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1: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: 'Tokyo Vice' on HBO Max (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2022-05-02, 09:35:07 (173.172.152.141)
I enjoyed the Tokyo setting and found the show well balanced between characters, subplots and action. You may also enjoy Drive My Car, a long, quiet film set in and around Hiroshima. It shows the city .......
2: General Asylum, RE: AudioGon vs Ebay vs US AudioMart vs AA (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2020-05-04, 16:54:06 (70.119.85.89)
Audiomart is largely free, so I list there first. If it doesn't do the job, then audiogon. I have also seen plenty of ads for the same unit at both; often the audio mart is listed for less. Audiogon s .......
3: Speaker Asylum, RE: Adding passiv radiators to sealed box (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2017-10-25, 18:53:49 (70.119.85.89)
Maybe consider isobaric .......
4: Speaker Asylum, Custom covers is an option... (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2017-02-09, 16:24:25 (97.99.203.13)
n/t .......
5: General Asylum, When you really want it done, call Renee Fleming (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2017-02-07, 18:04:53 (97.99.203.13)
n/t .......
6: General Asylum, Wow! That is just the worst. (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-12-14, 17:44:50 (97.99.203.13)
thanks for sharing. .......
7: Critic's Corner, RE: MQA hype, will this kill the industry? An observation from a consumer (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-11-03, 16:40:23 (97.99.203.13)
A) I heard the RMAF MQA comparison to the same high resolution track with consumer education centered around time correction. The MQA was way better, and I mean like almost too large of a difference. .......
8: Speaker Asylum, RE: Sanders Sound system (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-11-01, 16:22:26 (97.99.203.13)
They are great for someone who wants full range electrostatic speakers but has limited space, and to a lesser degree a smaller budget. I think he did a great job with the driver integration, better th .......
9: Vinyl Asylum, Sorry for your loss. Nice looking cat. (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-10-02, 20:49:36 (97.99.203.13)
My cats also spend time with warm electronics. .......
10: Speaker Asylum, RE: What speakers would you use in your restaurant? (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-08-26, 16:00:26 (97.99.203.13)
The implementation of speakers and acoustics is a way bigger deal than brands and models. For example one can have delay problems between separated speakers that can sound bad depending on where the l .......
11: Speaker Asylum, RE: New Reference 3A Monitor... (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-08-04, 17:55:43 (97.99.203.13)
I heard them along with the Taksim at Axpona 2016, with Merrill Audio. The Reflectors obviously had less cabinet talk than the Taksim. Opposite to my expectations, they also were more enveloping. The .......
12: Vinyl Asylum, Record Genie (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-07-26, 19:38:34 (97.99.203.13)
Has anyone tried this company? Their website indicates they are relatively organized. I have looked at a couple others. May be a good option for myself as I have a small collection and am not interest .......
13: Speaker Asylum, RE: Raidho D1 (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-07-23, 11:04:20 (97.99.203.13)
Lars Kristensen generally advocates a widely splayed setup, treating only points of echo and diffusing at point of first reflection. He's not one for absorption. You are going to have room mode proble .......
14: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Another LACK question (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-07-20, 20:30:44 (97.99.203.13)
The lack is pretty light and fairly rigid. If I remember correctly Ken Lyons reported advantages in dissipation, which should mean low internal friction. I do not know for sure. It behaves differently .......
15: General Asylum, I hung my head (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-07-14, 18:30:26 (97.99.203.13)
A more country version of a country placed song. (I am not a fan of Sting). .......
16: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: egg carton room treatment (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-07-10, 17:05:14 (97.99.203.13)
An egg carton is going to absorb little, only at limited HF bandwidth. (Acoustic materials are tested for absorption coefficients/"efficacy" at set frequencies). Because its well depths are uniform it .......
17: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Brass vs steel vs Ebony (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-07-09, 13:22:43 (97.99.203.13)
I agree about the increased damping of wood and lower resonance frequency, but I question the "coupling" effect of metal spikes. In to a wood floor, anyways, the acoustic impedance mismatch will resul .......
18: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Anton Yelchin (Chekov in the "Star Trek" reboots) dead at 27 (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-06-20, 18:08:28 (97.99.203.13)
I also saw and remember him better from Alpha Dog, which is in a genre 180 degrees from Star Trek. Sad news. .......
