simonmoon
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| Second hand components that can still kick butt today Almost anything in Kenwood's "L" series of gear. This line was their late 70's through the 80's, assault on the US and the European high end market. And they were largely successful, at somewhat reasonable prices. The L-07m 150 watt mono amps (ori... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? I am very late to this thread, but naming an overall favorite is next to impossible for me. For example, Allan Holdsworth may be my favorite guitarist (his inventiveness, his technique, those otherworldly chords...), but I certainly wouldn’t want ... | |
| Revisiting a piece of underground prog rock Oh, and let me add, that I would not consider this an "underground" piece of prog. A solo album by any member of Genesis at the time, could not be underground. They were pretty mainstream at the time. After all, in the same year, there were a grea... | |
| Revisiting a piece of underground prog rock For sure.The side long, title track is very good. Not a masterpiece, by any stretch, but a great listen. And the drum work by Simon Philips is worth the price of admission. Not a fan of the other side. | |
| Renaissance Fans: great version Ashes are Burning live 1974 Yeah, I've noticed quite a few recently published live Renaissance vids on YouTube quite recently. All seen to be pretty good quality. | |
| Is your heart filled with a love of music, or something else? Music, for me, is by far the best artform that exists. Nothing surpasses it for: variety, depth and range of emotion, and its ability to be appreciated after so many 'viewings'.Movies, TV, visual art, plays, etc, can all be great, but even the bes... | |
| Why don't more recordings have soundstage outside of speakers There's actually a very prosaic answer to this question. When we listen closely we tend to look in that direction. Ears on each side of the head, duh. When we record we do the same. Maybe there are groups the performers occupy different location... | |
| Why don't more recordings have soundstage outside of speakers however I have learned that instruments themselves should not come from beyond the speakers which is what you would expect if you think about it. I use to occasionally hear some instruments on certain recordings come from beyond the speakers. ... | |
| Why don't more recordings have soundstage outside of speakers As others probably have already said, if the ambient cues aren't on the recording, you won't hear it in your room.In my opinion, the only way to get a natural soundstage that extends beyond the edges of the speakers, is to record a live event, wit... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Here is one of my favorite violin concertos, Penderecki’s, Violin Concerto No. 2 (Metamorphosen).This is from the second part of his career, after he became more tonal than he was during the early part of his career.In all honesty, I tend to like ... | |
| At This Time Can We Recreate Full Range Live Music In The Home? The answer is no. There is a difference between sound power level and sound pressure level.A good system can easily produce the same sound pressure level as a full orchestra, but cannot reproduce the same power level. | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? i’m not a big fan of that GR research guy. Some of his techniques like the one where he used hey antenna meter from an old receiver to show you how radio frequencies affect speaker wires was a little goofy. Here’s a Website that I think the aut... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? Here is an informative video by GR Research on why 2 tweeters don't work. This is describing why they won't work in the same enclosure, but the same concepts translate to 2 pair of speakers, stacked. In fact, most of the problems he talks about, g... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? It'll be a bit like Tektons. No it won't.Just because Tektons have quite a few drivers in them, does not mean they are in any way similar to have multiple speakers stacked or side by side. Please watch the vids by the designer, Eric Anderson on... | |
| How do you know if you need to add a sub (without auditioning one, I mean)? Not only do subs add very low notes that the vast majority of ’full range’ speakers aren’t capable of reproducing, but there is a lot of ambient information in low frequencies. Especially in classical music, recorded in a concert hall.Even if the ... |