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| Magnepan, Best midrange? @mozartfan, Maybe "the wife" would be more receptive to your request for financial assistance if you stop objectifying her with disrespectful terminology.I’ve always loved Maggies since I acquired a pair of MG I’s in 1977. My suggestion would be t... | |
| WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST? "Anthem" by Leonard Cohen. The chorus goes like this:"Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in."That song inspires me to always keep an open mind.The song that evokes ... | |
| Used Martin Logans ML’s electrostats are the only curvilinear planar speakers I’ve ever seen or heard. Their curvilinear design translates to line source imaging—the holy grail for image freaks like me. I have a pair of ML’s least costly model (EM SLs) coupled with ... | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl Right now my two favorites are two recent acquisitions:1. Leonard Cohen—“Live in London”, and2. Moby—“Reprise”That said, I’m just now rediscovering my vinyl collection after a 39-year hiatus to digital. And I add more every payday. So, I expect my... | |
| What's your dream speaker? If price were no object and my listening space were large enough, my first choice of everything I’ve heard is the YG Acoustics Sonja 2i. I’veonly briefly auditioned them--mainly for S&Gs. But I found them to be the best imaging speakers I’ve e... | |
| LYRA DELOS IS AMAZING!!!! @jeffvegas: Have you considered your obligation to append a copy of your laudatory comment to the earlier thread you started with unwarranted criticism of this excellent cartridge?This thread was a good and courageous start at correcting the false... | |
| Any Thoughts On These? I prioritize imaging above all else in my speaker system; and in my experience, ribbon tweets like ML’s serve that purpose better than most other tweeter designs I’ve heard. I’ve heard the MLs demoed and they certainly meet my requirements in that... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? @stuartk, Great points all. I plan to see Rick about a first-rate digital streaming device next month . . . maybe even before I add a "Keel" to my LP12. What's your recommendation for a current digital streaming device?Thank you. | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? @stuartk. You wrote: {I wasn't thinking about clicks and pops but of what I often hear vinyl fans say: that vinyl sounds more "organic" and digital sounds "harsh"}In my experience, digital did sound harsh . . . in the early days of CDs. And to me,... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? @stuartk, You wrote {You hear noise. Others of us don’t.Perhaps it has something to do with differences in individual physiological structures and/or auditory processing capacities?}All sensory data is filtered through the brain. In sound, the fil... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? I abandoned vinyl for digital thirty nine years ago. I never missed vinyl intil I bought a combination of speakers, pre-amp, and power amp that could exploit the extended frequeny response that can be extracted from vinyl by a superb MC cartridge ... | |
| Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner I live in a small apartment. So, no. Listening at concert levels would get me evicted in a hurry.My Linn LP12 sits slightly behind the front plane of my ML electrostats.The airborne vibrations I'm talking about are created by my speakers' playing ... | |
| Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner I'm neither a physicist or acoustician. But it seems to me that the more inert (soft) a turntable dust cover is, the greater its tendency to absorb airborne sounds that would otherwise reach a records surface and tonearm.Am I missing something?Tha... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? In my experience, a black acoustic background is elusive for all the reasons cited by previous commenters. I have a few years of experience with sound reinforcement as well as an audiophile. From that perspective, I may be able to offer a few prac... |