19: Vinyl Asylum, funny (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-06-18, 12:19:34 (97.99.203.13)
Thanks for the link. The old lady grabbing and eating the pizza is insane! I worked a lot of retail in my teens including video and CD stores. Part of the "attitude" comes from a job that is largely j .......
20: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Avantgarde (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-06-12, 15:15:49 (97.99.203.13)
Audio Pathways supplies US dealers including Suncoast and place in La Jolla is my understanding. In your defense, it is not easy info to find. .......
21: Speaker Asylum, RE: T.H.E. Show Speaker report, and excess opinionated rants (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-06-10, 16:00:54 (97.99.203.13)
JBL usually brings K2s and Everests to shows. Both really are horn speakers using compression drivers. .......
22: Speaker Asylum, They are what you give as gift speakers (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-05-24, 10:12:40 (71.123.214.130)
A good bookshelf, which has built-in limted expectations, is not hard to make and the field jam packed with decent ones. My point is that one will still get more by spending more, and audiophiles visi .......
23: Speaker Asylum, RE: Ryan Tempus III, Devore Gibbon X, JM Reynaud Concorde Supreme or Aerial 20T (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-05-15, 15:25:42 (97.99.203.13)
I only know Ryan and Devore. The latter will give you better amplification choices. When I head the X at a show again and again it sounded puny and distant. May be there was a problem in the setup. Th .......
24: Critic's Corner, RE: "Act Now: Convert To Digital!" (Stereophile) (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-05-07, 07:33:50 (97.99.203.13)
Although I enjoy going through the print magazine more, I personally have a digital subscription because its more ecological and I do not like owning stuff like piles of magazines. I get only Stereoph .......
25: Speaker Asylum, Did B&W leave the segment? (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-22, 14:29:34 (66.25.32.239)
I own a pair of DM302 and definitely would not trade them for the inexpensive Pioneer or elac speakers. I guess B&W's entry point is ~$500 (600 series) and they left the sub 500 dollar bookshelf marke .......
26: Speaker Asylum, RE: "Not much detail" (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-22, 14:00:12 (66.25.32.239)
I was above the driver axis in that large room and it sounded flat. No complaints from me. I reckon it rolled off at 50-60Hz, steeply of course. I recall it sounding too bright closer to on-axis in a .......
27: Speaker Asylum, RE: "Not much detail" (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-22, 12:38:12 (71.123.214.130)
I could be a tipped up HF guy, but what I meant wasn't tonal balance, but specifically in contrast to the more detailed sound of the KEF reference 1. .......
28: Speaker Asylum, Yes (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-22, 11:34:18 (71.123.214.130)
KEF had them at axpona again. I'm not a monitor guy, but open and full sounding monitors with present but not overly amibitious "bass" is great at that price. Not much detail, though. Enticing for sec .......
29: General Asylum, RE: Best Super Bowl show ever/Purlple Rain vid (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-21, 20:19:56 (66.25.32.239)
I have verbalized that exact opinion to others in the past. The only really good halftime show I have ever seen. Here is a link to a very cool extended version of "Purple Rain". It was up along time b .......
30: General Asylum, RE: My 2016 Axpona Report (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-20, 19:40:47 (66.25.32.239)
Compared to other speakers Duke's AudioKinesis "Bienville Suite" system was particularly refined in dispersing sound in the room. Very relaxing. I was super in to Avantgarde Uno XD. So fast, so artic .......
31: General Asylum, RE: Room Correction for dummies? (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-04-19, 09:24:49 (50.95.189.216)
Google room eq wizard. Supporting equipment will cost a couple, maybe few hundred. Will measure but won't correct. Not sure if correcting in dsp doesn't come with an audible penalty anyways. ::: TOPIC .......
32: General Asylum, RE: How to calibrate/measure room acoustics (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-02-23, 18:54:20 (66.25.32.239)
Room EQ Wizard is donation priced measurement software. There are youtube videos of audio convention lectures than can a be a good primer. Cardas golden ratio was recommended by my speaker maker. Dead .......
33: Speaker Asylum, RE: Phase Response Effects. . . what? (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2016-02-07, 13:09:38 (66.25.32.239)
I have heard two demonstration systems, one with DEQX and Magnepan and the other was something related to Music Vault using Harbeth. Switching the correction on/off was a big deal, more so (not surpri .......
34: Whiner's Woad, Loosely reminds me of a film (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-10-21, 10:23:34 (66.25.32.239)
nt .......
