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1: Planar Speaker Asylum, This sub-thread is going to cost me money, isn't it? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-25, 07:56:52 (71.61.234.163)
Yes, I am running the LRS' full range, with a pre-out to a Martin Logan Depth. I use Peter Hurford's Bach recordings when I judge whether the sub is integrated. Low end is a bitch always. 12x17 room, .......
2: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: What crossover point do you use for your Magnepan 3.6R with a powered subwoofer? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-24, 12:57:12 (71.61.234.163)
I see you have LRS's. I've found too much above 50hz is muddy as well. There is 40hz content from an LRS. It's just about to fall off the earth, is all. I set my ML Depth at 55hz. Subs are tricky beas .......
3: Inmate Central, RE: My late brother (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-21, 16:09:34 (71.61.234.163)
My father-in-law was competitive. Had a mobile rig, with some HAM buddies. Would travel to various peaks on weekends, try to log some rare pickups. Later in life he was hired by some individual in the .......
4: General Asylum, RE: This is jindeed the case... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-14, 09:05:25 (71.61.234.163)
Get an Audiolab 8000a for the system matching across ~half a century. I have one of those integrateds. Capable. But 'tis a vintage piece, that's a fact. .......
5: Amp/Preamp Asylum, It's the world we live in (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-11, 09:31:55 (71.61.234.163)
All experts are cons. So says the con. Old story, too. Pied Piper syndrome. Baffling human tricks, explained! .......
6: Amp/Preamp Asylum, good description (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-08, 06:50:17 (71.61.234.163)
Dark, rich, full. Superb for revealing the chest voice. But, a bit rounded on the details. That is my 20+ year evaluation of the old vk-500. The company is essentially VK and his designs, so owning th .......
7: Amp/Preamp Asylum, tube preamp + Fosi is the way (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-07, 08:19:25 (71.61.234.163)
I'm using my recently refreshed BAT vk-3i. It's so quiet, the preamp is. I can hear some very slight hum with my ear against the panels of the magnepans. I have a very quiet room, and I can't hear it .......
8: General Asylum, Isn't FM a form of remastering? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-02, 09:29:23 (71.61.234.163)
FM imposes a sound across everything it broadcasts. I'm not a radio engineer but it seems like what one expect from an AI. It's not like anyone wants to hear a "new mix" except for freak show reasons. .......
9: Amp/Preamp Asylum, The consensus is clear (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-03-01, 05:30:02 (71.61.234.163)
"more detailed, transparency, crisper & deeper bass, treble was at least as clean." Everyone uses the same kind of descriptives. No one is using "bloom," "tube like" or "warm" or "rich" etc. I am attr .......
10: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Eyes and ears! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-29, 08:08:03 (71.61.234.163)
I had a 21-inch computer monitor in 1995. That thing lasted until 2010 ;) At first flat screens were no match for CRT's if you wanted flexible resolution and scanning rates. I still miss that old beas .......
11: Speaker Asylum, row K is OK for me (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-26, 15:15:47 (71.61.234.163)
. .......
12: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Price to hobby ratio of Fosi (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-25, 06:42:10 (71.61.234.163)
This little situation chi-fi has created is devilish. The external power brick. You only need one! Can amp-swap, and op-amp swap. It also occurs to me if you wanted to indulge your double-blind listen .......
13: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "Fun times for audiophiles on a budget." (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-25, 06:29:26 (71.61.234.163)
Also fun times for those of us realizing a 100-pound power amp is definitely no longer age-appropriate. I have to buy a wheeled dolly for my vk-500 or I'm gonna gift it to someone. "Gift" in quotatio .......
14: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Sparkos...it's all true. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-23, 12:53:42 (71.61.234.163)
I love it. The bewitching dark art of op-amp rolling on It's all true! I'm listening to Bach' cello suites (DG) that i know like the back -- ahem -- of my hand. Running the ML Depth from the preamp, .......
15: Amp/Preamp Asylum, "Watts are cheap" suddenly is very true! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-22, 16:11:54 (71.61.234.163)
I call them plenty good. Chi-Fi is the steal of the mid 2020's? Maybe. Running the Fosi v3 as a power amp fed by a nice preamp that costs xx times the Fosi is crazy. And the fact you only need to buy .......
16: Amp/Preamp Asylum, distortion 0.7 at one watt though (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-19, 05:28:56 (71.61.234.163)
Those Pass Amp Camp amps are ez but not very good. 0.7% distortion at 1 watt. The appeal of the Fosi lies in its vanishingly low distortion. In the second movement of Beethoven's piano sonata No. 31 ( .......
17: Amp/Preamp Asylum, heat works different tho (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-18, 12:28:33 (71.61.234.163)
And, at this design level, aren't we talking about cooling needs relative to a CPU or GPU, not a classic power transistor? I wonder if the TI chip itself is the heat-maker with the 48v vs the smaller .......
18: Amp/Preamp Asylum, none, by nature (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-17, 10:07:40 (71.61.234.163)
The efficiency of the amplification of the Fosi V3 is 70%. The temp difference between idle and playing is negligible. This is one of the counterintuitive things. I'm giving it (and the 48v psu) room .......
19: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Another vote for FOSI V3 (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-15, 09:09:25 (71.61.234.163)
If one has a pre-amp, that seems to be the best use. Then the pre outs do the sub business, leaving the Fosi alone. I don't want to ask this device that is as deep as a plastic fork to do anything mor .......
20: Amp/Preamp Asylum, are you using a preamp top feed it? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-14, 05:55:35 (71.61.234.163)
Are you using a preamp to feed it? I'm playing mine full volume, use the preamp to adjust volume. I'm using a Balanced Audio Technology vk-3i, which is what, 20x the price? I think we are hearing a co .......
21: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: TI house sound. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-10, 14:36:20 (71.61.234.163)
I'll accept ASR's basic measurements and the load problem seems to scarcely exist with a sturdy 4ohm loud. Magnepan loads are not complicated, just hard, if I understand it right. These amps invert s .......
22: Amp/Preamp Asylum, TI house sound. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-02-09, 09:13:40 (71.61.234.163)
OP mentions transparency, scary transparency. My Fosi V3 is still knocking my socks off. Clarity and transparency. Also really good stereo image (outside the speakers, a first!) and superb dynamic nua .......
23: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Too bad Jim W. isn't around (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-26, 11:55:49 (71.61.234.163)
If what we are saying is correct, this would have made a fine room at a CES show. It's devilish to think about the cost outlay here using Maggies, and the stable impedance seems to be a friend to the .......
24: Amp/Preamp Asylum, high sensitivity hmm (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-26, 08:43:06 (71.61.234.163)
myself and ejman are running 4 ohm maggies. with a preamp as the main driver, volume on the Fosi set to full. I introduced a second variable (the BAT preampp)so I can't sppeak with more than subjectiv .......
25: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Fosi V3 loves voltage (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-25, 15:41:15 (71.61.234.163)
It's out of stock on Amazon. I was taking a bit of an impulse buy on the V3 and did not know what to expect. I've not heard a workable class D amp before. Now I'm enthusiastic, because this is pretty .......
26: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Fosi V3 loves voltage (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-23, 13:43:32 (71.61.234.163)
My main listening is CD, a fully balanced Theta Miles into a BAT vk-3i preamp. SO that's a balanced source and preamp. I can keep the volume on the preamp at the customary 9 o'clockish and it is ripe .......
27: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Fosi V3? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-17, 14:14:33 (71.61.234.163)
Just need to add the pre of your choice. Likes a 4ohm load though. .......
28: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Low power = bad matches for CS2.4 (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-15, 07:37:54 (71.61.234.163)
This reminded me of why I never went for Thiels. At a dealer I heard an exquisite small-room setup that just was jaw dropping. I'm a clarity fiend, and this was such a soulful kind of clarity. But I f .......
29: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wretched excess from McIntosh (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-14, 07:16:39 (71.61.234.163)
I think Sam Tellig described McIntosh as "carriage trade" hifi. I've heard gear and shops and decided it was like Linn. A reputable badge! I never went shopping for a reputable badge. Closest I got wa .......
30: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wretched excess from McIntosh (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-14, 05:43:19 (71.61.234.163)
I do not get McIntosh except a friend told me all the rich kids' dads owned that brand back in the 70's and so if he had the money, and was buying a Hi Fi, he would go straight to McIntosh because it .......
31: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Very clear sounding. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-13, 13:12:13 (71.61.234.163)
Clarity, dynamic speed. More dynamic ease than I'm used to. 1) I can see where some might say this is totally too analytic sounding. I'm listening to Haydn's symphonies recording I am very familiar wi .......
32: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Too many variables to be objective. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-12, 12:31:03 (71.61.234.163)
Well, listening to the Fosi v3 right now. 48v power supply, but I also did a quick frequency sweep using the stock 32v. That's some weird power from a pocket book sized amp. Gear: Theta Miles, full .......
33: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I'm in -- just in time for a polar vortex (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-10, 15:20:50 (71.61.234.163)
My Balanced Audio technology vk-3i preamp is done at the shop. Ordered a V3, arriving Friday. The giant dual mono vk-500 is next in at the shop, but I'm gonna see how the V3 does. Got the 48v ps. It w .......
34: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 48 volt. nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-09, 16:02:39 (71.61.234.163)
That's my use scenario as well. .......
35: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 48 volt. nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-08, 11:52:23 (71.61.234.163)
It is not helping my willpower any the v3 can apparently drive small Maggies. LRS. Pre-out goes to a powered sub. And it's January. I listen to a lot of simple Bach and Haydn in dead winter. If the Fo .......
36: Amp/Preamp Asylum, power supply? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2024-01-08, 10:18:53 (71.61.234.163)
You using the Amazon stock 32v or the 42v power brick? .......
37: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The V3 is... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2023-12-31, 09:28:45 (71.61.234.163)
My BAT VK-500 is in the shop. I have a lovely up-to-spec Audiolab 8000a that handles my listening style just fine, and I am in the "yes please" category when it comes to the clarity of that amp. The B .......
38: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The V3 is... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2023-12-30, 08:36:04 (71.61.234.163)
That's my potential use case. Fosi makes a balanced input amp. I'd be using a BAT vk-3i My only reluctance is the power supply. Those bricks -- not always reliable? .......
39: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The V3 is... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2023-12-28, 07:38:02 (71.61.234.163)
I own maggies as well, but just the LRS's. Moderate listening levels is my preference, just need the clarity and ease to be there. The Fosi v3 w/ the 48v power brick is available, but not sure if via .......
40: Amp/Preamp Asylum, To Fosi or not to Fosi (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2023-12-28, 07:30:59 (71.61.234.163)
. .......
41: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Sizing Maggie's to room (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-10-29, 19:41:55 (71.61.234.163)
My room is 12x17 currently. I'm not confident how much larger I would want to go. I can imagine going smaller, so friendly are the LRS's. But larger? Depnds on what kind of levels this person wants. .......
42: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: something extremely funny happens when you are a LRS owner ,,, (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-10-29, 11:01:07 (71.61.234.163)
"I think these places just want a 60 year old Doctor to walk in and say " I know nothing about sound systems but I have three hundred grand to spend and I want you to set me up with something that sou .......
43: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: "...and you have a nice background music setup. " (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-08-14, 17:09:41 (71.61.234.163)
It really is about the space too. My previous listening set up was in a large open L-shaped space. I had mg12's but pined for 3.7s. Now it's a 12x17x9 room. The LRS's are admirable except at ears-rin .......
44: Planar Speaker Asylum, my 55w Audiolab 8000a is as fearless as a Dwarven axe! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-08-14, 16:53:51 (71.61.234.163)
I do find these *immediate* leaps about power interesting. The OP stated the size of the room. LRS sized, for sure. I would also share the judgement, that the listening distance is sensible with thes .......
45: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Is 50 Watts per channel enough for MG1-IMP? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-07-11, 09:50:54 (71.61.234.163)
Exactly. Why would one? There's more of what those kind of listeners want than what those going for the floor want. Some find distance reassuring. Scarcity behavior is different. It is almost like two .......
46: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Is 50 Watts per channel enough for MG1-IMP? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-07-10, 16:25:16 (71.61.234.163)
The OP listens ~80db. I listen ~72db. (50w is plenty for that level) These kinds of differences in personal "style" is the key. And, why an appeal to "the absolute sound" still doesn't clarify things .......
47: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Actually it does (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-06-05, 14:18:05 (71.61.234.163)
Ah, but you did not calculate the Magnepan gnomes. At night, after everyone, even Wendell, has gone home, the Magnepan gnomes come out from their little hidey holes with hammers and determination and .......
48: Digital Drive, RE: My experience (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-06-02, 17:11:27 (71.61.234.163)
It has a PWY prefix. Not sure of what models exactly. PD-95 is one player that had it. .......
49: Digital Drive, RE: My experience (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-05-30, 21:26:45 (71.61.234.163)
I am running my Theta Miles these days. That has the Pioneer Stable Platter transport. Nice tech! But there are two versions of that system. Pioneer's part# PEA1343 is the version in the Theta. It's .......
50: Planar Speaker Asylum, Liz Fair Exile in Guyville, "Explain it to me" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-04-18, 15:31:49 (71.61.234.163)
It is a great track to test sub smoothness and integration if using one, too. The end of the tune. You'll know what I'm talking about. .......
51: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: How do you set up Maggies with a Subwoofer? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-04-11, 18:42:49 (71.61.234.163)
Using LRS's and a ML Depth sub, run at line level, cut in around 55 hz. Overlap is real. I find it is 80% solved by setting sub volume lvl so it does not intrude, volume wise, enough. The sub will mer .......
52: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: LRS - poor man review (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-04-11, 10:21:16 (71.61.234.163)
You had me at "First I'd like to dispute all the comments that the LRS require gobs of power to come alive. I agree they need current, but I believe it's more of a quality over quantity issue." In my .......
53: Planar Speaker Asylum, You still have a body? ok lol (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-03-30, 13:33:37 (71.61.234.163)
I'm a point of pure energy. You would be stunned how nice it is finally get beyond that "yeah, but sadly I'm inside this body" lament that you hear at every audio show. fascinating. .......
54: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How can I use archive.org on what I have? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-03-24, 16:01:12 (71.61.234.163)
there is the time machine: https://www.spertilo.net/ .......
55: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan treble vs dome tweeters ,,,,, (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-03-22, 17:27:31 (71.61.234.163)
You got a good handle on the big diff here. Boxes vs the "just there." I love the authority of a good tower, but it never, ever stops being a box in the room. As to the tweeter difference, that can .......
56: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How can I use archive.org on what I have? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-03-21, 09:00:41 (71.61.234.163)
The netbook is using winxp. (has to, that's as good as it gets) My work laptop has fine speeds, and i can stream from there to the stereo (again, using the Dragonfly from the usb)with zero lag either .......
57: Computer Audio Asylum, How can I use archive.org on what I have? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-03-19, 14:46:00 (71.61.234.163)
I would appreciate any thrifty advice. I just need it to scratch the itch. I currently use an old Asus netbook eee pc (ssd only)connected to a dragonfly as the dac, which then feeds my system via RCA. .......
