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| Kind of Blue Several years ago when I was playing saxophone tracks for a jazz gig, in the studio, the engineer put on a few Blue Note tracks. In the studio they were amazing and still my benchmark for how I would like my listening room to sounds like. | |
| How would you spend my next $5K? I would start with the room and go from there. I'm 4yrs away from retirement and one thing on my budget is to build a dedicated listening room and start from there. | |
| Tri-Art Audio Open 5 open, baffle speaker. I've been a huge open baffle fan this last year as my loft/audio room seems to really work with OBs. I took a look at the Tri Arts and they are simply beautiful. Great to hear that you are loving yours. | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Great news! I've been thinking about either building another set of OBs vs. just ordering from Clayton. | |
| Steely Dan Nice and thanks! | |
| Is toeing speakers a bad idea? decooney mentioned something important that i forget about and that is to take notes which does help. | |
| Is toeing speakers a bad idea? My current OB speakers like about 5 degrees toe-in but as others have said it's really about adjusting not only the toe-in but the width of the speakers with respect to the listening distance. My other speakers, KEF LS50 Metas liked no toe-in fo... | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. For me it's a speaker that is rich, great soundstage and does disappear but I also agree that what I put in my main listening room does take on some similarity. My room is not ideal as it has a wall on the right side and then opens up to a stairwe... | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. If I had to pick just one it would be Chick Corea Three Quartets. I completely wore out two LPs of this recording when I was in college. | |
| How good is good enough? I'm currently happy with my modest system. I tend to spend time listening combined with playing around with room treatment and speaker placement. I don't see myself spending any large sums on equipment for some time but I am thinking about build... | |
| "If These Walls Could Sing"...Documentary about Abbey Road Studios Thanks for that! My wife and I are always looking for great music documentaries. | |
| Pre-Meta KEF Reference 1 or LS50 Meta I would say stay with the R1s and adjust from there. I moved to LS50 Metas and they are great but they really needed some power and also a KC62 sub with a ~90hz crossover. In the end the biggest factor has been room placement and tuning. With the ... | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps I have a Boxem Arthur 4215 which uses Purifi Eigentakt modules. I picked it since my KEF LS50 Metas need a bit of power. It is a really great balance that provides more than enough power at 4ohms, clean, with a neutral balance. In other words the ... | |
| Did you ever buy too much bass? For my mid-sized room setup was the key. I have a modest KEF LS50 Metas + a single KC62 sub. The goal was to provide some foundation and also crossing over the LS50s at a frequency that would remove the low bass burden. While my initial setup soun... | |
| Off-axis listening My room definitely has a sweet spot but when my wife wants to listen she takes the prime seat 😀 When I listen off axis I tend to become more obsessed with bass nodes in my room rather than imaging. |