35: General Asylum, RE: RMAF 2015 (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-10-06, 11:20:05 (66.25.32.239)
I agree, Wilson Alexias were in good room with D'Agostino. I have heard this before at a local dealer; they are great. I came to a tentative conclusion that the rooms themselves were dead sounding. S .......
36: General Asylum, Audiokinesis (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-09-28, 18:32:24 (66.25.32.239)
The Prisma has the placement option and sensitivity you seek. .......
37: Vinyl Asylum, Appreciate the helpful replies (n/t) (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-09-25, 13:30:43 (70.119.252.254)
oh, Hi. .......
38: Vinyl Asylum, High Cartridge QC (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-09-15, 15:07:33 (70.119.252.254)
For a thousand dollars or less, is there a cartridge make/model that has good quality control? Or particularly bad QC? I am a vinyl novice with a tonearm that has no azimuth adjustment. Thank you. :: .......
39: General Asylum, Axpona (2014?) (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-09-13, 10:35:38 (70.119.252.254)
In a large room Essential had the Majestic along with a Kumza TT. There was no dump in the sound from sitting too far away or toward the side. I can only imagine how this more controlled room sounds. .......
40: Vinyl Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-09-04, 12:21:11 (70.119.252.254)
Could also still order Andrew Jones' Pioneer speakers. For a girlfriend, my bet would be to skip a separate phono stage and buy a integrated amp or receiver with one in it. The simpler, the better. I .......
41: Films/DVD Asylum, Hard to Be a God (2013) - top tier film on Netflix (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-08-30, 20:24:55 (70.119.252.254)
I have read some reviews that are positive relating to its originality and the way the film was shot. It is a sci-fi movie shot like a documentary, kind of like you are the cameraman with a limited, u .......
42: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Seeing a movie many times (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-08-30, 19:47:59 (70.119.252.254)
I attribute reasonable play time, perfect scenes and I guess relatable tone to movies I watch a lot. Maybe movies without a lot of fluctuation in tension. I really like Night of the Living Dead and O .......
43: Speaker Asylum, RE: My Dear Friend, Bobby Palkovich (Merlin Music Systems) - Rest In Peace (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-08-25, 17:25:43 (70.119.252.254)
I met him only once at a show, but it was great to listen to him opine about audio and take pride in his intriguing speakers. He was considering doing a subwoofer but exclaimed his VSMs didn't need on .......
44: Inmate Systems, X1992's Reconstruction era (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-08-19, 16:43:28 (70.119.252.254)
X1992 's Reconstruction era System
IP Address: 70.119.252.254
Last Update: August 19, 2015 at 16:43:28
Amplifier: Classe 70
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Lamm L1
Speakers: H .......
45: General Asylum, RE: Before giving up on the big room ... (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-08-18, 18:02:05 (70.119.252.254)
This calculator can give an idea but may not represent the reality of the room. It may be more meaningful to do a comparison between rooms to get a better idea. Audible frequencies are divided in to f .......
46: General Asylum, Oh, no...crystals (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-08-16, 12:22:24 (70.119.252.254)
I thought about the operation of horn speakers, but then MRI ws mentioned ,which can only lead to quantum physics, then worse, "crystals". .......
47: General Asylum, RE: What does it take to get the harmonics right? (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-05-31, 09:59:02 (70.119.209.238)
Minimizing harmonic distortion and intermodulation distortion goes to preserve harmonics. That is within the whole chain and largely with speakers. Electrostatic speakers have little harmonic distorti .......
48: General Asylum, RE: Boston Globe article on the vinyl revival. (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-05-29, 15:07:57 (70.119.209.238)
My girlfriend's friend bought a record player at an estate sale while she was visiting. I asked why. She shrugged her shoulders. Its fun, kind of nostalgic. Good news but in a way too bad that audioph .......
49: General Asylum, "Try it - you may like it. " (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-05-26, 15:17:22 (70.119.209.238)
I tried it at Axpona and couple other times; thought it was awesome. They have some more comfortable competitors, but I thought only Stax for more than twice the price sounds as good. Tempting purchas .......
50: General Asylum, RE: How much more for lights and magic..... ? (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-05-26, 14:56:42 (70.119.209.238)
Could use that room to investigate the death of Laura Palmer. .......
51: General Asylum, RE: Biggest price-shock reviews (0.00)
Posted by X1992 on 2015-05-03, 19:33:18 (70.119.209.238)
Linn CD12 at $ 20,000 in 1999 came to my mind first. .......
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