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| 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 ... | |
| Albert Porter Post on his system page and Albert will likely respond. I think he's less inclined to the more general philosophical stuff (my guess) but more than willing to speak concretely about what he is doing. | |
| Albert Porter He’s around. Talked to him last week.I like Albert- straight shooter and a character. Since I moved to Texas, I've been 'fixin' to visit with him-- we are a few hours apart. | |
| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion @kosst_amojan--the terms have an accepted meaning. JGHolt published a glossary many years ago that was long used so that people could speak the same language when describing reproduced sound. I learned to understand both image and soundstage from ... | |
| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion Right. I remember walking into The Record Collector in Hollywood about thirty years ago (at its old location) and after talking with the owner about a few records, mentioned that his speaker position- one located in one room, another past an arch ... |