learsfool
Responses from learsfool
| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? Personally, I have yet to hear a sub that sounds anything like live, unamplified acoustic music. For me, they are for movies or electronically produced music. | |
| Why not horns? Unsound, you are definitely mistaken - many, if not most of the greatest symphonic recordings of the "golden age" were monitored with horns. To name the most famous example, the Mercury people most often used Altec A7's, driven by MacIntosh electr... | |
| best recordings for a sense of scale Oscar Peterson 6 at Montreux, for a nice jazz record on Pablo label. I could name many classical and opera selections, but you said you were uninterested. | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? Musicnoise, just saw your post here - I would say you are absolutely right. When I mentioned decibel levels of 120 in a concert hall, I am thinking more along the lines of pops concerts where we are playing just as loudly as in Tchaik 6 AND there ... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? As Almarg points out, if one listens mostly to classical or other types of acoustic music, the decibel level will be constantly changing, often over a very large range. Many audiophiles like to listen to their systems much louder than is actually ... | |
| What is Musicality? OK, I am again reminded of why I became a musician instead of a writer. Kijanki and Jax2, my statement "as professionals our much deeper knowledge of the music gives us much more pleasure in listening to a great performance" was not at all intende... | |
| What is Musicality? I was not going to enter into this discussion, and I am certainly not going to try to narrow down a definition of "musicality." Even the dictionary doesn't try to do that by the way, in most of them "musicality" is not even given a separate entry ... | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? Seems pretty simple to most of us, Orpheus - the speakers have by far the greatest effect on the sound of the system, along with their interaction with the room they are in. Even in these sorts of friendly arguments, I don't recall anyone trying t... | |
| Opinions please on a starter audiophile system? I agree with those who say the speakers should come first. If you don't like the sound of your speakers, you won't like the sound of your system, no matter how good the rest of it is. | |
| What is the Audiogon of music instruments? Speaking as a professional musician, one reason why is that no serious musician is going to buy an instrument online without trying it first. There might be a few exceptions, such as someone buying an older instrument with the idea of fixing it up... | |
| Problems w/ Nitty Gritty RCM? Gradys, I agree with Dopogue, in fact my cleaning regimen is mostly the same as his, though I use camel hair brushes mostly. I probably use a little more fluid than I need to - I am currently experimenting with using less and am not noticing a sig... | |
| Why not horns? I love horn speakers, and agree with just about everything said by those who like them on this thread. One thing is interesting to me though. A couple of posters mentioned that horns have to be perfectly set up and placed, and I am wondering why, ... | |
| Recommended Speaker for Triode Amp Kenny - you might try some of the smaller speakers in the Klipsch Heritage line - Cornwalls in the corners of that size room would work great. | |
| Blue Note reissues I have never had a problem with any Blue Note, Riverside, or Prestige releases that I have purchased. Perhaps the problem is with your source??? | |
| Best Recorded Vinyl Albums surprised no one has mentioned the Casino Royale soundtrack - that is usually included on lists of this type |