twoleftears
Responses from twoleftears
| Home demo. ProAc D48R and Spendor D9 Demo'd D7's and Classic 100's last year, same day, same room, same system, and--sorry--the 100's blew the D7's out of the water. | |
| Vienna Acouctics Beethoven Concert Grand vs. Avalon ascendant mk2 I've listened extensively to the Baby Grand, the Concert Grand, and the Liszt, as I was seriously considering getting some VA's at one point.Mikey is right--the Baby Grand is the sweet spot. It has a kind of magic that the Concert doesn't have. ... | |
| Wells Audio MAJESTIC or Modwright KWI-200 Integrated Amplifier The Wells paired with Daedalus at Capital Audio Show was having some problems. The Modwright paired with Fritz was fabulous. | |
| Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Footers https://www.purewaveaudio.com/isoacoustics-gaia-carpet-spike-ii-1 The pic makes them look longer, but I guess that's not the case. | |
| MORE Esoteric problems Luxman D-08u. | |
| New Gallo Strata's sound like tin-cans: break-in time problem? After 200 hours, the stereocilia in your ears will have been beaten into submission by whatever speakers you're listening, and consequently they will start sounding better to you. | |
| Great New Linda Ronstadt Live https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81UVF9y69JL._SX522_.jpg All twenty songs on CD... for a cool $400. I see the date 2012. | |
| Any insight on Tekton Double impact BE, Focus Se, Salk SS 8, or Golden Ear TRef? There's a new Salk model SS 9.5 which on paper looks fabulous. Because of the extended wait time for a new build, there's a pretty healthy market on Audio Circle for used Salks. | |
| A well-produced and recorded classical guitar LP? This is all around superlative.https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7952718--guitar-recital-jason-Vieaux | |
| CD Transports So if I'm remembering correctly, the NuPrime CDT 9 is very jittery for a modern transport. Is that right? | |
| Why do members hijack threads? It’s mostly certain people, who know who they are, who take the thread off at a tangent from the original topic. Initially, there is a thin connection, but soon it disappears. Can you hear differences between CD transports evolves into can you hea... | |
| The most important factor in soundstage imaging Why do so many people fail to distinguish between imaging and soundstaging? There are clearly systems and setups that do one well and the other not. | |
| Vimburg? Yes, they were also at CAF in November, sounding good in one of the large rooms. | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Amplifier, opinions and competition Just don't bridge it, or we'll have a re-run of the thread from last year. (-; | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Scharwenka #1. Some really extraordinary pianism from Hamelin, especially in the third movement. I'm really surprised that these 4 are not more popular. |