58: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan LRS which "power" amp ? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-03-13, 18:09:24 (71.61.234.163)
I have run my MG12's with 250 wpc BAT, but currently am using an Audiolab 8000a on my LRS's. Dull? How large a room are you going for? How big a "triangle"? My listening triangle is about 6 - 7 feet o .......
59: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: who's running maggies w/o a sub? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-20, 12:44:39 (71.61.234.163)
Washtub? But the fundamentals won't be there with a washtub bass. I saw this one feller pull a 4hz pluck once. Whole band just stopped on a dime and said, whaaat? And that's the birth of the blues! : .......
60: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: who's running maggies w/o a sub? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-20, 12:41:22 (71.61.234.163)
That's very intr5iguing, no? But I grew up around Euro kids (thank god) and always have had Euro colleagues. What you say about listening style -- or maybe, listening *interests*? -- rings true. I'm n .......
61: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: who's running maggies w/o a sub? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-20, 12:35:30 (71.61.234.163)
I should have put that in the post. 17x12, 9ft ceilings. Compliant floor ;) 40hz is *there* but it's way too down in level. And then there is nothing below 40. 50hz is ... well, it sounds like the "la .......
62: Planar Speaker Asylum, who's running maggies w/o a sub? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-19, 14:11:01 (71.61.234.163)
The bottom line is I would not care for the LRS's without my ML Depth sub to assist. It's set to 55hz (the 45hz setting was just not doing it)and about 9:30 on its volume control. And there it is: ped .......
63: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Survey : what is your LRS system ? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-15, 13:32:48 (71.61.234.163)
Simple these days. Amp: Audiolab 8000a, circa 1992, refurbished Sources: Rotel HDCD cd player; Miida dd tt, Benz cart;Asus 2008 netbook running winxp - WD ext.HD - Audioquest Dragonfly. Cabling: Harmo .......
64: Vinyl Asylum, we got wires crossed (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-11, 14:00:48 (71.61.234.163)
It is a very nice perch HP had, and clearly he could afford to keep this exorbitant project going, even if sometimes spotty. And after the fire! I mean, he clearly had some things set up, not the lea .......
65: Vinyl Asylum, RE: HP his self (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-10, 14:41:05 (71.61.234.163)
mansions? like out on the Island further? Or like in movies? I've known the area too. It's not about mansions. It's about the size of the lots and zoning in most places in and about the North Shore c .......
66: Vinyl Asylum, RE: HP his self (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-02-09, 13:07:24 (71.61.234.163)
Seacliff. Might want to study up on real estate mentioned in the Great Gatsby before thinking it's some humble hamlet. Seacliff told me all I needed to know about HP. Place has more trustafarians per .......
67: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: subwoofers for Magneplaner 1.7 in city apt. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-01-30, 08:11:45 (71.61.234.163)
Ah, you must be a fan of the "From Stanley to Wesley" series, of English organs? Priori Records maybe? That series illustrates what you say. I love that series. Bach trio sonatas. Those will get me. .......
68: Planar Speaker Asylum, Lizst and maggies: a piano-speaker test (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-01-29, 14:16:32 (71.61.234.163)
I am on a Lizst kick. Arrau's six disc set on Phillips and and the EMI Cziffra box. I feel the piano highlights the clarity and speed of the Magnepan. But there are also a few stygian notes on the key .......
69: Planar Speaker Asylum, Oboe what? I play Barton Hall. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-01-29, 10:06:47 (71.61.234.163)
I was there, so I have an acoustic memory to A/B against. .......
70: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: subwoofers for Magneplaner 1.7 in city apt. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-01-29, 10:01:14 (71.61.234.163)
I am loving you want organs. In your apartment. Ya know what? Good for you. There is nothing wrong with those pedal fundamentals that a little fresh plaster can't fix. I use the ML Depth now for 10+ y .......
71: Planar Speaker Asylum, about those room dimensions... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-01-22, 13:26:13 (71.61.234.163)
Good luck? LRS's should be auditioned? Life is a dealer who doesn't care what cards you got, and is the final say on what cards you have. Maybe dimensions are subjective. Just for starters those spe .......
72: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: What amplifier do you use withe you Magnepan .7 or LRS (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2022-01-02, 16:50:52 (71.61.234.163)
(Martin Logan Depth subwoofer is a constant, crossed over at 45hz. Modest sized rooms.) -- Previous 15 years: I have used a Balanced Audio Technology VK-3i and VK-500 w/ MG-12's. That's 250wpc. --- Cu .......
73: Planar Speaker Asylum, chess rules? Golf? Restaurants? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-27, 08:35:40 (71.61.234.163)
In chess, a knight moves kitty corner. It advances one square, and then to either corner square. Now,in golf that's called a dogleg. If I am at corner at an intersection and say something is located .......
74: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Do Maggies work well with "kitty corner" placement ? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-27, 08:25:57 (71.61.234.163)
in my setup, mono recordings always were plush with lots of 3d to them. Might be a strong point of this kind of setup. .......
75: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: my photo gallery here (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-26, 07:18:52 (71.61.234.163)
I would say a solid 2:1. CD era had so much superb period-appropriate classical performance. It's my addiction. It was so easy to build a vinyl collection 30 years ago. No one wanted the stuff. Mwaa .......
76: Planar Speaker Asylum, my photo gallery here (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-25, 11:19:17 (71.61.234.163)
Not my current set-up, I moved, but this was it. Those are MG-12's. That is not a single room. That is a big open L shaped space. There is a living room to one side, and a dining room, library, and .......
77: Planar Speaker Asylum, that's the deal! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-15, 14:13:52 (71.61.234.163)
When you get a room and speaker "sorted" as you so aptly put it, questions about moving up a product line take on a different light. My 12x17 room and the LRS's really work well. Motivation to move up .......
78: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Tinnitus and what to do with your favorite amps (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-13, 16:09:11 (71.61.234.163)
I picture my tinnitus as a cloud ceiling, up there just about where my hearing ends. I have benign tinnitus, but it is always there -- all those high frequencies, like little test tones, like a Philip .......
79: Planar Speaker Asylum, audiophile victim mentality strikes again (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-11, 08:18:17 (71.61.234.163)
Why? Why can't you? Are their areas of instability, space/time null points? Tholian Web risks? Neutral zone infractions? Zoning regulations? Are there trees in the middle of the room? Don't say "can't .......
80: Planar Speaker Asylum, such a steal, I had to go to confession nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-04, 14:27:15 (71.61.234.163)
nt .......
81: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Is White Bear Lake shipping LRS these days? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-12-03, 05:38:42 (71.61.234.163)
I ordered in May 2020 and finally got in October 2020. Verdict: the LRS's are no hype. If you are new to the full spectrum ribbon sound (I had mg12's prior) the seamlessness of the higher harmonics is .......
82: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: LRS + Rythmik FM8 (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-11-30, 17:58:09 (71.61.234.163)
Sub-and-Maggie mixes are a try before you buy kind of purchase, imo. I had a martin logan dealer near me who allowed me to set with their Depth sub, and it did what I needed and still does. You mentio .......
83: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I got a Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) from the Maggies ... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-11-27, 09:59:53 (71.61.234.163)
Down under we call it "getting the shakes." People unfamiliar with Aussie slang always crack me up, because they think AC/DC "(You Shook Me) All Night Long" is about some bawdy lus-fest, but if you li .......
84: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Maggie LRS + 40W NAD C316BEE integrated = "A gift of the GODS!" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-11-16, 10:15:30 (71.61.234.163)
Well, the LRS is a valuable audio tool. It is supposed to entice you to move up, but it does so well, and you can experiment, that it is almost it's own niche I use a 50w Audiolab 8000a integrated tha .......
85: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: maybe Dafos (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-11-15, 08:15:53 (71.61.234.163)
Not sure about Dafos. Not the tracks one thinks of! Higher tuned percussion is quick, but OP wants fast bass. I think Mickey and his gang favor a lot of resonance in their low end. It's big bass. But .......
86: Planar Speaker Asylum, Jaco Pastorius, debut album, first track (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-11-14, 07:10:06 (71.61.234.163)
give that devil his due! .......
87: Planar Speaker Asylum, audiotools (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-11-06, 18:49:33 (71.61.234.163)
http://audiotools.com/en_mags_hifi_de.html language issue sidestp .......
88: Planar Speaker Asylum, lungs are passive radiators ya know. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-10-29, 14:48:56 (71.61.234.163)
I used to get that bass/room vacuum seal with my Snell type D's. But my listening tastes these days seldom require being able to feel my lungs functioning as passive radiators. .......
89: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Hypothetical question (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-09-07, 09:06:05 (71.61.234.163)
If you contact SVS I am pretty sure they have a patch. What model is your wife? j/k .......
90: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: yup (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-09-06, 17:22:38 (71.61.234.163)
it's an audiolab 8000a, which was refreshed in 2001. It needs another refreshing. My music life goes in swings. This is a quiet spell. I have a BAT vk-500 (w/ the extra capacitor boards) in drydock. .......
91: Planar Speaker Asylum, yup (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-09-05, 09:29:53 (71.61.234.163)
currently using a 55w ss brit integrated myself. On the LRS's. The only thing it bristles at is really loud. But that is not what I do except rare days. I listen to a lot of piano, classical, violin. .......
92: Planar Speaker Asylum, But! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-08-28, 16:08:09 (71.61.234.163)
-- what volume is "low"? -- what genre of recording? I have some lute music, and I also have some Nirvana. Let's just establish a recording, first of all. I got a nice copy of The White Album. Like th .......
93: Vintage Asylum, RE: 70's era Marantz's are like works of art (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-08-28, 12:26:16 (71.61.234.163)
I took a break from the hobby for most part, did not keep up for several years, just did my own thing, and I am truly amazed at how many people are proudly using vintage receivers. The "long tail" I .......
94: General Asylum, the takeaway for the average Joe (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-08-13, 15:11:56 (71.61.234.163)
Should be, yes, people with tons of money will do stuff like this, they do it all the time, and if the opportunity ever presents itself, dig in, because they are paying. Remember that. No one asked No .......
95: Planar Speaker Asylum, Like the north star (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-08-07, 10:19:22 (71.61.234.163)
Green Lantern points the way once more. Give it some serious thought if a) you got a sub b) you do not daily listen to Everybody Wants Some at actual EVH db levels. I have LRS' in a 12x17, 8ft ceilin .......
96: Planar Speaker Asylum, no escrow? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-07-17, 17:33:10 (71.61.234.163)
"seems he has good reason to do so" requiring money in his possession? There is no rational reason for that. Is he on the lam? .......
97: Planar Speaker Asylum, baffled, why no vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-06-25, 16:26:48 (71.61.234.163)
It beats painting. .......
98: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Denon Dp 60-L gone dead (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-06-21, 10:40:18 (71.61.234.163)
if you hand turned it in the wrong direction you just crapped out your tranny .......
99: Planar Speaker Asylum, Cats who know (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-06-19, 15:07:56 (71.61.234.163)
how to chew through cables used to be pets of mine. They ruined my Goertz MI 1's. Those cats were full of spite and discontent. So I did some pertinent research, and bought a setup using Harmonic Tec .......
100: Planar Speaker Asylum, I'd buy a back up pair... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-06-11, 18:57:41 (71.61.234.163)
If aging of the panel wasn't an issue. Maybe I could store them in a nitrogen-filled case? Temperature controlled? .......
101: Vinyl Asylum, My TIL award for the day goes to this exchange (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-06-02, 16:07:06 (71.61.234.163)
. .......
102: Planar Speaker Asylum, come on man (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-26, 13:22:55 (71.61.234.163)
At the very least we get some solid data points on the very real degrees of flat out noise that persists in otherwise excellent conductors of information. There simply is no such thing as a perfect co .......
103: Planar Speaker Asylum, if that's your DIY, te salute Don andyr! nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-22, 13:01:01 (71.61.234.163)
. .......
104: Vinyl Asylum, Tarentino (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-20, 16:06:38 (71.61.234.163)
A single sword can take a year. Two miniature electrical generators a day is pretty fast, actually. .......
105: Vinyl Asylum, I have a vinyl collector's riddle! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-19, 11:45:09 (71.61.234.163)
I had to shed about 2 dozen boxes of records recently. We love categories, let me give you one I had about half a box of: "Addicts, Savages, and Convicts" Can you guess why that is a category? Can yo .......
106: Planar Speaker Asylum, lol that's slam. curious tho (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-05, 12:13:53 (71.61.234.163)
I have my own definition of slam: slam is when a pianist is really reaching the limits of their instrument, and sometimes you can hear the playing is almost turning into the whole damn box being slamm .......
107: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: could be searching for 'slam' -nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-04, 18:59:29 (71.61.234.163)
Big bang baby it's a gas gas gas .......
108: Planar Speaker Asylum, double ditto (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-05-01, 11:26:29 (71.61.234.163)
Yup. I am wondering if all of us should have a otological ID tag we can opt to use that indicates what decade our ears are in, like (3 - go ahead and hate me) (5 - it must be the amp) (6 -- holy fuck .......
109: Digital Drive, saturation and you (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-04-27, 18:50:25 (71.61.234.163)
in the early to mid 90's I was in a sweet spot: I was really starting to get into collecting music, learning and loving classical at a voracious pace, plus it was the dawn of massive cd releases -- Fa .......
110: Amp/Preamp Asylum, quatloos (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-04-12, 20:03:27 (71.61.234.163)
. .......
111: Planar Speaker Asylum, that's my room's size. My LRS's dread naught (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-04-08, 19:06:39 (71.61.234.163)
. .......
112: Planar Speaker Asylum, to be real! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-04-04, 14:54:22 (71.61.234.163)
Top flight reading of the situation. And by reading, I mean "reading" as it is used in the classic documentary, Paris Is Burning, by the late and stolen from us great, Venus Xtravaganza. Indulge me: .......
113: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Amps for Magnepan speakers (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-04-03, 14:25:39 (71.61.234.163)
high voltage overreaction imo. you just showed a pic and made a dashed off comment. But in every thread, someone has to pop their head up so the sniper can say you started it. The internet is not a go .......
114: Planar Speaker Asylum, by day 20, check in (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-03-31, 19:09:27 (71.61.234.163)
"...I haven't slept much since they arrived..." It this the plan moving forward? I never thought to break in stuff this way, sounds like Hot Yoga stuff. .......
115: Planar Speaker Asylum, yes and no (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-03-20, 10:11:44 (71.61.234.163)
Of course there are measurements. For example, the tautness of the mylar has tolerances. The rigidity of the frame has tolerances. And then there is the nitty gritty of how the tech works, which I hav .......
116: Planar Speaker Asylum, And you're done (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-03-15, 14:25:27 (71.61.234.163)
Do not listen to the people telling you there are better maggies calling your name. They are a bunch of sassy pants who are always up to no good. Don't run with that crowd. They ain't done nothing exc .......
117: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: How much bass do you need or want? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-03-06, 11:22:43 (71.61.234.163)
When I am in the mood to hear the distant sound of a lorry passing outside the studio, my subwoofer takes care of it fine. If best bass on this board simply = extension, I'll refrain. But best bass -- .......
