simonmoon
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| Recommendation on speakers for listening to live music I was at a live orchestra performance and it dawned on me: Hey, this sounds just like my Klipsch Heresy IV speakers! That's the fun thing about audio, different people can have much the same live listening experience, and get completely opposit... | |
| New In 2022 All new, no reissues or archive releases. There's way to much great new music, for me to waste time with yet more reissyes... Mary Halvorson - Amaryllis / Jazz guitarist, Mary Halvorson, really hit her stride with this release. While not quite ... | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? I think the claim that the 80's were fueled by the need to move away from prog, was vastly overstated. I think it was more to do with bands like Journey, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, etc. Prog bands like Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammi... | |
| What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs? As one who has heard, in blind tests, the difference between PCs, I am more than a bit dubious as to how a much better PC would make a difference on subs. The reason why I say this, is because ALL the differences I've heard in PCs, is with subtle... | |
| Tekton haters and bashers you just got a new target! I think the only commonality between the two is the word ugly. I am a 'form follows function' sort of guy, so, if the design does what they say (it makes structural and acoustic sense), then I find nothing ugly about them. Also, they mention ... | |
| Sub Confusion As rsf507 states, multiple subs tends to resolve node problems. Google "subwoofer swarm" for an explanation for why multiple subs are usually better than one. Your reason for wanting to free your speakers from reproducing the lows, is one great... | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers Annie Haslam! Five+ octave range, near perfect intonation, Great power, control, and dynamics, and loads of emotion. She was the lead vocalist for British prog band, Renaissance. Longish tracks, with classical influences, great keyboards, and ... | |
| Best progressive rock album side @sns By the way, I'm a boomer NOT solely dedicated to reminiscing. I regularly stream music from virtually all genres and eras, prog rock stands up over time as legitimate genre. Some great musicianship, composition and explorations, certainly ... | |
| audiophile recordings of 12 tone/serialist works HA! I didn't notice I was posting on a zombie thread, dead these 14 years. Oh well, hopefully the information I posted will still be of interest to some. | |
| Turned back into a music lover @twoleftears Do websites like Talk Classical have a section for audio equipment? Yes, they do. TC HiFi Forum | |
| Turned back into a music lover @rvpiano If you can delight in the many wonderful subtleties of a performance instead of listening for audio thrills you’ve turned back into a music lover. The behemoth that is your audio system tempts you mightily. But if you can somehow evade... | |
| audiophile recordings of 12 tone/serialist works Finally I am reading some other people singing the praises of of those Nonesuch "Spectrum: New American Music" recordings. While Nonesuch was not always known for their dead quiet vinyl, the recordings themselves are universally great. And musica... | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? Thanks for all the responses to my OP, folks! I have never had a problem getting height in my images, when the material calls for it. Like in the track on Chesky's first "Ultimate Evaluation Disk", with the Mozart flute concerto, where, on a... | |
| Best progressive rock album side @ricmci Wow, this thread turned out way better than I expected it to. Some great recommendations to search for. I much more enjoy searching in record stores than ordering on line. Many mentioned, I already have. I think of those listed that I d... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? Tallest - Maggie 3.6 Heaviest (and the best) - Koss 1a These 200 pound beasts were full range electrostatics (down to low 30’s with no dynamic drivers) were also the best I’ve owned. One of the sadly forgotten speakers from the late 70’s. Any p... |