simonmoon
Responses from simonmoon
| Crossing Left and Right Speakers I am a bit dumbfounded by some people’s experiences. I recently reorganized my system on my rack, and I accidentally connected my mono amps to the wrong channels of my pre. And all that happened, was I heard orchestral violins come from the righ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos I would say that lots of my jazz records that I bought first were from 70’s jazz, music that somewhat sounded (to me anyway at the time) like ’rock’ music of that era. As I have continued to listen jazz, I started more and more to ap... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. Despite having, and enjoying my pretty high end headphone and amp system (Grado GS3000, Astell and Kern amp, about $3500 combined), they will never, to me, sound as good as my full system. They lack the visceral impact of my full system, which is... | |
| Klipsch RP-600M II @lanx0003 Relatively speaking, RP 600M Mk I has certain limitations despite of rave reviews from HR. The high ends are bright, edgy and forward and the bass is a bit bloated. The unbalanced, overly presence of highs and lows covers up the midra... | |
| The best looking speakers I am purely in the "form should follow function" camp of audio design. This usually leads me to love the looks of quite a few speakers that many find not so aesthetically pleasing. AvantGarde Acoustics, Tidal, Aries Cerat, Acapella, and others. ... | |
| So you just took a gummie...What song is on the menu? I haven’t partaken in any cannabis for decades, but if I did take that gummy, it certainly wouldn’t be just one song on my menu. It lasts for hours, after all... So, I would have full buffet of songs lined up. Among my choices would be: Yes - ... | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings Here’s mine. Mostly fusion and avant-garde. Don’t get me wrong, I love most of the post-bop recordings most of you are listing, too. I just didn’t want to be redundant listing them again. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity ... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium @jtgofish I am tempted to build some myself .Like you I have a stash of premium hardwood-Birdseye and curly jarrah and Tasmanian Blackwood. Hardwoods are not recommended for speaker enclosures. Different hardwoods, depending on density and h... | |
| How tall do you like your images? I like an image height that seems to reflect what I would expect the performance height to be. For a couple examples: On the title track of King Crimson's "Islands", there is a cornet that begins a couple of minutes into the track, that on my sy... | |
| Anybody have personal experience with a Troles Graveson Subs? Not familiar with Troels subs, but have heard several of his designs, and they have always been impressive. I have heard GR Research’s open baffle subs, and they are among the best I’ve heard. As much as I love my enclosed subs, there is nothing ... | |
| How does this forum feel about original house music and live DJing? That stuff has some limited appeal to me for dance and party music. But when I want to sit down for serious listening session, I want to hear music with more musical depth, a very high level of musicianship, a somewhat high level of musical compl... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium I have been reading through the Troels Gravesen kit speaker builder project pages. Many of the people who have built those speakers also own very good "brand" models like B&W 802D and ATC SCM 40 speakers and are reporting that the $2500 kit ... | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings Here’s mine. Mostly fusion and avant-garde. Don’t get me wrong, I love most of the post-bop recordings most of you are listing, too. I just didn’t want to be redundant listing them again. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity (... | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium There seems to be a common mistake many people have with audio, and especially as it reaches the upper prices and echelon. I see many people say things like, "is a $20K speaker really worth twice that of a $10K speaker?". Well, no, if one is exp... | |
| New In 2023 My list will be fairly obscure, with mostly progressive, experimental and avant-garde leaning bands and material. So, YMMV... I will be back with even more. 2023 has started out pretty strongly for progressive genres of music (jazz, rock, clas... |