118: Planar Speaker Asylum, did it w/ mg 12's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-03-04, 19:09:10 (71.61.234.163)
The LRS is in a new room, so two new variables, but I did that wit my mg 12's and I thought I got a bit more presence and immediacy, but on hindsight just having the socks on made such a small diff fo .......
119: General Asylum, Hit me! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-02-27, 14:13:55 (71.61.234.163)
He didn't dance. This was full body conducting. .......
120: Planar Speaker Asylum, The Navy, your hearing, and you (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-02-25, 11:12:05 (71.61.234.163)
That is truly pro level foresight, friend! The last time I went to a club with loud music was the mid 2000's, with a friend, we both wore earplugs and it was still too loud. I think it was a small ba .......
121: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: what farfeched doesn't say (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-02-24, 09:42:01 (71.61.234.163)
It's true, folks, it's true. I'm late 50's, 14khz in each ear at *low conversation" levels, and I can hear a wrist watch tick. if you will forgive the terrible truth: THIS ONE CRAZY SECRET IS DRIVING .......
122: Planar Speaker Asylum, 90db peaks, Bonzo, and you (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-02-23, 15:02:22 (71.61.234.163)
I have had my LRS's now for about 6 months. I also have a ML depth sub. A new room, 12x17, and I happen to enjoy the sound of my old friend, an Audiolab 8000a. Just today I finally got around to givin .......
123: Planar Speaker Asylum, Mingus, "goodbye porkpie hat." (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2021-01-08, 13:12:54 (71.61.234.163)
from Ah um. The room should breath. .......
124: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I was listening to Sam Smith's song " Prey" on the LRS ,,,, (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-12-24, 11:24:40 (71.61.234.163)
I documented my long wait for my LRS over the long summer. I'm not posting much. I'm too busy happily discovering my in-home music listening life suddenly is producing a lot of the moments you describ .......
125: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: They are what I use in my room (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-12-22, 19:13:51 (71.61.234.163)
I've had 3 listening spaces now over a couple decades. I never got around to room treatment -- but tube traps where my aim if I did. I think it has to do with my personal preferred listening level, w .......
126: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: They are... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-12-16, 19:35:03 (71.61.234.163)
"A ribbon super tweeter is at work for frequencies between 20 and 45 KHz." why? .......
127: Planar Speaker Asylum, single vintage cornerhorn (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-11-24, 18:55:42 (71.61.234.163)
mono only. pre-stereo recordings only. That will alter your gestalt .......
128: Planar Speaker Asylum, Zu speakers? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-11-08, 17:36:31 (71.61.234.163)
I thought that was Zu Audio's calling card? .......
129: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: tweet resistor (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-11-07, 12:00:28 (71.61.234.163)
That's some hard medicine there. You mean speaker crossovers? I've never heard a crossover-less speaker. I would like to sometime. .......
130: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: tweet resistor (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-11-07, 11:51:33 (71.61.234.163)
Confusion partially my fault. I used to own snells. Came with tweeter knob on the back panel, type D's. I basically assumed in my mind that kind of knob. .......
131: Planar Speaker Asylum, I just went from a 14 yo pair of mg12's to LRS's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-28, 10:01:29 (71.61.234.163)
They are only slightly smaller. The leap in the seamlessness of the sound is not subtle. I think the delam is the God of Adhesives' way of telling you to go for the new tech. .......
132: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: What speaker cables do you use with your Maggies? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-18, 07:12:02 (71.61.234.163)
8ft runs of harmonic tech pro 11's, bananas. To illustrate the range of variables that someone mentioned here, my system requirements were likely unique. I had a cat who chewed through one of my Goert .......
133: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: LRS or used 1.7? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-13, 14:21:30 (71.61.234.163)
You can't inspect the mylar since it is under a sock so the next best would be some signal sweep or something you could play at loud enough volumes to hear any rattles or sizzles, which delams can sou .......
134: Planar Speaker Asylum, so better models do not come with resistors? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-12, 18:32:05 (71.61.234.163)
"The resistors are there because they know people will use their speakers in over lively rooms or use mediocre electronics and cables resulting often in unpleasant high frequency reproduction. In a de .......
135: Planar Speaker Asylum, that is not what Wendell allegedly said (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-12, 09:55:27 (71.61.234.163)
Going off this message from Josh358: .......
136: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: "Enid Lumley" ... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-12, 07:38:52 (71.61.234.163)
Jonathan Scull thought he could tell geographic location by listening. And I don't mean "a French sound" or "a German sound." I think he usually meant specific locations, like a particular square in a .......
137: Planar Speaker Asylum, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-08, 17:21:57 (71.61.234.163)
nt .......
138: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: LRS or used 1.7? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-08, 13:28:02 (71.61.234.163)
Is this actual consensus?? I got my LRS's I guess a little less than a month ago. Oh heavens. My previous were mg-12's, which I loved. The LRS's are knocking my socks off. But then I came to your room .......
139: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Ins and outs (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-06, 09:34:31 (71.61.234.163)
I find in's the way to go since I kind of do not find "giant" soundstage to be a priority. I mean, I'm in a 12x16 or so room. I listen to a lot of mono recordings too. I like I get "immersed" in the r .......
140: Planar Speaker Asylum, nope. I do not think I can do the resistors (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-10-04, 16:19:52 (71.61.234.163)
I put in the one ohm pair. This is after I think 2 weeks now of my LRS adventure. I mean, these are clear as a bell speakers, and the new seamlessness (for me -- prior model was mg-12's) has got me, .......
141: Planar Speaker Asylum, magnetic discs # on LRS's? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-30, 16:12:26 (71.61.234.163)
Unless my eyes are failing, one channel has 3 of those little magnetic discs (as did my old MG-12's)but the other one seems to only have 1. Normal? I haven't noticed problems. There is so much going o .......
142: Planar Speaker Asylum, That is rule number one to win at social media (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-25, 17:13:33 (71.61.234.163)
Rush Limbaugh, who in a sense is the father of modern social media, gave the following advice about how to succeed, where success = simple market share ("followers," clicks, etc.): 1. If you take a po .......
143: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "The quality of sound, simplicity and originality is what makes them so prestigious"... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-24, 14:08:22 (71.61.234.163)
so true. But I am still shaking my head. I cannot believe turntables and "vinyl" are a thing. .......
144: Vinyl Asylum, Vinyl on the catwalk (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-23, 10:45:30 (71.61.234.163)
I love fashion. .......
145: Planar Speaker Asylum, Arrival (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-23, 07:52:09 (71.61.234.163)
Week 19. Happy. A new listening room, too. I'll post pics after I get settled in. .......
146: Planar Speaker Asylum, felt or yarn? THE DEBATE BEGINS (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-21, 15:39:23 (71.61.234.163)
I've heard about that felt issue. I used to own a pair of Snell Type D's, which had a 1/2 inch felt baffle around the tweeter and midrange (top-third of the cabinet). It made a pretty big diff if you .......
147: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: week ... 17 .... starts ... Monday (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-16, 12:11:58 (71.61.234.163)
Middle of week 18. temps are hitting highs of low 70's. Lots of sun. would be nice to listen to some LSR's while I eat my evening oatmeal! .......
148: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: wait-I thought you were talking about building materials lol (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-14, 12:10:57 (71.61.234.163)
"...so much intense pressure to succeed..." And therein lies our tale. Sigh. My best days are when a simple melody and coffee fills me up so there's scarcely room for worry. Under Pressure! "...insani .......
149: Planar Speaker Asylum, still not clear (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-13, 15:22:22 (71.61.234.163)
No one has asked what was used. There is a possibility, albeit slight, it was a Bat'leth. When you add in the war yells, it gets noisy. .......
150: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: week ... 17 .... starts ... Monday (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-06, 09:07:20 (71.61.234.163)
Pretty sure that is what Neils Bohr said. .......
151: Planar Speaker Asylum, week ... 17 .... starts ... Monday (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-09-05, 16:23:46 (71.61.234.163)
I have learned forms of patience I never knew existed. If you sit in a car quietly in a parking lot, window rolled down, eventually someone will ask if you are ok if you sit there long enough. It woul .......
152: Planar Speaker Asylum, no ribbons no problem (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-31, 09:21:53 (71.61.234.163)
"I can't realistically listen to music with a blown ribbon, I can do this work whilst waiting for the new ribbons to arrive" Recording technology is hard-limited on freq. response till the mid 40's. Y .......
153: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Tube/solid state matching (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-27, 16:14:09 (71.61.234.163)
OP quandary, such a nice one to have, certainly boils down to taste, all else being equal, as it were. That's why when I knew I did *not* want a tube power amp, and was going SS, I chose to focus on B .......
154: Planar Speaker Asylum, that's a nice space! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-27, 15:17:40 (71.61.234.163)
I'm a big fan of before pics. Gives us all a chance to imagine what we would do. .......
155: Planar Speaker Asylum, absolutely! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-25, 11:07:21 (71.61.234.163)
Those Definitive's look like a good ticket if space is tighter. And their prices are nice and affordable. But that's my plan! Get a second pair of something, and enjoy some variety during this Mess of .......
156: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Anyone live w/ planars and "classic" monitors like ls3/5a? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-24, 19:45:38 (71.61.234.163)
Those look interesting! That is an entire other frontier I need to also keep on "the list". I've never listened to a driver of that sort, nor a speaker with that kind of sensitivity. Where do they cr .......
157: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: No bi-amping or bi-wiring on the Magnepan 1.7i. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-23, 16:37:59 (71.61.234.163)
I used to have some thin speaker cables and a cat that loved to chew on them. Cat chewed through one eventually. I bought runs of HT pro-11's to replace what I think were DH labs. The harmonic tech's .......
158: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Thanks team BAT! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-19, 18:22:46 (71.61.234.163)
Yeah. It's funny though, during the years I was dashing forth, I didn't have much appreciation. He has always been a nice guy. Now that I am getting older, I am suddenly realizing how awesome it is th .......
159: Music Lane, RE: Jam Master Jay's killers caught (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-18, 12:24:05 (71.61.234.163)
John Coltrane was a junkie. Relevance? I mean, I think I get it. You are trying to code-speak "he got what he deserved." Right? Why not just say that? Be honest about what you think, I was always taug .......
160: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Thanks team BAT! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-17, 11:46:38 (71.61.234.163)
Without going into too many details, one of my BAT units has been out of operation for a while, but I have a great uncle, late 70's, former marine, former electrician and electrical repair shop owner. .......
161: Music Lane, Jam Master Jay's killers caught (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-17, 10:27:56 (71.61.234.163)
I was a college freshman when Run DMC and the Beasties hit. It was a great time for keg parties. Finally, looks like they caught the two who killed Jam Master Jay. When asked for comment how they felt .......
162: Planar Speaker Asylum, audiolab 8000a (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-08-05, 16:23:39 (71.61.234.163)
that's I think 55 watts. I have to point a fan at it to dissipate heat if I want to crank it. Let's just say, I am waiting to satisfy my urge to listen to Van Halen at EVH levels for when I get my vk- .......
163: Planar Speaker Asylum, indeed! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-29, 15:09:18 (71.61.234.163)
Are we next to chastise Michelangelo for his profligate use of marble? Would you ask Einstein to mind the lead and spare the pencil? Would you recommend to Big Daddy Garlits to not be so heavy on the .......
164: Planar Speaker Asylum, old libraries!! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-28, 16:57:43 (71.61.234.163)
Oh man, I would be in heaven. Give me this as a listening room please, Thomas Edison's private research library. Those shelves look plenty stout for vinyl. .......
165: Planar Speaker Asylum, tempted by the LS 50's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-27, 14:51:07 (71.61.234.163)
It seems KEF put their brand name on the line with this one, being a 50th anniversary model and all. Lots of them on the used market. I am a big fan of relatively nearfield listening because I am a r .......
166: Planar Speaker Asylum, Anyone live w/ planars and "classic" monitors like ls3/5a? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-21, 14:32:59 (71.61.234.163)
To me, I really feel happy, as far as audiophiles can be, because I can get "that sound" we all like, the planar sound. It is truly a destination moment when you find something that just clicks for yo .......
167: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I've noticed a distinct difference (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-20, 15:55:19 (71.61.234.163)
Well, just think about it. .......
168: Planar Speaker Asylum, I've noticed a distinct difference (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-19, 08:28:58 (71.61.234.163)
If I use the fuse "clamped" or "resting on" the fuse holder. Clamped, my maggies have a tighter bass, as if the amp is gripping the sound better. Unclamped has more bloom, and especially with female v .......
169: Planar Speaker Asylum, $100 per foot or meter? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-16, 16:52:26 (71.61.234.163)
That is a fair budget. What's the total? 6ft runs? 8ft? 3 meter? .......
170: Planar Speaker Asylum, you had to mention LRS's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-15, 20:02:39 (71.61.234.163)
While I yet wait for mine, curious, how many feet do you sit from the plane of the speakers? .......
171: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Latest LRS Production Update (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-14, 11:18:52 (71.61.234.163)
Thanks for remembering in this long, long time of wandering in the desert. I'm due in August. Patience is a virtue. That is what I keep telling myself. .......
172: Amp/Preamp Asylum, but of course we all know (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-13, 14:50:35 (71.61.234.163)
true, true .......
173: Classical Court, Emmy Destinn! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-08, 23:53:48 (71.61.234.163)
Quite a little surprise tonight. Listening to Emmmy Destinn's Victor recordings (Rom-o-phone cd) and reading the notes saying some have raised an eyebrow about her, hmmm, how to put this... her judgme .......
174: Planar Speaker Asylum, It will def depend on the mood of the day they arrive (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-08, 19:26:05 (71.61.234.163)
I mean, what happens if I just made some Mongolian food? I guess this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD1gDSao1eA&feature=emb_logo It shall truly, then, be a mystery. That's assuming I don't start "t .......
175: Planar Speaker Asylum, I've heard... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-08, 16:45:35 (71.61.234.163)
That Dick Hymen is really good for breaking things in. Not sure it would be my first record. /ducks .......
176: Planar Speaker Asylum, the dude is all over that old Martin (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-08, 16:40:34 (71.61.234.163)
There is nothing quite like the sound of a well-played and loved guitar. I'm convinced the instrument somehow absorbs all that energy, and just rings like a bell better and better. I love my 1978 Taka .......
177: Planar Speaker Asylum, On the downhill side of The Wait (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-07, 22:32:37 (71.61.234.163)
I'm over the hump. LRS's due in 6 weeks or so. I of course listen to music lots of ways, but my REAL fun is stereo-and-room listening. I've been without fully working mg12's for almost 7 months. An in .......
178: Planar Speaker Asylum, wow (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-01, 13:50:35 (71.61.234.163)
that guy .... .......
179: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Would this work? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-07-01, 07:30:35 (71.61.234.163)
Oh absolutely. Mono is the secret sauce for set up. Mono itself makes for a good listen once you get into that mood. I find the mono almost has a depth to it sometimes. "Today" Jefferson Airplane,mono .......
180: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Would this work? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-30, 11:27:27 (71.61.234.163)
I actually fire my mg12's across the diagonal, but not a "true" diagonal. I've used speakers that way for years. A reviewer for Stereophile used to always use this approach, and also did his own measu .......
