jdspratt

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Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke?
Luke,I have found the violon highs indeed a joy, wonderfully musical & a sight to behold. I am about to get the esoteric p-01/d-01/g-0s system with them in a few weeks - the plasma tweeter is aparently even more of a revelation with excellent ... 
Are Horn Speakers good or bad or simply a complete joke?
I am in ecstasy with my recently acquired acapella high violons - I was not a horn fan until I heard these & the midrange is totally artefact free & life-like & mated with that awesome plasma tweeter... & yes Bob, I am amazed at th... 
How does good analog differ from good digital
Last week at the audiosalon, glasgow, I heard a Yorke s7 with a lyra titan cartridge(via all gryphon & proac d100) & compared with mikado CD player (the best I've heard & own). The original LP pressing of 'bridge over troubled water' (... 
Fireworks in an Audio Research VT200
My VT200mk2 stopped John Denver during an immense crescendo with a tube arc & an impressive white flash of blown resistor underneath -yes that smell is quite pungent - AR do fireproof their resistors. The 6550s were about 1200 hrs in but I rep...