do, sometimes. I actually think it is not a great quote. First of all, it seems to lump all audiophiles as one monolithic block of listeners, who care much more about their gear, than the music.... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I am a "music first audiophile". I would be hard pressed to not listen to a recording where I thought the music was great, but the recording, not so much. Lucky for me, the 3 genres (classical, prog, jazz) and their various subgenres I listen to,... | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers @deep_333 Nice comedy routine you have there! Yes, 11 x 12 is not optimum, but it is certainly possible to get great hi-fi, high end audio quality in such a room. I have a room slightly larger than that, with well placed (mostly DIY) room tre... | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? I have to agree with many so far. The Borresen x3 are pretty killer in that price range. | |
| Are your speakers losing air? You’d be shocked at how many well known and well respected, center channel speakers have horrible off axis speaker performance, and measurements. A good friend and I, spent several weekends measuring every center channel speaker we could beg, bor... | |
| Dirty little secret of Pedigreed, decades old Speaker line - no one will address @john1 As I see it, one of the biggest problems with your initial premise: because YG is still using aluminum drivers, therefore they are not innovating, is missing many other pieces of the entire story. How do you know, that just because they ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? This is not from today, but my most recent listening session from last night. Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis / The best jazz release from 2022. This extremely creative guitarist has been on a role lately. This is complex, progressive jazz with great ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @designsfx Now Playing: Barock Project- Time Voyager “Excellent new Progressive Rock release from Italy!” This is a pretty strong release. Probably their best. Even better than 2017's, "Detachment". As a plus, it's got ALESSANDRO BON... | |
| Usher Mini Dancer 2 or Q Acoustics Concept 500 - Marantz PM Ki Ruby I am sure they sound great. I used to own some Usher Dancer TD-10, and I always thought they were a bit of a giant killer. Sonically, they competed with speakers at not unsubstantially higher prices. | |
| Dirty little secret of Pedigreed, decades old Speaker line - no one will address It is not as if YG is using aluminum drivers manufactured the same as lower end manufacturers of aluminum drivers. Is anyone else producing them from a billet of aluminum? I don’t think so. They are stamped from aluminum sheets. And it’s not as ... |