tomsch
Responses from tomsch
Open baffle speakers I use OBs in my loft listening room. All my closed box speakers really did not work well in this specific environment but the OBs do. The room plays a very key role on how they sound. I also cross my OBs over at 90db and use a powered sub so base ... | |
Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Speakers + room for me. I have a loft that is medium size but it opens to a stairwell on the left side. That means the left speaker is separated by the stairwell with a half wall while the right is adjacent to a typical 9' high wall. Not all speak... | |
KEF LS50 Meta I have a set of LS50 Metas that I was using in my main listening room with a KEF KC62 sub. Nice sound and a great match with a crossover between the two at 90Hz. Amazing imaging with very good detail. Given the size of my room they were a little s... | |
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 ... |