181: Planar Speaker Asylum, Would this work? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-28, 20:05:58 (71.61.234.163)
Knock out a corresponding-sized notch behind the listening position, but on the left side. I agree with everyone here, you can't fix a problem with another problem, but what if you balance out the pro .......
182: Planar Speaker Asylum, you had to mention LRS's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-25, 21:27:38 (71.61.234.163)
If I offered to drive up to the factory, wearing a full hazmat suit and with all my shots, and I volunteered to sweep the floors, clean out the grease pits, slopped the hogs, whatever needed done, for .......
183: Classical Court, Some Mengelberg and Liszt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-25, 18:37:29 (71.61.234.163)
Pretty mighty stuff... Les Preludes, Concertgebauw 1929 (Columbia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KehdlVxbquM There is a great re-issue on Pearl, all the Columbias. It's very nice. Back to mono? Back .......
184: Planar Speaker Asylum, you just put an idea in my head (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-25, 11:40:47 (71.61.234.163)
Hmmmmmm. The BAT *is* fully dual mono.... hmmm .......
185: Planar Speaker Asylum, As the aging owner of a BAT VK-500.. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-24, 10:28:05 (71.61.234.163)
I concur entirely with your thinking. Back when I got it, it was a bear to move (105 lbs) but I could heft it decently, I have a good back, just use proper form, etc. Now, I am a cursed man. I can *ba .......
186: Digital Drive, RE: How much have CD players improved in the last 12 years? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-17, 18:13:49 (71.61.234.163)
This is a really interesting question. If you think about it, you are asking, so, now that the format is totally mature, what are we looking at? I can only offer my personal take. I am not tech minded .......
187: Music Lane, Imagine (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-16, 16:38:54 (71.61.234.163)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/dolly-parton-confederate-statues.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage Dolly can take care of the fine state of Tennessee. My god, if ever a singer "war .......
188: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: In the interest of sharing (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-09, 14:40:05 (71.61.234.163)
I did exactly that on the rack that held the turntable. I bought 4 little concave door knobs (after agonizing for hours, chose the plain brass ones, no other experience with other finishes, YMMV). The .......
189: General Asylum, There is that guy in the video says that he's close to the end. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-05, 19:13:59 (71.61.234.163)
S.R. Hadden? I'm pretty sure his philosophy was, "why leave between one massive audiophile system when you can leave behind two at twice the price?" So what to do as things wind down is really an open .......
190: Planar Speaker Asylum, It is not just the size of the room (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-05, 14:24:17 (71.61.234.163)
It's the volume. If you have a lot of stuff in your room (furniture, tables, end tables, big lamps, your entire beanie baby collection, etc.) I have found the room sounds smaller. This might be taste .......
191: General Asylum, RE: Silly Question: What does "tight" Bass mean to you? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-06-01, 14:17:28 (71.61.234.163)
I would say tightness = controlled in the sense of accurately expressing. Here is why. Attending concerts in nice seats at Severance Hall in Cleveland, I asked myself just such questions: what is accu .......
192: Planar Speaker Asylum, Another opportunity to lend a hand (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-28, 11:21:14 (71.61.234.163)
Magnepan should be all over this, too https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/yamahas-remote-cheerer-brings-fan-applause-back-to-empty-stadiums/ /s .......
193: Planar Speaker Asylum, slowly I turn... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-27, 17:54:40 (71.61.234.163)
What part of "No, my issue is I am a neurotic tyrant who has a knee jerk reaction to anything smacking of "sound reinforcement" AKA SUBSTITUTING HUMANS WITH EVIL ROBOTS THIS IS HOW IT STARTS" is not c .......
194: Planar Speaker Asylum, but see, that's not the entire pickle, is it? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-27, 16:14:37 (71.61.234.163)
"It can be as simple as knowing how passionately Wendell feels about doing the right thing, and seeing people who don't know him well think that he has a cynical motive." Cynicism on the part of Magne .......
195: Planar Speaker Asylum, All I know is (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-24, 17:44:03 (71.61.234.163)
My LRS'will get here probably late August, and I am OK with that. Serenity Now. .......
196: Planar Speaker Asylum, oh come on (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-24, 08:58:24 (71.61.234.163)
welcome to the internet? The internet is, in general, a dubious technological masterwork. It is not really good for clear communication. Let's put it this way. It is like a speaker with gross colorati .......
197: Planar Speaker Asylum, Still no because (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-22, 17:27:52 (71.61.234.163)
I think you are vastly misunderstanding what "indistinguishable" has to mean here. We are not talking audio system X vs Y. We are talking about the, well ya know, the absolute, the thing itself -- the .......
198: Planar Speaker Asylum, No. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-22, 16:32:42 (71.61.234.163)
Josh: sometimes things are wrong. Sometimes good intentions are recipes for disaster. The sound is to be made by the player of the instrument, not by anything else, not matter how allegedly "indisting .......
199: Planar Speaker Asylum, yes, replaced them but (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-21, 13:53:21 (71.61.234.163)
I never actually checked the circuit with a multimeter, since I don't own one, and would not know how to even use one, sadly. I think my neighbor has one. What would I even look for? Any help of cours .......
200: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: sealed are nice (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-21, 09:07:33 (71.61.234.163)
the delam is on the mid/bass panel. The MG's are about 11 years old, and are --- not in good shape physically due to my wild and crazy life. Both tweets got blown during a stormy night where there we .......
201: Planar Speaker Asylum, sealed are nice (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-20, 17:02:08 (71.61.234.163)
probably the way to go with magnepans. I just need my sub to be there to give me that "bass air" that comes with actually letting the true low end be heard. I listen to a lot of classical, and those l .......
202: Planar Speaker Asylum, mg12's to LRS's?! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-05-20, 15:32:29 (71.61.234.163)
Placed my order. My old MG-12's have seen too many pets, cigarette (?) smoke, and kids (nah, no kids) to be worth much to anyone, plus with the tweeters now MIA for me since start of this year, it's t .......
203: Planar Speaker Asylum, The best room treatment... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-04-14, 12:41:06 (71.61.234.163)
Is first of all, if at all possible make sure your listening expectations (volume, firstly) are going to be taken care of by the right room and the right speaker. If there is a mismatch between the si .......
204: Planar Speaker Asylum, Shipping pace at Magnepan these days? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-03-25, 15:32:57 (71.61.234.163)
Strange days! I know LSR's are way backordered, but what about other models? Like the .7 or the 1.7? How is Magnepan operating these days? I would assume they were naturally granted an "essential busi .......
205: Planar Speaker Asylum, diagonals (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-03-09, 15:42:17 (71.61.234.163)
I always like to periodically chime in, and say don't write off setting up the maggies on some sort of diagonal in the room. My "listening triangle" is set up in a 12x16 room in that manner. I find I .......
206: Planar Speaker Asylum, no tweeters, no problem (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-03-03, 20:32:31 (71.61.234.163)
As I posted a week or so ago, the tweeters on my MG 12's are likely passed on, deceased, crossed over to that frequency of the saints, silence. Back in the 90's I went through a phase. I had been g .......
207: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Long answer to a short question. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-02-29, 08:09:50 (71.61.234.163)
Thanks for the illuminating answer. My mg 12's have been through the wringer. I do not think I can repair them myself, since I am very illiterate electronics-wise. I am strongly inclined to bump the g .......
208: Planar Speaker Asylum, blown tweeters or crossover? maggies (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2020-02-27, 08:18:02 (71.61.234.163)
Hello all I own a pair of magnepan mg12's. No tweeks and always used fuses. About a month ago, during some bad weather, my neighborhood went into a brownout overnight. I did not realize this till the .......
209: Planar Speaker Asylum, That is still a bit wee, imo (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2019-08-19, 16:39:40 (108.76.230.87)
But unless it had full drywall, studs, insulation, on the interior. I think it would sound like .... floating in a tin can.... That being said, I miss when I had a concrete slab floor. Not as loose as .......
210: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: One word (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2019-08-11, 19:45:37 (108.76.229.124)
Heh, I got to agree. And of course, the summit of that album The Gates of Dafos. I suggest the OP just find it and listen to it w/o reading about it. It is rather mind blowing. .......
211: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Subs - I have to say ... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2019-07-25, 11:49:11 (108.76.230.126)
I agree BDP24. Listening preferences / priorities and room issues have to be considered. I have been nothing but pleased with my ML Descent sub. But my preferences are for very conservative and mild s .......
212: Planar Speaker Asylum, amp power (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2019-07-07, 17:59:44 (108.76.229.255)
I am running 1.2's I recently "dowgraded" to an Audiolab 8000 from the early 90's. Moving from BAT gear. It is a sweet little 55 watt brit amp. I off-load the grunt to a ML sub that is very nice and .......
213: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: A Plea for Civility (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2019-02-02, 02:32:19 (108.76.229.149)
ok. My dad is sick right now, and his insurance has run out for minimal home health care. I shall tell him to just listen to good tunes, and stop being a buzz killer /smh .......
214: Vinyl Asylum, complete glenn gold originals (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2018-06-23, 21:13:06 (108.76.230.6)
A bequest from an older super-fan several years ago game me what I am fairly sure is a complete collection of Glenn Gould's records, all in fine shape. There are dozens and dozens. I was curious, if i .......
215: Planar Speaker Asylum, All Maggie listeners are spoiled (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2018-06-07, 21:04:44 (108.76.230.6)
There I am going to say it. I have had memorable set-ups, memorable rooms, but the memorability was never a total given. Since I've gone Maggie, it's almost like it is impossible to not create good, i .......
216: Planar Speaker Asylum, Van Halen, Everybody Wants Some (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2017-12-11, 18:15:46 (108.76.230.120)
just because, that track at the start shows if the speakers can handle stuupid loud drumming, and the opening chord (the famous "brown sound" attempt) really puts power handling of the speaker to the .......
217: Planar Speaker Asylum, ya was a joke ) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-12-22, 15:52:37 (108.76.229.243)
And a bad one! I heart small companies. Discovering Maggies was the absolute high point of my audiophile life. And boy, is it sad planars wouldn't mass sell. Wonder why that is? f .......
218: Planar Speaker Asylum, Harmon-Kardon in talks to buy the patents (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-12-19, 21:45:30 (108.76.229.243)
Got ya .......
219: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: size of room? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-12-08, 19:25:47 (108.76.230.95)
i would personally pay the modest premium of just dealing with official company directly. best company imho. .......
220: Planar Speaker Asylum, size of room? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-12-07, 20:08:12 (108.76.230.95)
I own 1.2's and a martin logan sub that I only kick in >45hz and judiciously volumed, and it is one sweet ride. But it also fits my room and my preference of a rather small listening triangle (about 1 .......
221: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: some nights I can barely listen (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-12-07, 19:51:07 (108.76.230.95)
I'm gonna be a total heretic, and say I think it has to do with one's readiness to listen. Compare it to eating a great meal. At the drop of a hat, at any moment can you sit down and totally enjoy a g .......
222: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Sub option for MG .7 Rythmik F12 or TBI Audio (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-10-09, 21:27:45 (108.76.230.95)
In my opinion, a lot of this comes down to the volume levels you listen at. IMO, the key is to never overload your room (exzcept of course, if you are having on of those "going nuts" nights:) I have a .......
223: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Setting up Magnepans (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-10-09, 21:10:35 (108.76.230.95)
I enjoy a somewhat similar room layout, and I too have my maggies set up on the diagonal as you do. The only piece of advice I would suggest is, experiment moving the chair out into the room *while li .......
224: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: 50w powering gunned 1.6s, am I crazy? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2016-05-24, 18:47:15 (108.87.37.212)
I'm on board with you. I recently had to ditch my $$$ 250 wpc separates, and get an old audiolab 8000 out of the attic -- 50 wpc, little brit integrated from the early 90's. Unless I am really trying .......
225: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Matching is everything in audio (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2014-12-26, 12:03:31 (108.76.230.96)
I think you nailed 50% of what is going on here. Last time I listened to the Audiolab seriously, I had yet to find my perfect speakers (oh, maggies, where were you my whole life?) as well as proper po .......
226: Amp/Preamp Asylum, baffled: my low powered SS vs high powered SS eye-opener (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2014-12-25, 18:11:50 (108.76.230.96)
(Note: For reference, my system uses Magnepan 1.2's in a nice sized room but relatively close field (for maggies). I use both digital and analogue sources. The only thing changed here is the amplific .......
227: Vinyl Asylum, RE: That "Other" Scheherazade??? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2014-01-19, 07:00:14 (108.76.229.129)
Back in the late 80's as thrift stores started to bulge with vinyl, I got the notion of collecting vinyl Scheherazades. I have around 80ish or so. All except one or two, feature some depiction of a be .......
228: Vinyl Asylum, obsessing on looks (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2014-01-14, 12:17:08 (108.76.229.129)
I agree. I am sure if I went and looked at my collection of cartridges very closely, I would start to notice alleged "fit and finish" issues. It would never occur to me to do that, unless the sound wa .......
229: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'm not a fan of Lang Lang or not too enthused about Rattle but... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-20, 01:29:29 (108.76.228.98)
Yeah, sorry for harshing on the pianist. But he bothers me. I shall risk great judgment by saying, I feel the same way about Mitsuko Uchida. She did a residency here in Cleveland. I had to close my ey .......
230: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Lang/Rattle: Prokofiev 3 & Bartok 2... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-19, 22:25:20 (108.76.228.98)
Too bad Lang Lang is kind of a hack. But hey! He has two names that are the same! Westerners eat that shit up. Makes them feel cosmopolitan. Look at what it did for Yo Yo. Sorry. Saw Lang Lang. Saw so .......
231: Vinyl Asylum, it's instagram, tumblr, etc. very easy, very common (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-18, 12:14:56 (108.76.228.98)
These picture programs put digital filters on your pics to simulate all kinds of effects. It is so common that, when people do *not* use a digital filter on their pics, they often include in the descr .......
232: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Blah Blah Blah - It's Just the same thing that's happening here (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-17, 23:18:12 (108.76.228.98)
Wow. I never thought to think of the vinyl renaissance as akin to the massive riots and strikes of May '68. Who knew? .......
233: Vinyl Asylum, Answer: commodities are great, until they aren't (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-17, 18:01:56 (108.76.228.98)
Recorded music used to be something you had to save for, carefully select, and collect. Now, if you know where to look, you can easily acquire the equivalent of 5,000 lp's, and download it overnight, .......
234: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan 1.7's and room temperature (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-11, 18:59:11 (99.155.82.242)
I keep my large drafty house at 55 degrees during the winter. It is currently 12 degrees outside and WINDY here in Cleveland. I would rather wear a heavy sweater and keep my $$ than pay the huge gas b .......
235: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Koetsu Stylus Life Span? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-12-11, 18:47:08 (99.155.82.242)
but that would not be good business. just reading the papers, I am assuming business best practices involves always saying "you should have spent more money, sooner." /sarcasm .......
236: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Interesting cover page article on Vinyl in San Francisco Chronicle today (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-11-30, 00:13:52 (99.108.71.195)
hipsters use vinyl as an outward sign of their hip credentials. some of us, just have thousands of records and cd's and even cassettes, because we are hopeless music fiends. .......
