stuartk
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| Guess who has new speakers in their lab? Let's see... Jay, of all people, acquires more, really expensive audio toys. What a surprise! Apparently, we're supposed to get REALLY excited about this. Why? For no reason other than it's Jay, apparently. No harm in being a fanboy, I guess.... | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @tonywinga Thanks. | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @tonywinga Thanks for going into detail. You provide percentages for contribution of room, electronics and cables. What percentage would you guess is associated with power conditioning? @nonoise Good to know. | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @tonywinga Yes -- I understood that much. ;o) What I was hoping, given you knowledge, was that you might be able to make some suggestions re: brands/models/designs/topology or specs. Or is this too system/room dependent??? | |
| Anybody have Experience with Alta Audio Alyssa Speaker @tjraubacher So, what's next in your search??? Are you lucky enough to live near to a Joseph dealer who has Pulsars in stock? I'm not ;o\ I contacted Joseph and was told they have no dealers in N. CA ! | |
| Anybody have Experience with Alta Audio Alyssa Speaker @csmgolf It sounded like the midrange driver did not correctly meet the tweeter making vocals seem recessed / distant / veiled. There was a suckout that just didn't work for me. The Stereophile measurements of the Alyssa not only show the sucko... | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @liquidsound This is a particularly interesting subject for me, since I have been experiencing sibilance in one form or another with my last two sets of speakers. I empathize with your scenario. Sibilance sucks. I'm also in search of a soluti... | |
| Dickie Betts died earlier today at 80 years of age I recall an interview in which he said "my sh*t is so simple, anyone could play it". Such humility from a guy who was able to convincingly share guitar duties with Skydog! No small feat! I’ve always regarded his solo on Stormy Monday as a masterf... | |
| A good cd transport for my Chord HugoTT2 DAC with Chord M-Scaler I went from 260D to Jay's cdt2mklll. I don't know whether this is technically accurate way to describe the difference I heard but it sounded like the Jay's simply gleaned more data from the disc. The difference was not subtle. I'd be sorely te... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @daledeee1 Have you heard Ripe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QpoQRIVTtA | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @botrytis I have heard silk domes, aluminum domes, beryllium domes that had sibilance and also others that had no sibilance. It is based on how good the speaker designer is. For this reason,when I can afford to upgrade speakers, I will only b... | |
| Am I right for this forum? @snilf Simple question: how often, when listening to music, are you distracted by thoughts about the sound of your system -- especially thoughts tinged with dissatisfaction? If you really are a "pure" music lover, who doesn’t fixate on sonics, ... | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @erik_squires I made the mistake early on of pairing B&W's with Rotel and Creek on the basis of a showroom demo. Once I set up this system at home, my ears found it quite painful. Important lesson! | |
| ribbons vs domes and sibilance @audphile1 Sent you PM in reply to your first question. I intend to demo other speakers when my budget allows, starting with Fritz Carbon7SE’s. RE: amplification: The SR17 is fairly efficient (nominally 90.5 dB/watt @ 8 ohms), but more impor... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister Jazz is way more powerful than we may think because it can transform any piece of music in something different and not less beautiful, proving to us that music is more than the sums of his parts. Beautifully said! |