tubegroover
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| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps "I had always thought of my self as a "nuance" guy more than a "dynamics" guy, but I found the latter surprisingly compelling, which is why one or another Tekton model is still on my list of possibilities."I want both! Great post and insight as al... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps "Also, it is my experience that the deCapos, for all their virtues, don't handle the lower octaves all that well"Out of curiosity Brownsfan, exactly which amplifiers have you listened to with the Decapos? My experience DOES NOT mirror yours at all... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps "Tubegroover, Ralph and others,I understand that you are drawn to something else and move in a different direction."While we may be drawn in different directions Charles, I do believe our goals are essentially the same. I, like you and Rob believe... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Thank you everyone for your responses, I feel it is worthwhile information to lurkers viewing this thread with interest. Rob your comments regarding the Decapos sounding thin and lean "yelping down the street" (LOL) kind of underscores MY point. I... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Thats fair enough Charles, if the case. I'm not questioning anything other than the fact that the Decapo speakers, which Rebbi obviously loves were not sufficient enough, or maybe, lets just explore this further to see what might be possible. I ag... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Agree totally with Atmasphere, if you REALLY want to hear what those SETs can do, go with higher efficiency, particularly if you have wide musical tastes. I'm sure they sound great for certain music, in specific rooms at moderate levels. Is anyone... | |
| Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers? My experiences go too far back and are not current enough other than a few of the newer Martin Logan designs AND a pair of Quad 2905s that a friend owns. On a further note I was recently talking to my dealer/friend who has owned Soundlabs and been... | |
| Is Vinyl Worth It "Listen critically just long enough to find good sound, then forget about it. Take it from one who spent too much time doing the opposite!"Sage advice, I totally agree! | |
| Beautiful Classical Smaller Pieces, duo,trio,etc Well Schubert I'm not one for deciding good, better or best of anything, it's more a parlor game than anything BUT Schubert's string quartets are so very special as a genre of music by a single composer that, to me at least, as a body of work they... | |
| Beautiful Classical Smaller Pieces, duo,trio,etc +1 Borodin Quartet #2Schubert Quartet #14 D810 The Andante movement starts out as a death march and changes to different expressive moving moods throughout, the 2nd a lilting sweet violin expressing something lighter, and more hopeful maybe, I've ... | |
| "Famous Blue Raincoat".. "It may be as simple as those that enjoy and cherish this music are drawn into the performance and focus less on any flaws, finding them minor."That's about as true a statement, to me. The REAL problem with digital recordings was less the recordin... | |
| Tubes, old and new Wolf, how about those Tung Sol 5881 tubes for one of those geetar amps of yours, a favorite of mine in my preamp as a regulator, man are they musical! | |
| Best Female Vocalists Ballads Melody Gardot-"My One and Only Thrill" is a MUST have. She composed most of the songs with a really wonderful rendition of "Over the Rainbow", not one miss on this one. Shirley Horn- For whatever reason this lady who recently passed away simply ha... | |
| Bad news for audiophiles? "The really bad news for audiophiles would be if Diana Krall, Pat Barber, Jane Monheit and Holy Cole all went down in a plane crash"Now THAT is funny Viridian LOL. FYI though NOBODY gets aways calling her Pat except Mom. | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear Agree Mapman. What is this whole "audiophile" thing and how by accepting one thing over something(s) else that, to the guy asking the question, is somehow relevant to musical enjoyment rather than peer approval and agreement? Bose REALLY comes to ... |