twoleftears
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| Am I too big of a jerk,even for audiogon? Transparently referring to someone else. And a thread very close to this one (at least it was close when I read them both), was started by the individual in question. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schumann, Humoreske, Novelletten, Nachtstucke, Piano Sonata #2 / Andras Schiff. Live recording by ECM, 2 CDs. Not surprisingly it being ECM, the piano recording is excellent, and Schiff is on top form for his audience. | |
| Something Else I'm Wondering About Some people do go into their speakers and rewire the insides with whatever speaker cable they are using.Still, mutatis mutandis, this is rather like the electric grid/power cable argument. | |
| Monoblock Aegirs Horizontal bi-amp with one Vidar and one AegirORcall Johnny Rutan at Audio Connection and talk to him about how well the Belles Aria goes with the Vandersteen 2's. | |
| Location of instruments in the orchestra... There is a somewhat common practice called "split violins", where they're divided left and right, but if they are all clearly on the right, then as newbee say, the channels got reversed somewhere in the chain. It may be in your system, but if oth... | |
| Thought My Harbeth M40.1's Were Forever Speakers - Guess Not @cd318 Yes. When your "gist" of these two sentences:"the bass has been progressively optimized, that is, made drier, for those less damped acoustics. So the 40.2 is better balanced for the majority of modern rooms."is "drier bass", then yes, tha... | |
| All New NAD Master M33 Integrated Amp // GAME CHANGER ?.. The Michi X5 will move the goalposts. Stay alert! | |
| MusicDirect ...to Delaware. | |
| Thought My Harbeth M40.1's Were Forever Speakers - Guess Not "Drier bass" sounds kinda bad until you ask yourself whether you want wet bass. Your precis is a classic example of selective quotation. AS wanted to make the 40.2's more room-friendly, i.e., make them perform well in a larger range of environme... | |
| KEF LS50 Meta This is just a manifestation of the ever-increasing desensitization rampant in modern life.Version 2: multiple YAWNs.Innovation: YAWN.Game-changer: yawn.Brand new technology, twice as good as before: let me Google that for a moment. | |
| Serious Problems with Qobuz Have you checked out Idagio? It sounds as if it might cater better to your tastes. | |
| ATC SCM 40 mk2 vs Salk Song3 Encore Having heard the Encores, I'd say the above is a very accurate characterization of them. On the relentless--forgiving spectrum, they fall pretty much middle of the pack. The only speaker that tames the beryllium better is Fritz (Carrera B), but ... | |
| Magico A3, suggested integrated amp. Add Ayre and Simaudio to your list.Strangely Alan Shaw of Harbeth also likes Hegel, but I've never been a fan. | |
| How much overhang is ok between a speaker base and the stand top plate? Skylan makes 20" stands with a top plate 12" x 10 1/2". | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Giuseppe Torelli, Concertos & Sinfonias: Simon Standage/Collegium Musicum 90 |