whart
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| Remarkable New Vintage Audio Store in Austin, TX One of my students mentioned this place to me (I am teaching part-time at UT Austin). Thought I'd drop by for a visit after SXSW, since town is going to be a bit crowded these next few days. | |
| Why not horns? If Kiddman is right (and in this respect he is) that the industry would have flourished, whether or not there was an 'HP' or 'JGH' reporting on it, then some responsibility rests with the manufacturers, distributors and the rest of the industry in... | |
| Record Grading... I try to buy play-graded records (unless they are cheapies), and generally avoid sealed older ones (i'm not keep them sealed as collector's items, but playing them, and some sellers could force you to bear the risk on a sealed item). There are exc... | |
| Why not horns? Funny, because I transitioned from a pair of Crosby Quads (which I still have) to my horn system back in 2006 or so, largely because I wanted the best of both worlds- the dynamics and vividness of the 'big system' together with the open, unboxed q... | |
| Why not horns? I read HP, JG Holt and the others, starting ca. 1972 or so. It was fun to read about expensive, esoteric gear at the time a/k/a 'audio porn,' but with hindsight, the lasting value of their contributions was, I think, what to listen for- the so-cal... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Thnx Rox! | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Sad- I think we come out the same way, I would just express it differently. I find that there is a 'natural' loudness level for each recording (at least recordings that aren't overly compressed throughout), where, because of the recording, the sys... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers Kiddman: perhaps you were being politic by not lumping the Avantgarde in with the Klipsch in terms of proper design, but over the years of improving associated equipment, the overall performance has markedly improved. I also find that the source m... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers I made the jump to horns about 7 or so years ago, after 3 decades of electrostats. Great dynamics, and 'jump' (as mentioned) with the same level of openness and transparency as the stats. Getting the associated equipment right was key to making th... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? You can own a cool, collectible car without being rich.Or you can spend money lavishly, without regard to what makes sense.Same thing in audio. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Because folks that are passionate about one pursuit are often passionate about others. At one point, I had a picture of one of my exotic Italian cars posted to my system page and a user here asked my why I was posting a picture of my Corvette. :)I... | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? I'm with the others here who use common commercial records that people are generally familiar with, rather than 'audiophile' records. I used to use a Crystal Gale "Eyes" track from a budget label compilation (Liberty?). For true audiophile verisim... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Charles- I'm open to learning, considering other approaches and contributing where I can. I can also enjoy a good debate, but after too many years on the intraweb, don't have any interest in sniping, at George or anybody else. I enjoy (and enjoy s... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers To his credit although Atmasphere (Ralph) is a manufacturer, with a vested interest in his own gear, I find his responses to be intelligent and open-minded. George is basically insisting that his way is the only way- and that is just wrong.FWIW, I... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers The original purpose of the thread was to discuss noise abatement using a very high efficiency speaker (one which I own). George, I have great respect for what you do, but I think the proselytizing is a bit much since many of us have a variety of ... |