237: Vinyl Asylum, It's called "Project Genesis" nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-11-06, 13:42:37 (108.87.39.112)
. .......
238: Planar Speaker Asylum, Lou's gone (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-10-27, 11:21:56 (108.87.39.112)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgviDNeXQ2w .......
239: Vinyl Asylum, the life of the crazy music lover (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-10-11, 13:15:20 (108.87.39.112)
haha, thanks for this post. A perfect depiction of what happens when one makes music part of life. It's a pleasant whirlwind. And as mind-boggling as it is, ol' JT has turned into a fine all around pe .......
240: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Look at the bright side... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-08-17, 11:58:26 (99.155.82.158)
That was quite animated and chatty for Finland. They are letting their hair down there past several years it seems. I hope they don't go overboard. Life is a long march toward death, they need to reme .......
241: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Not for electrostats (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-07-23, 13:01:02 (99.155.82.158)
I concur with the near field using maggies. I am about 3 meters. At moderate listening levels, it very much gets "close enough" to a nice mid-hall perspective but with higher resolution. In other word .......
242: Vinyl Asylum, loving these posts! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-07-07, 12:55:21 (99.155.82.158)
You made me remember, I have a *very* nice copy of that LP which is one of my prize "thrift store finds" from the days back when there was such things (remember before ebay what it was like? oh dear g .......
243: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Planar Speakers and Soundstage (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-07-05, 12:40:11 (99.155.82.158)
I often do that to. The way planar work and occupy a room (or multiple rooms as it were) is so transparent and lively, that I often sit in a reading area in a small alcove, and the sound is just as p .......
244: Vinyl Asylum, Well, eh, how about a little red Leicester? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2013-05-10, 13:59:28 (108.76.228.10)
. .......
245: Planar Speaker Asylum, for some wives (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-12-29, 08:33:36 (108.76.229.45)
the shame of having damaged a possession of her husband's will suffice to chasten her against further clumsiness, as well as provide a useful lesson regarding her place. Other times, you may have to c .......
246: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: X1. With the scant details, an informed response is impossible. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-12-21, 02:34:25 (108.76.229.45)
gree. classic troll. as in: what do you want us to even say? .......
247: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Finally a place for listening and a few questions (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-12-03, 22:15:03 (108.76.229.45)
I like to switch back and forth between a mm and a mc every now and then. I have a removable headshell arm, though, so it is relatively easy. But, I like to be able to mix things up. I would get an af .......
248: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: can I add my own freq response conundrum? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-12-02, 00:32:59 (108.76.229.45)
I would have thought assymetry was a a friend here, so that is what I assumed. It is a large L shaped space overall. I tried firing down each L, in other words with the maggies in front of a wall, alt .......
249: Planar Speaker Asylum, can I add my own freq response conundrum? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-12-01, 16:29:30 (108.76.229.45)
You can go to the gallery to see my setup and pics. I have this >10db suckout around 60hz-70hz that I cannot banish, and I've tried different placements. (I roll the sub out at 35hz btw -- no need re- .......
250: Planar Speaker Asylum, how dopey is that? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-11-28, 13:13:25 (108.76.229.45)
No more dopey than anything else someone who thinks in terms of "the next house" and "the wife" thinks. .......
251: Planar Speaker Asylum, Ambien (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-11-28, 13:09:58 (108.76.229.45)
ever since it got FDA approval, those late night OCD sessions just seem to melt too soon into snoring in the recliner, before the magic of wanting to obsess over wire and styrofoam takes over. I miss .......
252: General Asylum, RE: It varies with the recording...agree (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-11-09, 02:14:38 (108.87.36.133)
this is what a musician friend told me, who mixes his own music and has done so for 20+ years. He said, I mix it at a volume level that is lowish, and that is where my mix is, at that volume level. I .......
253: Planar Speaker Asylum, I must counter (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-11-05, 12:22:11 (108.87.36.133)
I have always viewed the online sig -- of which I have many, let me assure -- to be a talisman, as it were, representative of the "vital power" possessed by that individual. Kind of like the different .......
254: Planar Speaker Asylum, but yes: cost + simplicity, for one *saving* (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-10-15, 00:17:16 (108.87.37.240)
for an upgrade hopefully next year, although, truly, I have a blast with the mg12's in the setup as shown in the gallery. Just wanted the computer audio *ez* and cheep, but worth setting up too. :: .......
255: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: computer audio for the maggie lover (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-10-14, 20:31:06 (108.87.37.240)
yes, it is. My inclination is toward simplicity, but also low cost. Because, I'll be damned if I am upgrading my digital before I upgrade to the latest gen of maggie. I love my mg12's, but priorities. .......
256: Planar Speaker Asylum, computer audio for the maggie lover (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-10-14, 15:34:48 (99.33.242.137)
Yeah, I had to make up a reason why I post this here. I mean, I think "maggies make the audiophile," as it were, so I post here, cuz we are The Sensible Ones. Anyway> Netbook + AQ Dragonfly + 3.5mm/RC .......
257: Critic's Corner, you underestimate them (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-10-08, 22:52:45 (108.87.39.244)
In any complicated psy-op specialist hobbyist publication as path to riches scheme, the Leader is usually only an oblique mirage that then generates the desired group response. Harley cares deeply, bu .......
258: Critic's Corner, not unusual (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-10-08, 22:48:15 (108.87.39.244)
Art Dudley has unresolved cable issues .......
259: Planar Speaker Asylum, have those speakers and use (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-23, 18:19:44 (99.155.90.158)
I use 10 foot runs of harmonic tech pro-9, I believe it is called. Part of reason for ownership of those cables is a cat I used to have that loved to chew on cables. Go for it with those. jacketed ver .......
260: General Asylum, yes, dear audio friends (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-16, 18:05:03 (99.155.92.148)
I actually caught myself thinking of the sound of the crickets and I was listening, and conjured the image of a neurotic audiophile dragging out these industrial grade insect foggers so that he could .......
261: General Asylum, scare tactics, as usual (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-13, 19:06:18 (108.76.228.77)
I hear it from some of my "politically correct" neighbors too, so pour it on, I'm ready for it. The fact is, sensible management of pests is one of the great accomplishments of the modern world. There .......
262: General Asylum, thnx dude ) nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-13, 14:45:57 (99.155.82.4)
. .......
263: General Asylum, RE: Why dontcha just get in yer listening suit? Then the wildlife lives (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-13, 11:55:28 (99.155.89.245)
shh! .......
264: General Asylum, more than happy for an owl and it's not every night (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-13, 11:54:04 (99.155.89.245)
But they just do not come around my neighborhood, I fear. I guess though, this is something I thought about. I AM only talking about "serious" listening, so it is not every night that I need ~zero cri .......
265: General Asylum, what pesticide foggers do you guys use? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-12, 10:04:29 (99.108.71.51)
Now that the weather is getting cooler, air conditioners are turned off, and the simple sound of the night make listening a lot easier. Ambient noise of crickets and so forth hardly make for a good no .......
266: Planar Speaker Asylum, you caught me (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-11, 18:11:56 (99.108.71.24)
Nope. I know, I know. I could have added some more layers. I could have re-attached the cloth back to the one and detached it from the other, and, I also did not switch locations to account for room e .......
267: Planar Speaker Asylum, Berlin (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-11, 18:05:17 (99.108.71.24)
early to mid 80's. Used to see a lot of this. Freaked everyone out too. Now we take it for granted. Funny how to things used we get, no? .......
268: Planar Speaker Asylum, diagonal (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-11, 18:00:38 (99.108.71.24)
check the gallery. im in there. .......
269: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan HATES this man - one simple trick! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-08, 22:35:06 (99.155.91.162)
I'm going ti disagree about the brightness. I ran them for a long weekend (4 days) one with cloth still on. I listened solely to mono recordings to keep things simple. Long story short, I find a noti .......
270: Planar Speaker Asylum, touche (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-08, 18:07:43 (99.155.91.162)
touche sir lol. You got me. Correct: how can I POSSIBLY say don;t fuck with the system? I'm guilty myself ;) .......
271: Planar Speaker Asylum, Magnepan HATES this man - one simple trick! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-08, 18:05:49 (99.155.91.162)
just remove the cloth socks. Best improvement by far. Cost? Zero. .......
272: Planar Speaker Asylum, much bigger improvement, one wierd trick (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-08, 17:55:19 (99.155.91.162)
Just undo the cloth sock, and roll it down, and listen to the panels without the mufflers over them. You will be amazed. EZ tweak, ez to re-do if you really favor looks over sound, which many audiophi .......
273: Planar Speaker Asylum, do you live in the third world? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-09-06, 13:34:16 (108.76.229.120)
Otherwise, why don't you print out the kindergarten level schematic of the crossover, take it to an electrical shop, and tell them to fix what you keep breaking? And then stop fucking with it. it is a .......
274: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I've gone commando (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-08-24, 21:54:22 (99.108.71.187)
I'm burning my bridges dawnrazor. I'm laying down the card: yes, this *one weird trick* can get you better sound! "Audiophiles HATE this man..." I could do google ads... .......
275: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I've gone commando (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-08-24, 00:28:16 (99.108.71.187)
I'm not convinced the vibrating along of the cloth sock cannot do anything but hurt. So I'm glad it's gone, additionally, it is about as close as you can get to the transparency these speaker panels a .......
276: Planar Speaker Asylum, I've gone commando (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-08-20, 13:10:30 (99.108.71.187)
Yes. the socks are gone. Open mylar panels in beee-yuuu-teee---ful masking tape, brushed on adhesive, highest-quality craft-grade whateverboard... I spent the weekend with one with sock off, and one w .......
277: Critic's Corner, rob reina - record god (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-08-09, 12:48:25 (99.102.193.136)
I could easily speak to the stalwart, steady, and truly workmanlike quality of Reina's reviews of ... The Affordable. Always a pleasant read. But in the Sept. 2012 review of the polk stand-mounter, yo .......
278: Cable Asylum, one must break the circuit? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-07-31, 20:43:21 (99.155.86.243)
I have two alternate sets of interconnects for cdp>preamp>amp. Harmonic Tech truthlinks, and Kimber silver streaks. All balanced. I have switched back and forth and always go either all HT, or all kim .......
279: Critic's Corner, RE: Yikes! I do now! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-07-12, 10:23:04 (99.155.90.95)
I don't know what you were thinking, but I do know you were trying to channel early American transcendentalism. Yawn. Just say some people are groovy, others are uptight, baby. That way John Atkinson .......
280: Critic's Corner, RE: I think you're confusing faith with religion. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-07-12, 10:16:08 (99.155.90.95)
well, aren't we a specialist. How do you know you are even actually reading this right now, Rick? You could be asleep and dreaming, so therefore, your act of reading this is an act of faith, even thou .......
281: Planar Speaker Asylum, 12's are perfect for some sizes rooms, imho (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-07-05, 11:08:06 (99.155.89.143)
This is not an accurate way of judging, but given the size room I was with, I went with the size of maggie that worked with a martin logan (that I *could* audition*) in my size space. I have never dou .......
282: General Asylum, no: why I bought a house (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-21, 18:45:51 (108.76.228.157)
one reason, anyway. i have no right to disturb someone in an apartment. in my house, the boundaries are a little more flexible, no? .......
283: General Asylum, there is no spoon (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-21, 18:43:58 (108.76.228.157)
nt .......
284: Planar Speaker Asylum, frame of reference on what I mean by bouncy (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-19, 06:50:14 (99.155.88.104)
I can walk across the uncarpeted floor and can't really hear my footfall via the unsuspended turntable, non-isolated, while playing a quiet piece of music. If I stamp a foot hard, I can hear it for su .......
285: Planar Speaker Asylum, in general (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-19, 06:44:59 (99.155.88.104)
I have found the maggies very sensitive to how they are "coupled" to the floor. Whether custom stands or not, I think this is true. Just using the stock stands, I notice differences much as you are al .......
286: Planar Speaker Asylum, and it helps (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-18, 12:04:12 (99.37.208.217)
if i get the word right. compliant. not complaint. jeezx .......
287: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: complaint floors rule (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-18, 12:02:51 (99.37.208.217)
well, a room is compliant if it can flex. I would not want to listen, for example, inside of a stone cave, no matter what the wall treatments were. Wooden floors -- with a basement underneath. classic .......
288: Planar Speaker Asylum, complaint floors rule (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-17, 22:05:43 (99.37.208.217)
Well, not *wildly* complaint. But, after going back and forth between my mg12's sitting on a carpet, padded as it were, then coupled to the floor but carpeting still all around, and then, finally, wit .......
289: Critic's Corner, Dennis Prager (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-06-11, 20:50:35 (99.155.80.87)
lol. A man who does a good job defending the hobby, in this month's Absolute Sound. But, it is Dennis Prager. His political views? Pssshaw, there are plenty of those all over the place, that's not the .......
290: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: today's Planar philosophical thought (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-05-27, 22:59:01 (99.155.80.87)
yup. I know if I am finding new things, I am in a good place. And, your comment made me realize, that is a flip side of it. I was *reading* some new stuff and taking up some new work. And in that cont .......
291: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Thanks for the company! I read the first chapter of "Needful Things" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-05-25, 17:38:14 (99.155.80.87)
it is a good word, isn't it? I love a fun word ;) .......
292: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: today's Planar philosophical thought (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-05-25, 17:37:06 (99.155.80.87)
Indeed my friend. Although fleeting, without those moments, which however take time, what kind of days are our leaders living? I worry! And the people! .......
293: Planar Speaker Asylum, today's Planar philosophical thought (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-05-25, 11:59:04 (99.155.80.87)
I was listening to the always-panoramic journey through Beethoven's piano concertos, and I was for some reason reminded of the beauty of Aristotle's formulation of what it means to be genuinely intell .......
294: Planar Speaker Asylum, Re: Modified MG 1.6 pics (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-05-16, 09:41:39 (99.155.80.87)
yes, let's revive this thread, shall we? Well played tyu, well played. .......
295: Planar Speaker Asylum, a musician/producer friend (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-04-28, 16:40:13 (99.33.241.103)
told me he listens to his own work as he is recording it, at the level of a good conversation in a not-noisy space. I imagine, like in a nice atrium for example, as my model in my mind. And that seems .......
296: General Asylum, I understand: of course health comes first (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-04-01, 18:03:15 (99.33.241.103)
Of course if in poor health, no smoking is just common sense. No one with health problems should smoke, ever. That is basic, I understand. And even if one is healthy, if others are in poor health, it .......
297: General Asylum, Not understanding something (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-31, 08:17:15 (99.33.241.103)
Pretty much any serious audio gear I see for sale, seller has refrained from any smoking during entire time of ownership, so smoke-free and lots of dust free too follows. But what I do not understand .......
298: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: It's a plot (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-22, 15:21:27 (99.33.241.103)
the maggie line is a thing of beauty .......
299: Planar Speaker Asylum, i love a good box speaker (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-21, 21:28:27 (99.33.241.103)
I have some snell d's a throw in every several months. box speakers have something they do, yes. but it just not have as big a sound. I dont mean loud. i mean, the feeling of the sound. yes, it is lik .......
