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04-19-08
Perhaps the question can be rephrased, for example: "w ... Mrtennis
04-19-08
Mrtennis, quad esls are good, but having owned them thirty y ... Tbg
04-20-08
The question is fine, it basically asks what the best speake ... Mtkhl567
04-22-08
I don't know if it was the room, the source material, or the ... Kbamhi
05-10-08
Hqd, the hartley-quad decca set-up mark levinson put togethe ... Rpeluso
05-12-08
B&w nautilus (snail). Gvatchna
05-12-08
Yes,i heard the hqd at lyric,and at a lucky friend's home,ba ... Sirspeedy
05-13-08
Definetly my own diy`s ;p Palerider
05-13-08
Mark...i agree with your assessment of sid's system. rick ( ... Rwd
05-13-08
Hey rick,how are you? actually sid made some significant ... Sirspeedy
05-13-08
Sir speedy, would you say that sid's system is "tuned ... Fcrowder
05-13-08
I have not heard a speaker that is more accurate, better sou ... Zenblaster
05-13-08: Sirspeedy
Fcrowder,I realize that my comments "must" be taken with a grain of salt,but "this" set-up at Sid Marks' home has gone far beyond anything I have heard!And I have heard alot!Over a span of 40 years in the hobby.I've heard Sid's stuff for the last thirty years.NOT close to this past weekend!!
That being said(I also owned Sid's speaker at one time,but could not match his AMAZING transformation in allowing "music" to blossom in such a thrilling and realistic way.Amazing really,as I have been privy to the Huge Nola Grand Ref/ASR stuff,and though stunning,it did not get me as involved as this highly tweaked out set-up owned by the "absolute master" of LP reproduction!.......AND he has an LP collection to REALLY die for!!!!
NO,the system sounds absolutely amazing(you simply have to take my word on this,or not)on any LP!!We heard loads of Shaded Dogs/Deccas and you name it.
First off,the room is fabulous,even though not very large.
The table/arm/cartridge is extremely well set up.At first I was not pleased to see Sid get rid of the fabulous(under statement)Air Tangent arm.Yet,the new 12.6(soon to be a 12.7)VPI/Titan-i has "finally" been set up scrutinizingly...by Richard Foster(another vinyl maven).....
THAT alone made a big difference from my last session,but Sid got a new(not expensive)cable,from pre to phonostage which simply was the icing on the cake.It is not even on the market yet,but his neighbor is the designer,and uses Sid's set-up to develop product.Along with new tubes,and a new mod by CJ there is seldom this degree of change there,but who knew I'd be THAT impressed...
To make sure I was not nuts,we went over to another friend owning the new fabulous Magico Minis(I love his system too).Sid "still" ruled the day!!Actually "The decade"!!
Stuff STILL to come(at chez Marks)is new teflon caps in all front end stuff,along with new CJ big mono blocks.I HOPE this actually is an improvement,as I cannot see it getting much better than this!
What can I say,aside from warning him that he can easily lose "this" magic if he gets too carefree with new additions.
Sometimes when you hit it BIG,you should know it,and maybe stop fotzing around!!
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05-13-08
Sirspeedy, you are correct in warning him that the magic cou ... Carlos269
05-29-08
Sirspeedy, you really are a lucky guy.... i would love to ... Stiltskin
05-29-08
Stilty,actually you seem to be pretty lucky too.i've seen yo ... Sirspeedy
05-31-08
My choice is vmps rm40 :) Audioism
06-02-08
I believe by far the best speaker ever are the sonus faber a ... Kitson44
06-04-08
Esp grand concert si's driven by wavestream kinetics v-8 mon ... Darkmoebius
06-04-08
The best hifi i’ve heard in a long time author: brettg [19-0 ... Jasonparmenter
06-04-08
You mean these fatboys ? here's the actual tone magazine ... Darkmoebius
06-09-08
Darkmoebius, i heard that system with esp speakers at the la ... Outlier
06-10-08
Without any doubt quadral titan transmission line 130kg each ... Thermonicavenger
06-18-08
The new von schweikert unifield three speakers are simply mi ... Varsharun
06-25-08
This is an absolutely impossible question to answer without ... Klama2006
06-26-08
My new 3 way front loaded corner horn with 8 -15in drivers, ... Johnk
06-26-08
Skull: www.rockporttechnologies.com Jfz
07-01-08
Focal (jm lab) has a new speaker due august 1st 2008, that i ... Hansonaudio
07-01-08
Hansonaudio, can you share what kind of music you were audit ... Mtkhl567
07-01-08
Gradient helsinki 1.5s Kana813
07-03-08
Years ago i heard a fulton j monitor.....i always thought it ... Wavetrader
07-11-08
William f. buckley... Timmo812
08-07-08
My klipsch lascala's:) in my sound room:) i have owned many ... Nrgy22
08-11-08
I would go with the paradigm s8. oh my goodness what a sound ... Samaba
08-14-08
No question, the mbl 101s once on display in phoenix. i thot ... N7369p
08-18-08
Mostly used in recording studios. very rare -- almost imposs ... Jburidan
08-18-08
N7369p, i totally agree with you, those mbl's beat everythin ... Pedrillo
08-19-08
other speakers will do this. atc for sure, but also many ot ... Shadorne
08-19-08
Coincident pure reference Montejay
08-20-08
Montejay, surely the redhead at the ces 2008 show inviting y ... Mtkhl567
08-20-08
I guess the best speaker i ever heard was way back in the 19 ... Jat3
08-21-08
I'd match my watson-labs mk 10 speakers with anything. 17-22 ... Alec124c41
08-21-08
Alec124c41, you're the first person i've run into also with ... Essentialaudio
08-23-08
With the diversity of opinions so far expressed, it is obvio ... Mrtennis
08-23-08
Alec, long ago i owned the watson labs. i sold them to a guy ... Tbg
08-24-08
Mr tennis, obviously you didn't read the title of this threa ... Mtkhl567
08-24-08
norm, that is a crying shame. i suppose we all have our own ... Mikelavigne
08-24-08
Mtkhl567, don't worry about mrt. he has the compulsion to pl ... Detlof
08-24-08
Detlof, i'm totally with you that there is no speaker system ... Mtkhl567
08-24-08
Detlof, i agree that 'live' music can humble reproduced musi ... Mikelavigne
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