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| What CDP gets really close to vinyl? thanks to everybody for the answers provided so far. it looks like in terms of equipment it might be worth looking into modwright. as for the quality of the actual source material, are there particular cd manufacturers that are audiophile-oriented... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K Gawdbless thanks for your suggestion. I haven't heard a single person criticize the KCS's, ever, which means they're really good. I have two extra-audio issues with them. First, I don't like their standard look (while many other speakers in this n... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K Hello fellows, I just had a chance to listen to a pair of beauhorn that a local gentleman owns. I first listened to them with his electronics ($65K worth of equipment..a nice audio note SET power amp and a battery powered preamp whose brand I don'... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K Folks thanks for the many suggestions. I notice a consensus around Tonian models. Also, Devore seem to be liked by most, together with the Silverline models. This looks like a pretty good set to explore. Too bad the local dealer only carries Devor... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K Tvad, don't get me wrong. I do listen to a lot of speakers, and local dealers know me well (and I am lucky enough to live in boston, which has pretty good dealers). all i am saying is that system integration is key, and room layout even more. it h... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K Tvad, you put way more weight to half-hour listening sessions in a hotel room than I do. In my experience, listening to a speaker in a hotel room with equipment that is very different from yours is not very informative. The beauty of audiogon fell... | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? I am sorry, atmasphere. I misinterpreted your post. Yes, I completely agree that designers ought to know about physics! | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? Atmasphere, i am not sold on the notion that audiophiles need to be good physicists or neural scientists to make progress with audio. as far as i am concerned, i much prefer making progress with audio by educating my ears to perceive dimensions ab... | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? "Sound waves are "real" in the material sense, but hearing is not. My teenager will be exposed to the same sound waves as I, but will he "hear" the same thing? How about a person from rural China?"Interesting, but I would argue that a machine that... | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? Sebrof, The race metaphor was used just to make the point that it makes sense to think about types of amplifiers despite the fact presence of strong systemic effects.Regarding your point about measurability, it's no doubt more difficult to measure... | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? Johnk, Here is a metaphor. A racing car can race and finish in the top three only if it has an engine, four wheels, and thousands of other parts. Now, I think it makes sense to ask whether it is more likely that a gasoline vs. a diesel vs. an elec... | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? Samujohn, I misinterpreted your original post. Excellent points...thanks for clarifying. | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? I would like to go back to Stanwal's point, which is an interesting one. Stanwal says that there are actual sound waves, but each of us HEARS different things. In my opinion, the personal experience of what we hear should be irrelevant to the disc... | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? I should have phrased my question better: I totally agree that system configuration is critical and that speakers are decisive. That said, I guess my question was the following: assuming a very well configured system, is there a type of amplificat... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" i bought a pair of HL-5 a couple of months ago, and my assessment is: they are close to perfection. The most natural speaker I've listened to. My view is that the goal of a speaker is to reproduce music in the most natural way possible, and this i... |