300: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Disappointed new Maggie owner, sort of (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-18, 10:22:54 (99.155.86.209)
not taking advantage of balanced operation would be a waste of the bat preamp. go all balanced, or do not waste the circuitry. kind of basic, sicne you are, after all, apparently assembling this syste .......
301: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: JV reviews 20.7 on his TAS blog (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-15, 22:45:47 (99.155.86.209)
i must concur, surprisingly .......
302: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My system can do it. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-15, 00:34:21 (99.155.86.209)
but that nirvana track is a torture, no? It bedevils my system hehe ;) I am pretty mellow, so I just dream, of some day "getting it right," but i got so many records that sound fantastic, oh well, so .......
303: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I dunno. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-13, 15:27:59 (99.155.86.209)
^^ agree on tracking force approach. my experience too. better tracking with upper range # with all 3 of my carts. But, use ears. Vinyl is totally "local" -- what will make your system sing will requi .......
304: Vinyl Asylum, Nirvana "Nevermind" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-13, 15:22:51 (99.155.86.209)
Final track/. I have never had the pleasure of hearing a system that can track the final song on side B without splashing sibilants all over the place. Face it, sibilant control, it is simply one of t .......
305: Critic's Corner, agree but (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-12, 00:09:46 (99.155.86.209)
As a parenthesis, I enjoy travelogue like fillips. Sure. Pure style. But to say that you are enjoying your music more and more away from the stereo.... I'm sorry, why is he in the magazine? Post stori .......
306: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Interesting how the Technics 1200 have risen from the dead.. LOL (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-10, 22:25:03 (99.155.82.3)
it makes absolutely perfect sense. there is nothing at all wrong, in some unforgivable or even slight sense, with a classic dd turntable. and it's an exemplary example, as it were. If I did not alread .......
307: Vinyl Asylum, thnx! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-10, 15:26:05 (99.155.82.3)
I was thinking of a p-5 or p-25 too. .......
308: Vinyl Asylum, a "rega reference" question (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-09, 14:35:52 (99.155.82.3)
I like the idea (probably because I have a very roomy attic lol) of picking up little reference versions of things. Like, "A Rega." I would like to own a Rega tt. Not something that is the best Rega, .......
309: Critic's Corner, so... take up model trains? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-09, 01:35:59 (99.155.82.3)
Art Dudley, in a publication allegedly concerning the fine art of stereo: "That said, and for whatever reason, I found it distinctly easy to enjoy music through the Marantz when listening considerably .......
310: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: determining probability in a single non-blind testing (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-08, 16:24:35 (99.155.82.3)
excellent! I know Kevin Voecks is convinced of this, and my first "serious" speakers were the Snell D's he designed. One of the things that irks me about the Absolute Sound magazine, is its continuou .......
311: Planar Speaker Asylum, determining probability in a single non-blind testing (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-08, 12:01:30 (99.155.82.3)
Yes, I posted this here on purpose, for reasons having to do with the post actually lol; I simply prefer this data set, as it were. Listening today, I was wondering, I am "confident" that -- after rea .......
312: Planar Speaker Asylum, I am imagining japanese screens (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-07, 18:22:58 (108.76.228.142)
nicely placed to either side of the mini's, to serve as a bit of tricksy bass boost. Such screens would be totally "tunable" and movable, and attractive in the sun, in any event. put a listening chair .......
313: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Yet another problem room.. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-03-05, 01:03:42 (108.76.228.142)
I see no reason you cannot just get the mmg's and a tight little sub for maggies being so light, you can always slide them in and about. The most fruitful and ez situation seems to be a smallish list .......
314: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Post a pic of your system (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-19, 18:18:56 (108.76.228.142)
the listening room. maggie mg12s, bat electronics, theta digital, miida tt with benz glider. .......
315: Planar Speaker Asylum, farfetched bass (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-18, 00:51:01 (108.76.228.142)
I have a bass guitar I have been meaning to get actually amplified and running. It is quite nice. I wonder, even if it distorted (one can always make use of the sound one has, rather than the sound on .......
316: Vinyl Asylum, sound quality follows interest (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-10, 21:25:03 (99.155.84.180)
sound quality: noun: the ability of a mechanical reproductive device to convey music as close as possible to being able to make you suspend disbelief. this happens if and when people care. if kids car .......
317: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Maggie sweet spot (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-10, 21:11:30 (99.155.84.180)
my profile has photos. I find ambiently, the sound is still so nice and pleasant: you can walk around your room, they are slender after all (unless your room is small, then nm). short story: yes, the .......
318: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: balanced audio technology vk-500. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-09, 13:17:48 (99.155.84.180)
I am lucky. It was the first serious ss amp I ever had in my home. From what I understand, I have managed to avoid some typical solid state issues from going the bat route. Of course, all I know, at .......
319: Planar Speaker Asylum, balanced audio technology vk-500. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-08, 19:30:26 (99.155.84.180)
works for me .......
320: Planar Speaker Asylum, don't forget phase (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-06, 17:56:26 (99.85.39.185)
my taste is to roll off the sub low - 30hz - because that seems to really "clean" up the sound of kick drums and such, less time smearing or some such who knows what, but for me, the real trip for me .......
321: Planar Speaker Asylum, oh, and (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-05, 19:56:44 (99.85.39.185)
I have the crossover on the sub set at 30hz; at 35 hz, I feel it is slightly muting or slowing the dreaded prat strengths of the fast maggies. I guess I prefer very little sub overlap. I listen relati .......
322: Planar Speaker Asylum, yes, I would even say (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-05, 19:54:39 (99.85.39.185)
it is about air and a sense of space. the thump is timing, not bass per se, imo. Subharmonics = a sense of air and space, I am thinking. I never think of my sub as giving me "punch", it gives the sens .......
323: Planar Speaker Asylum, went back and forth, and enjoyable day. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-03, 20:02:48 (99.85.39.185)
And I am here to report: phase and sub location was much more a factor in getting sound locked in, today. Went back to the preamp-sub line in route. neater that way, and I need those cables anyway :: .......
324: Planar Speaker Asylum, never tried this sub/maggie hookup stechnique? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-02-03, 08:37:09 (99.85.39.185)
I have always just run a rca out from my preamp (bat 3ki) into the martin logan depth line ins. But, apparently one can use the speaker level as well. But how to run that? Amp speaker binding posts -- .......
325: Planar Speaker Asylum, Just to be clear about my reasoning (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-01-21, 15:19:37 (99.85.39.185)
I had just taken in a third pet. A second dog, a great little male silky terrier. The older female dog got used to the new housemate, but i had a female cat who was not happy. Much household mayhem an .......
326: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Van Halen crisis! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2012-01-08, 22:58:53 (99.85.39.185)
you realize, of course, teams of scientists are secretly studying you, to try to figure you out, for exactly what you just said. ZTHis position you have expressed is like Poincair's Conjecture. It baf .......
327: Vinyl Asylum, musical instruments, often nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-21, 06:30:17 (99.155.95.163)
, .......
328: Vinyl Asylum, I remember the history of the great tonearm... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-18, 12:09:27 (99.155.95.163)
When it came out. The JMW memorial. Important to maybe mention that as well here. Every time I read (yet another) rave review or mentioning of this tonearm, I recall to myself why and when Mr. Weisfel .......
329: Planar Speaker Asylum, I see we have another believer (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-17, 16:12:06 (99.155.95.163)
in the "interconnects are the most crucial link in the signal chain" school of thought ;) .......
330: Planar Speaker Asylum, and remember the turntable reviews... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-15, 21:01:21 (99.155.95.163)
several years back, as it became apparent vinyl truly was back and was no mere fad, JA said s-phile was going to start doing turntable and cartridge reviews under their usual regimen, meaning a review .......
331: Planar Speaker Asylum, pushing air (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-14, 09:14:06 (99.155.95.163)
mmg's are simply not gonna move much air I am guessing, relative to what you are thinking that means. You need a good fast sub. It's not the amp. It's the missing hall ambience of the bottom 2 octaves .......
332: Planar Speaker Asylum, Just a tip (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-05, 14:54:04 (99.155.95.163)
First of all welcome, and enjoy those new maggies. From your description of your sensibilities, and system, I can tell your real home, however is over in the cable or tweaks forums. .......
333: Planar Speaker Asylum, hmm? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-12-03, 13:51:06 (99.155.95.163)
"But then I realized that the abx feature in Foobar uncompressed the flac before the test and I was comparing .wav with .wav. So I asked the nice folks at hydrogen audio who to abx flac in a way that .......
334: Planar Speaker Asylum, That hall ambience = "dead air" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-28, 14:30:39 (99.155.95.163)
That is what the grateful dead called it. it is the sound of the place itself, the hall ambience as you say, from which then the music comes. I happen to really like hearing it. It may be room depende .......
335: Planar Speaker Asylum, I'm going to go with Satie's original description (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-28, 14:24:52 (99.155.95.163)
There is stuff down there. It is not "extra-musical", because it is an integral aspect of the acoustic. I think I would add to his description that -- and I know this goes against the usual audio voca .......
336: Planar Speaker Asylum, chest thump! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-27, 09:25:20 (99.155.95.163)
i like that. I especially like the sounds they give at the bottom. chest thump lol. But seriously, I can hear that. I was listening to some Haydn symphonies yesterday, some Hogwood cd's, and I could s .......
337: Planar Speaker Asylum, nice! thnx (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-27, 09:15:51 (99.155.95.163)
nt .......
338: Planar Speaker Asylum, exactly (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-26, 10:46:29 (99.155.95.163)
that is the range I think of when I think of bass response relative to discussion of maggies and stereos in general. I do not think I ever heard a speaker that did not do a credible and robust job dow .......
339: Planar Speaker Asylum, what do you guys consider "bass"? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-26, 07:51:42 (99.155.95.163)
With planars, we often discuss bass response. I know when I got my magnapan 12's a few years ago, I immediately noticed some missing "substance" to my music, especially rock, and so right away got a M .......
340: Planar Speaker Asylum, yes in fact here is my test (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-24, 17:50:11 (99.155.95.163)
I can clearly tell when I have the correct phase set on the sub. That is new for me, and I think says how "locked in" the setup is these days. Life is good when it gets locked in ;) .......
341: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Where to place MG12´s ? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-24, 00:05:48 (99.155.95.163)
thats close to my setup. see gallery .......
342: Planar Speaker Asylum, I have same space shape (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-24, 00:04:21 (99.155.95.163)
take a look at my photo gallery in my profile. i have an L shaped space as well. .......
343: Digital Drive, I do not always burn cd's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-24, 00:01:27 (99.155.95.163)
But when I do, I use cd-r's .......
344: Planar Speaker Asylum, very nice space ;) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-22, 09:57:15 (99.155.95.163)
looks like a textbook picture on how to set those panels out from the rear and side walls .......
345: General Asylum, RE: And so it begins... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-22, 09:51:51 (99.155.95.163)
just rmember, get it set up right. if you actually have a room set aside, use that room. don't "decor" until you do set up. build the room around the system, not vice versa. And yes, look at my sig... .......
346: General Asylum, haha (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-20, 08:19:25 (99.155.95.163)
love your defense of the resphigi/heinekin combo. True! .......
347: General Asylum, unless one lives in a society (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-20, 08:17:59 (99.155.95.163)
where marriages are pre-arranged, yes, marriages are under one's control. I apologize for the generalization? I do respect the cultural traditions of others, so I wish you luck in your forced marriage .......
348: General Asylum, RE: You pegged it. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-19, 20:25:38 (99.155.95.163)
happy listening ;) .......
349: General Asylum, yes, that's it (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-19, 20:22:55 (99.155.95.163)
Some terrible trauma, a lapse, a sort of "dark night of the soul" from which one -- hopefully -- soon awakens... .......
350: General Asylum, possible need for new forum here (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-19, 11:17:01 (99.155.95.163)
I read these forums, not all of them, but I have the ones I visit more or less regularly. Many times, I will read a thread that begins with something like, "Hi all, I'm having to seriously downsize my .......
351: Planar Speaker Asylum, much thanks you guys! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-18, 20:21:53 (99.155.95.163)
This actually finally clarified biamping for me lol. This would require me to get a second vk-500 then.... hmm. .......
352: Planar Speaker Asylum, question about making an ext crossover for mg12's (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-18, 09:44:44 (99.155.95.163)
I am wanting to make the interface between my amp and the speakers as transparent as possible. So, I have, for example, an article with schematics by Ed Morawski from Postive Feedback. What I would li .......
353: Planar Speaker Asylum, me (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-06, 08:53:59 (99.155.95.163)
I may replace the crossovers. But I like the stands as is. I have a somewhat compliant room, and I feel the speakers are going to couple to the room anyway, so might as well have some give in them. T .......
354: Planar Speaker Asylum, posted a gallery (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-05, 08:41:42 (99.155.95.163)
some of you guys might be interested. Maggies kinda the key that finally unlocked things, so posting here ;) .......
355: Digital Drive, indeed! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-05, 07:52:02 (99.155.95.163)
old media kicks ass. I tend to read a lot for my career, and no way: I've tried a ereader. Gimmie the hardbound or even clothbound book! And as to vinyl vs cd, im over it. When done right, like especi .......
356: Vinyl Asylum, and me as well (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-11-03, 20:17:03 (99.155.95.163)
I would agree. And, I too got bequeathed a rather large mono collection that extends well into the stereo era. Plentiful living mono, as you say. But the more I listen, the more I like mono. A mono .......
357: Planar Speaker Asylum, true! )nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-24, 13:40:09 (99.155.95.163)
. .......
358: Planar Speaker Asylum, xanax, first of all (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-24, 06:07:09 (99.155.95.163)
for the audio nervosa. That is the chief obstacle to your listening skills, not your ears. So then, just listen. The ear compensates and most importantly the mind compensates. Or do you really think a .......
359: Critic's Corner, agree (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-22, 09:03:31 (99.155.95.163)
"Should" is a strong word. "perhaps should have" is more what I am wondering. And yeah, I think a lot of people who "backed in" to this "hobby" via music collecting (like me) have long wearied of the .......
360: Critic's Corner, I'm not surprised. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-22, 08:56:48 (99.155.95.163)
I guarantee you anyone who complains about this is a minority. They always complain. They are lazy too. And always looking for a handout. And I am not gonna stand for them shoving their "political cor .......
361: Critic's Corner, The cow had already left the barn (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-21, 17:12:41 (99.155.95.163)
Because that is a marketing pickle that was self-made: the high end created the audio snob, and then wonders why the snob doesn't "bite" on items that are purposely designed to have less of such appea .......
362: Planar Speaker Asylum, reminds me of a star trek set..... (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-20, 22:44:25 (99.155.95.163)
. .......
363: Planar Speaker Asylum, i didn't know ! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-20, 22:43:09 (99.155.95.163)
. .......
364: Planar Speaker Asylum, thnx! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-20, 22:42:32 (99.155.95.163)
I am going to follow some of this advise. But yup, it does all start and end with the ear making a judgment. I need to brush up on my rules of thumb tho .......
365: Planar Speaker Asylum, might want to make (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-17, 07:50:24 (99.155.95.163)
a dummy version to scale, just to see if you really think your room can manage that much speaker surface. Just use some construction paper or whatnot, or sheets, etc., to try to give you a feel. they .......
