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| Wilson WP 7, ATC SCM150ASL, or Meadowlark BH-2 While I have not heard them side by side, I would take ATC active 100's in a second over Wilson. However, ATC 100's need to be played fairly loud to "come on song" - maybe 75 dB as a guess. They also have a smaller sweet spot as wide dispersion is... | |
| My frugal dream be merciless Dubzilla, Musical Fidelity A3 is an integrated that sold for about 1k new. Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio was selling them new for $800 when the A3.2 came out.M-F is somewhat boring sounding as compared to, say, Krell which has some real kick to it. ... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio Fun doesn't have to cost a lot of moneyI just picked up the Panasonic PM03 which is pictured at the top of the page. Gonna take it apart, maybe a new DAC and a Noble motorized volume pot.Office Max GPX S7095SIL has a really cool 2 piece CDP / powe... | |
| My frugal dream be merciless Try the older Musical Fidelity, not the newer A3.2 stuff. M-F actually had a class A integrated about 5 years ago. Also the older X series was $699 new from Audio Advisor. As Hi-Fi Choice said of the older M-F stuff, M-F doesn't excite on first li... | |
| $1130 system for a musician, please : Ascend Acoustics CBM-170 are $328 shipped. Very clear, dynamic and analytical. These speakers would cost $1,000+ if they had wood veneer and were sold by a brick and mortar dealer. Less harsh than pro studio monitors IMHO but they are still very p... | |
| Low watt system for rock,electronica? Coincident, Audio Note, Avante-Gard, Von Schweikert dB 100's.I have heard the first 2 and they do a good job on a couple of watts. Coincident / Atma-sphere (20 watt??) was awesome combo but it WAS NOT cheap. | |
| Comparing sound of cables v. wireless How does the radio sound to you vs. CD or vinyl played on the machine in your room? Vague soundstaging, unbalanced sound, missing detail, static, grainy sound, muddy bass are some of the shortcomings I have heard in radio transmitted sound. Can be... | |
| recommend a good computer and digital camera? Gunbei, I'm glad you and vinamese got things worked out. I don't want to be the cause of another internet "situation". Heck, I'm in those too often myself.I don't think the Mac will work because I am tied to software/ printer which only runs on Wi... | |
| recommend a good computer and digital camera? Thanks for all the responses. Yea, I've got to give the audio stuff a break for a while. Besides, my computer goes through 3) error messages before I get to windows. And the "return" key on my keyboard broke off two years ago. I just stuck a tootp... | |
| What items do you rarely ever see offered for sale Nu-Vista 300 power amp. Michael Fremer's reference amp. Or it was at one time. | |
| I made a pair of Voigt pipes and Sure, if the Virgo's woofers cross over at about 30hz. But I doubt they do. Stereophile said in their 1995 Virgo review:"So it's probable that the peakiness between 200hz and 300hz is due to some kind of internal standing wave phenonmenon."Maybe y... | |
| I made a pair of Voigt pipes and Sean, I think you're ready for the big time. I vote to kick out Sam Tellig and have "Sean's Space" instead.I would think adding wings would make a speaker sound more boxy. Maybe I'm wrong and have a lot of conflicting listening experiences but the... | |
| Audio Physic Virgo III compared to the SF Cremona Virgos are more neutral. Maybe a bit too analytical. The side fired bass drivers aren't as coherent as if they fired forward and can be a problem with room walls as well.Cremonas are voiced like a musical instrument and have some flavor of their o... | |
| Current Trends in multi thousand dollar speakers So the conclusion to this post is that most people haven't been educated to the sound of high-end audio? The uneducated listener will look for big bass and how loud it plays? Probably true.I may be a more educated listener now than 3 years ago whe... | |
| I made a pair of Voigt pipes and Interesting post Sean. |