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| How did "Oh Mercy" end up sounding so great? One of the things that I found really fascinating about that video (link earlier in this thread) interview with Daniel Lanois is that "Oh Mercy" was recorded in a way that Dylan wasn't used to working. He just sat with Dylan and recorded him playi... | |
| Reference 3A line updated Catama,On a very different note (no pun intended) I was listening to my De Capo's a couple of nights ago and had Sade's "Promise" on the turntable. It was glorious.. I'd never experienced such a sense of a coherent performance on that album. Very ... | |
| Reference 3A line updated Just heard from Ref 3A that it'll be a few weeks before the tweeters can be shipped because their tweeter supplier is behind schedule and they Ref 3A needs to get new speaker stock to their distributors first. So, good things come to those who wai... | |
| Reference 3A line updated Catama,I think I am. Just need to remove the old tweeters and solder in the new ones. Ref 3A even provides the solder. I'll report back on how hard or trivial a job it is.I know what you mean about the De Capo's. I'm regularly struck by how they k... | |
| Reference 3A line updated They cut me a bit of a deal because my speakers are so new I bought them only a couple of months before the new line came out. Let's just say "very reasonable" and "you could easily spend more on a fancy power cord." :-)For the heck of it, why n... | |
| Reference 3A line updated Agisthos:I'd really like to see that new finish in person. When my De Capo's have the new tweets, they'll be up to current spec except for the Nextel finish. | |
| Reference 3A line updated So, I ordered the replacement, Beryllium tweeters from Reference 3A (birthday present to myself). Once I have them installed in my De Capo's, I'll report back. | |
| Reference 3A line updated Catama,I was in touch with Tash at Reference 3A earlier in the week and it turns out that upgrade parts (like the new, beryllium tweeter) are available to end-users to upgrade their speakers. So all is not lost if you decide to go the upgrade rout... | |
| HELP Best speakers btw 1000$ and 3000$. Real tests Sinae,If you look at the Reference 3A site, the line is described as "phase coherent," and the baffles are raked (and the tweeters offset) to allow for time alignment of the drivers. Whether the Reference 3A line is more phase and time coherent th... | |
| HELP Best speakers btw 1000$ and 3000$. Real tests Sinae,With the caveat that people in threads like this will tend, naturally, to recommend what they own or have owned, if you're interested in the coherence of time/phase aligned speakers, look into either the Reference 3A Dulcet or De Capo. Used,... | |
| Crappy sounding "audiophile" LP's? Probably the trumpet on "Promenade?" | |
| How did "Oh Mercy" end up sounding so great? Onhwy61,Thanks for that video link... it was great. He's a very intense, intelligent person, for sure.I smiled when he said, "I made a high fidelity record and I stand by it!" | |
| Help me discover some new music... Toddnkaya,I don't use either of those services but I just downloaded and installed Spotify on my MacBook Pro, so I'll check it out. Thanks for the reminder. | |
| Reference 3A line updated I wonder what that finish looks like in person. If it absorbs light the way it's supposed to, then it may not be so easy to photograph. Maybe the photos don't do it justice. | |
| Donald Fagen-Sunken Condos Really interesting article, thanks for posting the link, Onhwy61!Okay, so what I now know is that Sunken Condos sounds all closed in, muffled and dry because that's the sound they were going for. Which mystifies me completely, but there you go. |