366: General Asylum, it is a function of the room (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-13, 18:23:48 (99.155.95.163)
That is how I view it. The punchiness of the bass + clarity/articulateness has to do with minimal resonances and suckouts being excited so that the low frequencies can sound from the speakers and not .......
367: General Asylum, need new forum? cd? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-13, 12:02:39 (99.155.95.163)
The current arrangement ("digital - general") ), I would argue, assumes rather than specifies cd as a common media. This made eminent sense in the past of course, and then it also made sense for a goo .......
368: Vinyl Asylum, this is the answer, if anything (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-11, 23:28:45 (99.155.95.163)
Sometimes clicks and pops, well, they are just there, and it is not dirt, it is damage. But as to cleaning mold and mildew etc., I can verify, under those conditions, nothing replaces a vacuum cleani .......
369: Planar Speaker Asylum, downgrade (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-11, 23:13:30 (99.155.95.163)
downgrade the apparently full-swing upgrading wife, and your budget to modestly improve your stereo will go up considerably. I'd like to see a ratio between how much "she" is spending "to upgrade vari .......
370: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: When that wave lines up... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-11, 23:07:50 (99.155.95.163)
thanks for the corresponding view. Since I am primarily a music collector and "lover," even if also very serious about the quality of my playback system, I always tend to just set up through ear and t .......
371: Planar Speaker Asylum, For great justice! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-10, 13:27:10 (99.155.95.163)
. .......
372: Planar Speaker Asylum, tight bass! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-10, 07:52:30 (143.105.205.218)
this hobby/passion is so strange. A few weeks ago, I made a reasonably small change in the location of my speakers/chair in my listening area. All of a sudden, the bass became impactful, tuneful, not .......
373: Critic's Corner, you really must chill (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-08, 00:39:21 (99.155.95.163)
Listen to yourself: "I just always thought of Mercedes and Rolexes as "lifestyle" products. Most that purchase them do not have passionate love for driving or hand crafted watches." How do you *know* .......
374: Critic's Corner, RE: the tragic hermeticism of the high end (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-08, 00:28:18 (99.155.95.163)
I'm with soulfood on this one. right now, as you read this, there is, as a matter of fact, people enjoying music in their homes all around the world, all is not bleak. .......
375: Critic's Corner, I don't think (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-08, 00:24:08 (99.155.95.163)
I could have misunderstood the debate in this thread better, if I took a hit of crack after every new entry and then tried to repeat back to myself what I just thought I had seen, also taking a hit of .......
376: Critic's Corner, RE: agree and an apt correlate (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-08, 00:15:40 (99.155.95.163)
yes, it was a perfect storm alright. Literature too flew to academia. That in and of itself is not a bad thing! But the problem is, the greater mass, as it were, of society went in another direction. .......
377: Critic's Corner, True (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 13:44:03 (99.155.95.163)
But then I would only say, it is unfortunate that people do not value the genuine merits of solitary reverie. I find it essential. And, I find music a perfect avenue, among others (reading being anoth .......
378: Critic's Corner, RE: Like you for example or something more vague? -nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 13:38:43 (99.155.95.163)
not sure about the gist of your rather mumbling responses, but to clarify, I am speaking in general, which to you may seem vague, of young persons. Lots of people like music. Some particular people ha .......
379: Amp/Preamp Asylum, oh and the tubes (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 13:21:07 (99.155.95.163)
I've always gone through Kevin Deal, and have either some french ww2 ones, or some 70's Russian ones. Not sure of any other details atm. .......
380: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I wouldn't worry..... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 13:15:57 (99.155.95.163)
thnx man! I like to see these kinds of "real use" accounts. I think they are helpful for everyone. But I must say, I am laughing as I imagine an music lover such as ourselves, sitting in a 90 degree .......
381: Critic's Corner, RE: "a home is not a home without a music room" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 02:03:31 (99.155.95.163)
agree, sadly. but as i said, im gonna keep thinking happy thoughts. history can turn pleasant corners sometimes. This would hardly change the world, but I sure know I would like *visiting* homes that .......
382: Critic's Corner, people who are still developing their relation to listening to music (nt) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 01:57:25 (99.155.95.163)
nt .......
383: Critic's Corner, ah, you have misunderestimated me. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-10-01, 01:56:10 (99.155.95.163)
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... .......
384: Amp/Preamp Asylum, heat and the bat vk-500 (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 14:13:05 (99.155.95.163)
i've had a balanced audio technologies vk-500 for about 10 years now, coupled with a vk-3i. Both units are left on the vast majority of the time. I only power them down, if I leave town, or am away ov .......
385: Critic's Corner, so, you admit (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 11:42:12 (99.155.95.163)
you just can't, or won't, debate ideas all that well. got it. cya./ .......
386: Critic's Corner, The unabridged Oxford English Dictionary (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 11:37:44 (99.155.95.163)
is your friend too .......
387: Critic's Corner, "only if the in-room setup allows it to work its best" (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 11:11:46 (99.155.95.163)
And that gets to the crux of the matter. As I said, not the room, but the home itself, is the most important audio component. No one would keep a prized boat or automobile in a rusty leaky shack, or r .......
388: Critic's Corner, I will defer (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 11:05:54 (99.155.95.163)
to your observations Alan. I suspect you are right, and as a matter of plai fact, the "home music idea" taken seriously, has always been a minoritarian ideal. But I am gonna keep thinking "what if" s .......
389: Critic's Corner, oops, meant to add (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 10:56:47 (99.155.95.163)
But I don't know if the issue is home music vs live music. And it is not really a *bad* thing if one decides to take advantage of the marvelous technological opportunity to, in no small way, attempt t .......
390: Critic's Corner, excellent and valuable observations (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 10:51:16 (99.155.95.163)
Especially about the page hits of gear shots vs live music pics. Hah! Too funny, eh? .......
391: Critic's Corner, ok veridian (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-30, 10:48:22 (99.155.95.163)
I can definitely see your point. But I guess I would argue, I *hope* that you are not correct. But I would agree, this would be a real problem right? here is another question: do potential passionate .......
392: Critic's Corner, but you have to admit (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 20:16:32 (99.155.95.163)
Even if unintentionally, you are then functioning as more or less a consignment dealer: you will, if someone bites (and how is the market availability of these heavy, gilt lead components publicized?) .......
393: Critic's Corner, what? lol (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 20:09:11 (99.155.95.163)
You got me hanging on, what did you find beyond the pale in John's analysis? I think him, and you actually, are tracking the same point I did not want to really think about, vis, the market simply rea .......
394: Critic's Corner, agree and an apt correlate (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 20:02:32 (99.155.95.163)
The disappearance of the library! I think you know, I know this opens all kinds of sociological matters -- even economic and political, re: the controversies around music in the mid century especially .......
395: Critic's Corner, ok, now that was a real valid point (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 19:44:23 (99.155.95.163)
But really do you think so? I was operating off the premise, that the "domestic music system" -- which I believe culminates in the humble stereo..... .....or.. mono? anyway, that the marvelous inven .......
396: Critic's Corner, But we *are* the audiophiles! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 19:38:35 (99.155.95.163)
Why are you on this forum otherwise? You got scrambled. Allow me to decode. We are audiophiles. We are audiophiles because we love music (pardon to the train whistle crowd). Of course, not all peopl .......
397: Critic's Corner, you need to look a little closer (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 19:24:53 (99.155.95.163)
Um, Regor? You just did what you said you disliked. You abstracted from a limited sample -- what *you* like and enjoy (and good for you!) -- and assumed you could extrapolate that to contest my objec .......
398: Critic's Corner, RE: Audiophiles are never satisfied, anyway. Those people are just failing to be satisfied more affordably. (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 19:02:36 (99.155.95.163)
that was freakin brilliant .......
399: Critic's Corner, the tragic hermeticism of the high end (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-29, 14:02:13 (99.155.95.163)
One can hardly deny that the high end has utterly failed at making high end audio -- not to mention simply a halfway decent stereo! -- one of the necessary ingredients of a basic, good, domestic life. .......
400: Planar Speaker Asylum, thnx guys ) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-28, 23:08:10 (99.155.95.163)
Just read through the thread and some great info. These days, tonality and clarity are my big deals. Scale (size) is not too much on my radar, and as far as spaciousness goes, the maggies do that ple .......
401: Planar Speaker Asylum, nice! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-28, 22:43:13 (99.155.95.163)
love it .......
402: Planar Speaker Asylum, question regarding distance-wall-to-speaker ratios (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-27, 10:30:43 (99.155.95.163)
I seem to remember often hearing (but am now just starting to think about it) about speaker distances (and not just planar speakers) from side wall to back wall to floor to ceiling, etc, and how these .......
403: Vinyl Asylum, I'm wondering (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-23, 19:05:24 (99.155.95.163)
if it's even possible to be a vinyl enthusiast, and not have at least *some* interest in prog rock. I mean, come on. Isn't that how we all discovered the practical uses of gatefold lp covers? wink, wi .......
404: Vinyl Asylum, Is it safe? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-20, 02:55:24 (99.155.95.163)
this can at least clarify the importance of the question of, is it safe? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg1vzeuCVh4 .......
405: Planar Speaker Asylum, and just to further clarify: (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-17, 07:23:13 (99.155.95.163)
Basically, draw a rectangle on a piece of paper. Now, take a "listening triangle: and situate it in that space, so that no side of the listening triangle is either perpendicular or parallel to the sid .......
406: Planar Speaker Asylum, focusing effect? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-17, 07:18:24 (99.155.95.163)
Do you mean as a result of a pretty direct firing of the rear wave of the speakers into a corner? Yes, me too; but I am talking about often less drastic "non parallel/perpendicular" setups. My 12's cu .......
407: Planar Speaker Asylum, Potential zombie? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-16, 14:02:06 (99.155.95.163)
I remember when I met my wife, one of the things she liked about me was my general approach to living spaces: that they should be used as one wants, for whatever one wants to use it for. She was craft .......
408: Planar Speaker Asylum, good lord man (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-12, 22:50:46 (99.155.95.163)
go sit in front of an open freezer for a while .......
409: Planar Speaker Asylum, It's a trap! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-09, 20:28:06 (99.155.95.163)
Get out now! The phone calls are coming from inside the house!! .......
410: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: curious housing coincidences (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-05, 10:24:32 (99.155.95.163)
yikes, sounds kinda serious. When I was house shopping, man, did I see some bad basements and floors, and roofs. One house was so bad, they had to fill in the basement with fresh cement all around th .......
411: Planar Speaker Asylum, curious housing coincidences (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-04, 10:33:21 (99.155.95.163)
I live in this old house, 100 years old in a couple years, and the whole first floor (except the kitchen, which is roomed off of course)is the listening room/library/sunroom area. It's got a basement, .......
412: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sinatra Mono Night (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-09-02, 19:42:37 (99.155.95.163)
love those monos. the 3-d Voice captured on those recordings is state of the art. .......
413: Vinyl Asylum, maybe (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-31, 16:27:33 (99.155.95.163)
he is just trying to get rid of as much neurosis as possible in his life, and he tried to preempt someone listening to cannon shots or train whistles or Jacintha. .......
414: Speaker Asylum, field trip! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-26, 13:17:36 (99.155.95.163)
someone has to go explore this. Pretty sure Sam Tellig made fun of their ad. .......
415: Speaker Asylum, so true (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-26, 11:14:23 (99.155.95.163)
If i was dropping 5 figures on a speaker, i'd arrange an at-home demo or an extended in-store demo, as in, "give me the keys I'll stay here overnight and listen." And if a dealer won't cooperate, i'll .......
416: Speaker Asylum, thnx (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-25, 14:07:07 (99.155.95.163)
that is what I was guessing. Maybe I can figure out a way of keeping the veneers healthy year round? Hmmm... .......
417: Speaker Asylum, RE: time frame? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-25, 10:19:11 (99.155.95.163)
yup/ I work occasionally up there on really hot days. diy sweatlodge. .......
418: Speaker Asylum, time frame? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-24, 16:38:58 (99.155.93.21)
Let's be frank: on the used market, these albeit fine if conventional speakers maybe fetch, what, $400? I already have 2 other systems in the normal part of the house, and well, the Snells are to put .......
419: Speaker Asylum, operating temperature range for cone/dome speakers? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-23, 21:35:10 (99.155.93.21)
I am setting up a workshop in my attic that, while dry, will be unheated in the winter and exposed to a hot environment in the summer. There is no insulation. I am guessing temps will range up in the .......
420: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Horrible use of vinyl! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-17, 16:31:57 (99.155.93.21)
some things are just wrong once you understand the principle. My parents once bought me a lamp whose stand was made of glued together and shellaced books. They thought "since I loved books" I would lo .......
421: Vinyl Asylum, my impressions of the Fremer setup DVD (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-13, 18:37:11 (99.155.93.21)
I decided to get this, and have watched it over the past couple days on and off. I must say, Fremer does 3 things really well, imo. 1) he does indeed clearly describe and *show* the basic set-up param .......
422: Planar Speaker Asylum, some men (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-12, 20:51:19 (99.155.93.21)
are attracted to incompetence. So, ya know, the poor dear *has* received mixed signals overall. You need to be more clear you favor precision and rigor. I suggest a week of speaking nothing but German .......
423: Vinyl Asylum, RE: vinyl now so hip I could gag (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-12, 19:56:14 (99.155.93.21)
I am pretty sure they have a waist size requirement as well ( Oh well, no elegance a la Williamsburg Brooklyn for me .......
424: Vinyl Asylum, if you really find yourself (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-08-09, 14:53:59 (99.155.93.21)
feeling this way about your physical collection of music, you might as well take seriously the high probability that even out of print recordings will be online within the next 5 years, and just ditch .......
425: Planar Speaker Asylum, sadly, I am dealing with a window unit on the landing (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-28, 08:25:17 (99.155.93.21)
so, ya know, that's noiser than central air .......
426: Planar Speaker Asylum, folly, not tragedy (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-27, 01:15:16 (99.155.93.21)
tragedy is where something admirable leads to ruin. Folly is where something laughable leads to ruin. Millionaire junkies od'ing makes me laugh. No tragedy here at all. She was a mediocre talent, who .......
427: Planar Speaker Asylum, another post to add to the list (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-27, 01:11:40 (99.155.93.21)
I keep saying, there needs to be a separate forum for threads from audiophiles who need permission to be audiophiles from their wives. The Madonna song "Justify my Love" comes to mind. Watching, wait .......
428: Planar Speaker Asylum, sigh, summer listening sucks (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-27, 01:05:42 (99.155.93.21)
anyone else have trouble doing good listening in the summer? the culprit? air conditioning. I am hardly a low noise level fiend (the way some audiophiles go on about low noise floors makes me think th .......
429: Rocky Road, RE: "He threw away a chance no one should ever throw away." (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-24, 23:16:03 (99.155.93.21)
humility? a resolve to become more appreciative of life? Many people have "fallen" in life, and managed to return back to health and sobriety. AA is kinda the whole world of that lol .......
430: Whiner's Woad, but (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-24, 15:07:03 (99.155.93.21)
That's not patriotism, I am guessing. That is chauvinism. look it up. .......
