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| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion @bdp24 - i heard that system a few times with the original big Tympani panels. When I bought my SP 3 and Dual 75a back in the day, the dealer demo’d the units I bought on just such a system. And I got to meet William Zane J in the early days as we... | |
| The most important factor in soundstage imaging @n80- I think part of it is the context of the board, which is gear centric. No disrespect intended, since many of the contributors here are well established,knowledgeable, etc. I was stuck in "audiophile land" for decades, listening to what I now... | |
| The most important factor in soundstage imaging Before we get all technical, and deal with speaker design, placement and room treatment, the beginning, for me, is the recording. I have many different copies of the "same" record; some sound flat and lifeless, others have dimension. That's not th... | |
| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion A very large system in a small room could be problematic. Why is that controversial? Celander, I'm not trolling you here, but I'm curious to understand your perspective. Care to share? | |
| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion @celander - your last post suggests that you don't believe imaging exists in a reproduction system. I don't need "test" recordings to establish what I hear. It is a "real illusion" to me, that depends on the recording. The Bose example is interest... | |
| Advice on compensating for hearing loss I assume you’ve visited an audiologist, given the hearing aids. Although shunned by the high-end crowd for years, an equalizer might make sense. There are some good ones, albeit at a price. Perhaps some folks who use them can weigh in-- one area o... | |
| Odyssey MKV RCM owners, I have a question I hear you. I’m a big advocate for finding non-audiophile solutions to audiophile issues. The Monks is very Rube Goldberg in its design, but it works. I would have purchased the Odyssey if it was still being made at the time I got my Monks. Good l... | |
| Odyssey MKV RCM owners, I have a question cool. Albert is a good guy and that was a good suggestion to reach out to him. Good to have the info- let us know what it takes to fit into a Monks. I'm hoping mine is good for a while, but you never know....regards,bill hart | |
| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion @tostadosunidos - but if the performers are positioned front to back, and the recording captures that, it should be reproduced. I can hear such placement and it is not the result of mixing left or right- | |
| Odyssey MKV RCM owners, I have a question here's the Monks parts list which shows an Austen pump head rebuild kit:http://keith-monks.com/spare-parts/Mine was rebuilt- the main thing it needed was a fresh diaphragm - the rest was tubing and fittings.I'll try to reach Syntax for you. You mi... | |
| Odyssey MKV RCM owners, I have a question Sorry to hear that, Seth was kind to me. He was more of a phone guy than an email guy as I remember. I did spend some time with him, both on the phone and at his studio. (He's a pretty well known archivist of old historic recordings, among other t... | |
| Do MC's Need Time To Wake Up? That Jan Allaerts MC-1 cartridge is a pretty rare bird. Enjoy it.With a cartridge that has settled in ("broken in" sounds so drastic), I find that it takes at least a couple of sides for it to limber up and show its stuff. I’m currently using a br... | |
| Odyssey MKV RCM owners, I have a question Dunno. Did you ever try to reach Seth in NY re the Monks? He probably knows about pumps, i think the one in my Monks is a German pump. | |
| Albert Porter This is neither a reflection on Albert, nor of this site. Sites change as members shift interest, new members join and the topics change to a degree as the "technology" changes. I’ve seen this on some of the car boards on which I used to participa... | |
| Amp "timing" ? Here's what I hear and I don't necessarily attribute it to the amp (though more about that in a minute): when my system sounds 'right' with a good recording, particularly of something like piano music, I hear the attack (with the fundamental) and ... |