kevinzoe

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Jazz for aficionados
Best jazz album is too hard to nail down . . .But, anyone else really dig the song 'Birdland' by Weather Report? It's got a groove that just hooks you in ! 
weakest link? what would you upgrade?
Hi Bill - any progress on your DIY acoustical treatments? I have built quite a few and could share my learnings if you were interested. (You can see some of them in my System page or read about them in my blog responses.)As far as education on wha... 
What, if any, component to upgrade? Advice?
Simao - Let me throw you a curve ball . . . all your current gear will sound better with acoustical room treatments! Best darn upgrade you can make. It isn't a bright shiny new toy like an amp or whatever but it can be used to widen soundstage, at... 
Any Jazz Performances on Blu Ray?
Thanks guys. 
Low Cost Accoustic Diffusor and Treatments
I can only comment from my years of trial and error. But here are some ideas in no particular order:* DIY is always less expensive (save for your time) and allows you to engineer it just right for your room and it's unique constraints.* polyfusers... 
Why my left speaker sounds louder then my right
+1 for the likelihood of an asymmetrical setup and different first reflection path lengths for each speaker. Try increasing the toe in of the speakers at least temporarily to help reduce the amount of 1st side wall reflections. If more toe in = le... 
Best one-chasis CD/SACD player under $15 000?
Have you considered a moderate player (e.g. The newest Oppo) that outputs USB into a killer DAC of your chosing instead of a single CD/SACS player? Or are you looking for a player that accepts asynchronous USB digital inputs or better yet FireWire... 
Any Jazz Performances on Blu Ray?
What website sources are you using to find your Blu-Ray jazz music/videos? 
Room acoustics
Just an idea but can you rotate your system and furnishings 45 degrees so that your speakers straddle the corner? While their outer edges may still be 2 feet close to the nearest wall, their inner edges will be further away, plus now you have the ... 
Ceiling diffusion
Ore layer,You mention ahaving a flutter echo problem. If you have a carpeted floor between the speakers and listening chair, then the flutter echoes may not be ceiling related. Do you have a carpet?Personally, I have ceiling diffusion from the fro... 
Does anyone make a 1'x1' or a 2'x3' diffusor?
Hi Krell_man,I second the DIY route for your Skyline made from wood and stained the way you want. Here's the best Skyline calculator that I could find that mimics RPG's patent:http://www.oliverprime.com/prd/?show=calculatorIf you use 1.5" * 1.5" b... 
Absorb or Diffuse in between speakers?
Barfbag (interesting name),As with most things there are so many variables at play and we don't know your desired end goals. You've heard that the following things matter:* type of speaker* current room's "aliveness" or "deadness" (ie. reverb time... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
I would like to express my sincere thanks to Paul for starting this thread which connected me to George and the Loghtspeed. I hope he knows in some kind of way how many lives he touched just here on Audiogon. Your contributions and insights will b... 
Room treatments - GIK Vs Acoustimac
Glad my it'd bits of "advice" were helpful.For the ceiling, and given your druthers for great imaging, I would be inclined you try 6" thick absorption with a few inches of an air space given you have the vertical space to spare.Do you have a windo... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Hi all,As a Lightspeed customer I came across someone saying that when it comes to nonlinear distortion in the audio range, LDR's are pretty dirty. I know that there is no perfect product, but would someone care to explain and validate this assert...