twoleftears
Responses from twoleftears
Experience with Inakustik 3500P Power Conditioner?? Try inside shots of the older inexpensive Ayre power conditioner, or even the Isotek Aquarius. Many cases seem oversized wrt the internals. | |
Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? The dog barking on Stereophile test disc 1 sounds well outside and to the rear of my speakers (diagonally back and away, pretty much into the front corners of the room). I suppose that counts... | |
Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? Knowing how a full orchestra is conventionally seated on stage, I think we subliminally project that shape, higher and curved at the back, straight across the front, angling out at the sides, on to the cues coming from the recording. Note also, wh... | |
Good Old Chipboard Schiit Sol? | |
Classical Music for Aficionados It's hard to go wrong with Bernstein and NYPO, surely. But then I have a weakness for Bernstein... | |
Classical Music for Aficionados Holloway and Tragicomedia performing Biber's Mystery Sonatas. These have got to be the pinnacle of this genre of music. That the recording is available on a bargain Virgin Veritas 2CD is an added bonus.Podger's competing version is winging its w... | |
Standmount speakers. I have $5000. If you want to go hog wild, check out JWM Acoustics for superb (large) stand-mounts, and over-the-top WAF. | |
Classical Music for Aficionados Holloway's recording referenced above collects several of the sonatas from that collection; Romanesca's (Andrew Manze) much-awarded set on 2 CDs records the entire book. If forced to choose, I'd go with Holloway, but there is much to enjoy here, ... | |
Power Conditioner, which of these 4 and why? If strictly limited to those 4, then Audience.If not limited, without a doubt the Inakustik AC-3500p. | |
CD distortion through preamp Which inputs on the preamp are you using for your experiments to isolate the problem? | |
Odyssey integrated opinions? Lateral move at best, probably as already said backwards. | |
Interest in Ohm speakers Wasn't Vinnie Rossi using the QLN Prestige 3's? | |
High value, giant killer speakers? For a comprehensive list of speakers to stay away from, please see the list of recommended speakers.De gustibus, etc. etc. | |
RMAF 2019! Did anyone hear the Sonus Faber Olympica Nova V? | |
Am I asking for too much?? Unless you completely separate the two processes, i.e. manufacture and sale from reviewing and reporting, the whole exercise is tainted.At least Consumer Reports buys the products they test, rather getting them on loan from companies looking for s... |