seadweller
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| Any Opera Consonance M15 owners out there? Did you happen to listen to the M12 while you were there? I read the review on Soundstage that likens them to the Altec 19. I wonder if the M12 sound is similar to the M15, with perhaps the M15 sounding "bigger" due to the 15" woofer.The Soundstag... | |
| CES / THE Show Tvad, unfortunately, I didn't listen to the Acapalla system, but it's priced way out of my league unfortunately, as is the Avantgarde. Too bad Opera-Consonance didn't have their M-12 and M-15 there, as I was dying to give them a listen. | |
| Question about Druids Six months to break a speaker in? I think it's the users ears that are being "broken in"....My position on this has always been that the longer the "required break in period," the more of a chance that the owner will become accustomed to the sound... | |
| Second round of auditions under my belt Goatwuss, you are indeed correct, it truly is hard finding an excellent pair of speakers, particularly if you're not in the mood to spend $20K.I've now listened to around 10 conventional designs, ranging in price from $2K to around $8K, and none p... | |
| Second round of auditions under my belt I agree 100% that room placment and associated equipment have a huge impact, however I have two comments:1. You would hope that a dealer would do his best to make sure systems are reasonably well matched, and that speakers are placed to maximize t... | |
| Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby? Stanely Clarke - Working in an early warehouse concept store (Standard Sales) when I was 16, they had a small room off the main showroom floor with stereo equipment. I was always deeply into music, but not hi-fi at the time.I was helping the sales... | |
| Mainstream reviews-why so few? I thought for years that high-end audio as a hobby was dieing a slow, painful death. I entered the hobby 28 years ago working at a place called Standard Sales, where they had what was considered a high-end audio room. I was a kid working in the ... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing Thanks.......I just came upon them accidently, while searching the net for dealers in the area......Never heard of them, but I'm going to swing by on Saturday..... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing I'm very interested to hear more about the La Scalas. My only fear is that a "vintage" horn system (even though it's offered as a current model) might not provide sufficient detail, although I have read that the midrange in the La Scala is out-of-... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing By the way, a couple things I will do:1. I will audition the new Von Schweikert designs2. I'd like to audition the Gallo Ref 3.1, just for curiosity sake, given the amount of good press and customer reviews they have received | |
| First round of auditions disappointing Thanks everyone.......Boa2 - You hit the nail on the head with your comment that box speakers "sound too sequestered with respect to conveying the sparkle and energy of the event." That's what I'm looking for, the sparkle and energy of the event. ... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing Thanks again for putting up with my inquiries everyone!Tvad - I'll look into home auditions, but you're right, it's not easy shipping 100+ lb. containers back and forth. Perhaps there are some local A'goner's that would accommodate.Boa2 - Amp is a... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing I had the first generation VR-4's, so it's quite likely that Von Schweikert's new designs are quite different than mine, which was some 10 years old. Even the VR-4.5 was supposed to have been a marked improvement over the VR-4, and it came less th... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing Fair questions, which I'll be happy to answer if it will help narrow things:Room Size: Approximately 14 x 20 (shorter than I thought)Amplifier: 250wpc solid stateMusic: From Bach to Prong, mostly jazzSize Res.: None within reason, floorstander pre... | |
| First round of auditions disappointing I agree that the only way to best determine whether a speaker will work for an individual, is for that individual to get the speaker in their own environment. Unfortunately, it's not very practical.At this point, I'm trying to determine the genera... |