larryi
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| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Indeed we are a sucker market, I know this from having bought a luxury German vehicle. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report A few more comments about systems I heard at the show. First, one of the nicest and most helpful exhibitor at the show was the man running the VK Music room. He also had a very nice sounding system. The speakers consisted of a large acrylic hor... | |
| What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well? In that price range, the Charney speakers, particularly with 8" drivers (there are many options), are a screaming bargain. They are also extremely efficient and can be used with low-powered amps (the best sounding amps are low-powered, regardless... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report In addition to the DejaVu vintage system, the Charney system and the Gingko system I mentioned above, I heard/saw several other items of interest worth mentioning.For a conventional monitor speaker, I thought the Sonner speakers sounded quite nice... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report I enjoyed the show, even though I spent a lot of time feeling utterly lost by the confusing layout of the hotel and the unfathomable labeling of elevator buttons. Because of the very nature of show conditions--difficult acoustics, complete inabil... | |
| Speakers for First Watt SIT-1 amp Voxativ and Charney (with Voxativ driver) are among the better full range systems I've heard. The best full range driver I've heard is probably the old Jensen/ERPI M-10 field coil driver. But, even with this driver, I prefer the sound with a twe... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Congratulations on a successful trip. I like the approach of not fretting over hearing all of the alternative out there (an impossible task) and simply buying something that pushed all your buttons. Command is a great place to buy something; the... | |
| CDs Vs LPs I like modern classical recordings on digital media. I do think they tend to be well recorded and mastered and have a dynamic range that is decent, compared to recordings done in the past and offered on vinyl. But, that is not to say that they a... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers While you are at Command, don't overlook the Neat speakers and Devore. They may not have the more expensive Neat models in the shop, but, that brand is worth exploring.As to how to audition speakers, I suggest doing a lot of the listening at quit... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. I am not saying that these covers are better than the originals, but, I like them and they can stand on their own:1. Black Box Recorder: "Seasons in the Sun" 2. Prince: "Creep"3. Ryan Adams: "Wonderwall"4. Shonen Knife: "Top of the World"5. Roy Or... | |
| First Watt J2 I had a J2 in my system for two weeks (borrowed from a friend). It ran 99 db/w efficient system easily (I also don't play music that loudly). I thought it was a very good solid state amp. Unlike a lot of solid state gear, it did not sound lifel... | |
| Greenhorn question: Beware! The problem with parallel is that, even based on nominal impedance, you are looking a 2.4 ohms; much lower than that probably at minimum impedances; and what if minimums of the two speaker coincide? | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system I am a big fan of low-powered tube gear. While I wouldn't say that the First Watt amps sound like low-powered tube gear, I like their sound more than any other solid state amps I've heard. I don't think they sell any integrated amps, so you woul... | |
| A song murdered by someone. How do people react when a favorite is completely re-imaged as something else? How about this version of Stairway:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCYLbFxTpI | |
| A song murdered by someone. NPR use to have a regular, very short, program where the host looked for truly awful recordings. Some of them were collected and offered for sale on CDs (I don't know about current availability). I never got them, even though I am a connoisseur ... |