jimmy2615
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| Favorite reviewer? This is easy. What other reviewer provides the reader with a reference (something you can measure all other reviews from the SAME reviewer by, not just hyperbole or salesmanship)?? He's been reviewing small monitor speakers for years, against a re... | |
| audiphile power cords Since there is no way to A/B different cords simultaneously, it is hard to tell if there is a big difference between them. Some people claim to be able to hear differences in listening tests that span a time (30 seconds, a minute?) between hearing... | |
| REL Gibralter G2 a good choice? Every proponent of REL always says they are musical. I've had REL Storm, B1, and newer R 'serie'. I've also had Velodyne FSR-12 and DD12. I have had a VMPS Larger sub. I have had JL E112. Movies? Velodyne or JL. Music? REL, absolutely. If you rese... | |
| Apartment Drama Bass (low bass) in an adjacent apartment can sound HUGE compared to your room. And, in your room, you could certainly have conversations while your bass was pumping out without noticing it. This happened to me once when I bought my first Velodyne ... | |
| KEF LS50 There's always a chance someone fabricates 'fake' products. If we all keep raving about the LS50s someone will surely try. My question is if the anniversary model is any different than the new model they have for sale? I listened to the anniversar... | |
| Can my MC275 power speakers with 91db sensitivity Thanks Al, I guess I won't be doing that anymore ! Elegal, regarding your last post, your description of what you are looking for is very well said, and coincidentally mirrors my own. I have only heard SF speakers in the stores (never at home), an... | |
| Can my MC275 power speakers with 91db sensitivity So, to be completely open kimono here, my experience that I refer to above is based on the following experiment. I would submit that this A/B test surpasses many in terms of relevance. That is, I speculate that many audiophiles compare memories of... | |
| Can my MC275 power speakers with 91db sensitivity Elegal, I am saying that they sound very much alike, in my experience. Which, you could argue supports Polk432's assertion that the Macs sound like SS (or, my SS amp sounds a lot like tubes !). My point, and I was not trying to beat up Polk432, an... | |
| Best sounding integrated between $1500-$3000 JRDG Concentra I has been selling used for $3,000 for the last ten years - note that its price has never gone down. For $3k this has always been my favorite. If you can find one! | |
| Can my MC275 power speakers with 91db sensitivity I should add, I realize that the OP has the latest model of the MC275. In which case I second what I said above - "tube amps sound like SS." Then why buy tubes when you can buy SS. By the way, I'm running a 'vintage' MC240 right now, and have had ... | |
| Can my MC275 power speakers with 91db sensitivity Polk432, the MC275 sounds more like solid state than tube? You mean that those Binghamton NY engineers from 1960 found how to make modern SS sound with tubes, only for modern tube amp manufacturers to go back to...tube sound? And in 1970 when McIn... | |
| KEF LS50 Need Help Sometimes when you are missing the lower octave (Bass), you unwittingly turn up the volume to compensate, and given that small monitor speakers such as this are putting out only the higher frequencies, it can seem like they are harsh. Get your sub... | |
| Kef LS50 vs. Emerald Physics CS3 mk2 I've heard both (the KEF LS50 and EP CS2.2?), but never together. My impressions are that the KEF is more dynamic, more energy in the transmission of sound, whereas the EP reminds me of the Magnepan 1.7 or 3.7, realistic, natural, refined. Both ar... | |
| Integrated amp for Wilson Audio Cub 2's You may want to try some great integrateds from the same time period as the Cubs, such as the YBA Passion or Rowland Concentra (if you can find them). | |
| Need multi-channel that's great on 2 channel Get a neutral MCh preamp like the Bel Canto Pre6 and a good MCh amp like the Cary Cinema 5 (I owned this combo at one time) or many other quality amps. I'm not sure that the A/V receivers built for 101 uses can compete with this sort of basic tech... |