431: Rocky Road, RE: Oh, crap, does that mean she will take over all the demos at Hi Fi shows like Dusty did? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-24, 11:20:31 (99.155.93.21)
Dusty was just a mod fancy of the Julie London crowd. So, umm, yes. .......
432: Rocky Road, You get it! Exactly! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-24, 11:17:53 (99.155.93.21)
If I have been foolish, I hope people have the courage to say, "He was a fool." If I have squandered rare opportunity, I hope people have the frankness to say, "He threw away a chance no one should ev .......
433: Vinyl Asylum, a local college here in cleveland..... yay kids! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-24, 03:52:53 (99.155.93.21)
check out their project. might want to connect em up with us? http://blog.cleveland.com/newssun/2011/07/baldwin-wallace_students_conti.html .......
434: Rocky Road, not a waste at all (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-23, 23:49:21 (99.155.93.21)
Anyone who has ever even got slightly close to the pop music business, and has any sense whatever, knows that it is a deadly beast that will eat you alive and allow you to kill yourself as it feeds yo .......
435: Whiner's Woad, fine. Can this be stickied? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-22, 09:47:00 (99.155.93.21)
nt .......
436: Digital Drive, RE: Are there any tube DACs or CDPs that are the digital equivalent of a Koetsu rosewood in their sound signature? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-21, 18:15:53 (99.155.93.21)
I was thinking very thick red velvet draperies .......
437: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Recommend me some classical music for extreme dummy (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-20, 19:11:45 (99.155.93.21)
Shostakovich piano concertos Mozart piano concertos Beethoven piano concertos Bach Suites for cello And here is the "kind of blue" of classical music: Eric Satie solo piano pieces Trust me, the Satie .......
438: Planar Speaker Asylum, yeah, really (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-15, 19:12:39 (99.155.93.21)
I mean, it would never occur to me to fantasize "ooo, really small maggies!" and think anything other than "desktop speakers." I am just spitballing here, but I bet the problem lies with the frustrate .......
439: Planar Speaker Asylum, My Van Halen test (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-06, 20:24:14 (99.155.93.21)
"Everybody Wants Some" is my test track for that genre. It opens with pounding drums and all kinds of screeches and such, and then..... the brown sound power chord. (If you don't know about Eddie's pu .......
440: Vinyl Asylum, sourcing vs tooling, and moral integrity (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-07-02, 12:55:04 (99.155.93.21)
The devices and parts specified for belt driven tables are in every case vastly more generic, and thus vastly less capital intensive, than those specified for direct drive. Pretty much the parts invol .......
441: Planar Speaker Asylum, you could always (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-06-11, 13:19:58 (99.155.93.21)
throw a saddle over that huge projector and have that be your listening chair. Happy trails.... .......
442: Planar Speaker Asylum, Better.... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-06-10, 13:11:31 (99.155.93.21)
Send me $$$. It will blow your mind what will happen after you do this. .......
443: Vinyl Asylum, Depends on your particular setup (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-06-07, 02:11:49 (99.155.93.21)
My house is unfortunately located under a major trestle of power lines that carry power between Canada and the US, and located a half block away from a series power station, with several dozen transfo .......
444: Planar Speaker Asylum, ya (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-06-04, 12:00:59 (99.155.93.21)
You have to come to peace with magnepan and how they run their ship. Sure, they certainly could do a lot of things. They could figure out some margins, I am sure, where at each model level, they cost .......
445: Vinyl Asylum, I bet you fancy yourself a savvy (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-30, 10:49:33 (99.155.93.21)
business type, am I right? I also bet you fancy yourself a fair amount shrewder than other people around you. Additionally, I imagine you often say to yourself, "Damn I'm good, I could sell snow to es .......
446: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Just enjoy the music (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-29, 10:06:04 (99.155.93.21)
But that's kinda the point. With maggies, it's no biggie. Just tilt to the side, and rotate a tad. And as others have noted here, this seems to be a function of different recording set-ups. It is actu .......
447: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: What a great vision for Memorial Day weekend (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-29, 10:01:47 (99.155.93.21)
I always thought the Germans were misunderstood. "Lebensraum" also means "listening room" .......
448: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Here you go (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-29, 09:59:34 (99.155.93.21)
beliee me, ive thought about just such a solution. talk about dialing it in lol .......
449: Planar Speaker Asylum, the never-ending story: toe in (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-28, 11:11:57 (99.155.93.21)
Good lord, it varies from what I am listening to! If I am listening to, say, classic early stereo Sinatra, the mix seems to dictate a tight toe-in. Sinatra becomes then pin-point solid right in the ce .......
450: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Love the cover art... see this PHOTO! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-28, 09:21:30 (99.155.93.21)
the good old days. back when targeting demographics were basic. Guys = boobies. Girls = ovens, refrigerators, mixers, etc. .......
451: Vinyl Asylum, RE: So jealous of your TT set ups... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-23, 01:07:20 (99.155.93.21)
good lord, that whole front wall assemblage looks like it is going to start breathing or something. Does it? .......
452: Vinyl Asylum, I see you have the essential ingredient of any true audiophile (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-23, 00:57:30 (99.155.93.21)
A suitcase at the ready, for fast getaways, or in case of sudden calls from headquarters. I am assuming you also keep a suitable quantity of gold bullion on hand, as well as an assortment of passports .......
453: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: As a twentysometing in the 1970s' i was 'into' pyramid stuff. enough then, no more now nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-19, 00:31:18 (99.155.93.21)
I sense your eating too much dairy. You should not do that. .......
454: Planar Speaker Asylum, Attn: board moderators (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-14, 14:49:44 (99.155.93.21)
Can you guys maybe create a forum for audiophiles whose interest/passion in gear/music apparently needs to be vetted by their spouses? Maybe call it the "Mother May I?" forum or somesuch. These thread .......
455: Outside Asylum, RE: This unfortunately (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-03, 02:32:37 (99.155.93.21)
But that's an easy one. In West Texas, births used to be done with "a handshake and a man's word." There were no birth certificates. Birth certificates were a coastal thing, because of all the immigra .......
456: Outside Asylum, This unfortunately (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-05-02, 20:56:57 (99.155.93.21)
raises more questions than it answers. Some are asking, why was the body buried at sea? Why wasn't it brought back to the United States so the American people can see the evidence with their own eyes? .......
457: General Asylum, RE: Power Line Conditioner: Leviton 1200-LC (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-04-24, 11:55:40 (99.155.93.21)
thnx for reviving this thread. I was worried it was gonna be lost to time, like tears in rain .......
458: Vinyl Asylum, *your* recommended distance (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-27, 15:30:39 (99.155.93.21)
ok, don't see how this helps though .......
459: Music Lane, RIP Bear (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-17, 01:50:09 (99.155.93.21)
One of the "visionary" originators of high end large scale sound systems.... among other things, hehe .......
460: Vinyl Asylum, seek help (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-13, 07:52:48 (99.155.93.21)
OCD is no joke .......
461: General Asylum, the 1 or the 5? nt (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-07, 15:41:54 (99.155.93.21)
. .......
462: General Asylum, well said (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-07, 15:40:17 (99.155.93.21)
Andy never claimed to be "brilliant" in some Schubertian sense lol. He was most known for replying, no matter what anyone said to him about whatever, "wow." He was cold, cynical, shallow -- and *that* .......
463: General Asylum, um, yes? and this pertains to what exactly? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-07, 15:35:22 (99.155.93.21)
That was the point. Famous for being famous. The self-referential nature of pop culture. he painted soup cans for a reason. .......
464: General Asylum, good lord man (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-07, 15:32:45 (99.155.93.21)
What the hell are you talking about? Do you even know what IQ measures? It has little to nothing to do with what can make for an ingenious aesthetic discovery. Andy made a discovery. He had an aesthet .......
465: General Asylum, Oh! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-05, 15:30:43 (99.155.93.21)
This makes me sad. I so enjoyed his online presence here :( He was a true music and audio lover!!!! .......
466: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Am I getting smarter?? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-05, 15:27:23 (99.155.93.21)
"Let’s face it, the sound of the various audiophile classical labels differ so much that there is no one system that does all of them the best. Unless you want to have different setups for RCA, Mercur .......
467: Planar Speaker Asylum, i've always wpondered (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-04, 23:38:38 (99.155.93.21)
if stacking mmg's would be workable. that might help the height. ive thought of if i could do that witha second pair of mg 12's, which is what i have .......
468: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: More MMG placement experiments... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-04, 23:17:28 (99.155.93.21)
I would not get too fixated on imaging "outside" the speakers. Just spend some time evaluating how nice that soundtage is "inside" the speakers. Just a thought. I, personally, never bothered with tryi .......
469: General Asylum, some day (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-02, 19:16:18 (99.155.93.21)
science will allow us to harvest the ears of the young to replace our aging organs. Imagine! Entire farms of young people, ripe unto harvest! .......
470: Vinyl Asylum, The wife (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-02, 18:27:55 (99.155.93.21)
will have that out in the garage within a month. Remember, it's her house, she pays the bills. .......
471: General Asylum, I saw your post, and you crossed a line (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-01, 04:25:07 (99.155.93.21)
I'm a freewheeling dude, but your rant on how "midgets have no souls" was just plain mean spirited. .......
472: Planar Speaker Asylum, wasp (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-03-01, 04:19:25 (99.155.93.21)
I imagine that look is all the rage in Greenwich Connecticut. .......
473: General Asylum, RE: Huge difference? (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-27, 14:08:57 (99.155.93.21)
It is not complicated. "Irony". Granted, anyone who buys a Warhol work and does not understand it is cruelly ironic, well, ya, they are a rube. But my posts are clearly explaining his aesthetic. I am .......
474: Critic's Corner, at least it would remove, as it were, another veil (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-27, 03:23:37 (99.155.93.21)
; .......
475: General Asylum, huge difference (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-27, 02:09:46 (99.155.93.21)
thomas kinkade pretends to be creating "beautiful" works, and selling them to rubes. Warhol created soulless works that no one would mistake for pleasing or comforting, and he sold them to art lovers. .......
476: General Asylum, art does not always alter reality (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 22:53:11 (99.155.93.21)
Pop Art is ironically a brilliant form of representational art, as much as 19th century landscape painting was. But what it represents is the reality of 20th century culture, especially late 20th cent .......
477: General Asylum, very true (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 22:47:34 (99.155.93.21)
it is a classic western ballad. glenn campbell has a few of them. "Galveston" comes to mind as well. .......
478: Music Lane, he complied (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 22:45:27 (99.155.93.21)
that is how anything or anyone emerges from China. .......
479: Planar Speaker Asylum, my little recommendation (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 22:21:49 (99.155.93.21)
just to try it out, try a smaller listening triangle. Move the speakers out a bit, and a bit closer together, and move your listening chair 3 feet forward. The toe in until you get a solid center imag .......
480: Planar Speaker Asylum, agree, OP does not make any sense (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 22:13:34 (99.155.93.21)
The idea that you decided to "improve" your speaker positioning and ended up with worse sound is absurd. That is like saying, "I improved the fuel efficiency of my car and got worse gas mileage." It m .......
481: Vinyl Asylum, I want an old tt! (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 21:59:20 (99.155.93.21)
Not 70's old, I already use one of those. I mean late 50's early 60's. Like a Garrard or something. What would be something to keep an eye out for, for under 1k? .......
482: Vinyl Asylum, stunning pics ) (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 21:57:26 (99.155.93.21)
very nice, I like em! .......
483: Critic's Corner, people tend to define genius (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-26, 02:47:43 (99.155.93.21)
as themselves on their best days. the truth is, geniuses have minds that work differently than normal people. so unless you are a genius, try and keep it down, mmkay? .......
484: Music Lane, withered leg (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 21:51:34 (99.155.93.21)
her reps guard her carefully, and doctor all the photos. The leg hidden by one of her furs is more like a shriveled month old hotdog than anything resembling a normal human limb. I respect her though, .......
485: Music Lane, miley cyrus (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 21:46:20 (99.155.93.21)
just sayin .......
486: General Asylum, lol, nice one (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 18:05:41 (99.155.93.21)
indeed, I often say to myself with great sadness, "sigh, how come my system won't play at much higher than live concert pressure levels without distortion?" poor me and my puny little stereo ::: TOPI .......
487: General Asylum, but you said you were getting rid of it (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 18:01:24 (99.155.93.21)
weird thread. why do you say no one can beat krell? And, do you always immediately form close attachments with brands so that you name yourself after them? .......
488: General Asylum, People's Choice Awards (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 17:56:25 (99.155.93.21)
That is basically why I only pay attention to the PCA. That is the real deal. /sarcasm off .......
489: General Asylum, I feel sorry for you (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 17:51:37 (99.155.93.21)
you apparently don't understand one of the most important figures in one of the most important movements in 20th century art. might want to study up a bit. you are embarrassing yourself. .......
490: Digital Drive, RE: seek help (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-25, 15:41:46 (99.155.93.21)
i posted seek help because, the OP, if you will notice, returned to this thread after almost a year and decided to have a hysterical reaction to it. .......
491: Music Lane, he is a minstrel (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-23, 07:53:37 (99.57.13.248)
a performing chimp .......
492: Music Lane, anything that is unable to survive in a free market (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-22, 14:41:23 (99.57.13.248)
does not deserve to survive. To paraphrase Jeremy Bentham "If the people prefer tiddlywinks to poetry, then tiddlywinks it shall be." The people choose with their wallets. If the people decide not to .......
493: Vinyl Asylum, here is how we roll (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-20, 09:07:40 (99.37.209.241)
USA USA USA USA .......
494: Digital Drive, seek help (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-20, 08:58:18 (99.37.209.241)
. .......
495: Digital Drive, nuforce udac2 (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-19, 19:37:11 (99.37.209.241)
I tried it out, and it certainly worked decently. It perhaps was not the ultimate, but it was straightforward and a breeze to use. plug and play, indeed. .......
496: Digital Drive, RE: I don't think that I've ever set foot in Critics Corner... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-19, 19:34:19 (99.37.209.241)
but please let them continue their frankness. I appreciate it. And I do not for a second take it as "gospel". I take it as their impassioned point of view as a manufacturer. It is nice to get some unv .......
497: General Asylum, I've had both (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-19, 00:34:45 (99.37.209.241)
slab, and now, a "compliant" wooden floor in an old house (over a basement). the floor is braced underneath with those joists you can buy at home depot (otherwise, in an old house, the floor inevitabl .......
498: General Asylum, RE: "gifted but unable to use language well"??? ... (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-19, 00:23:11 (99.37.209.241)
I was just reminded of some audio reviewers I have read in the past who routinely describe their wives as having "far better" hearing than them, but yet unable to "describe what they are hearing." I r .......
499: General Asylum, every marriage is a battle of wills (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-19, 00:18:42 (99.37.209.241)
and both sides just need to get past it, get over it, let it go. usually, parsing out who gets what and when is just a cold war. .......
500: General Asylum, madison square garden (0.00)
Posted by farfetched on 2011-02-18, 22:41:12 (99.37.209.241)
the arena itself is actually suspended "within" the outer structure of the building. During events, you can start to feel the bounce when things get crazy. Not sure what the resonant frequency is, but .......
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