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Clearly, Big Red Machine needs to get reconstructive surgery done to his ears, so that they are shaped exactly like mine. That way he can start to "hear right"
Hi Laura - Great to meet you finally and talk for a spell. I'm thinking of asking Dan for a loaner to demo at a few NY audio club meetings. I thought the modded OppO produced a warmer sound than his modded Sony. I was impressed with the modded OppO in his room and in Fritzspeakers' room.
Surprisingly, I haven't seen much coverage on music servers at RMAF, yet the Discless Circle is a popular circle here.Did any of you visit rooms with server-based music up and running? I would love to read your comments. Thanks.
Any opinions on the LessLoss setup (room 437) with Kasier speakers?Thanks,AP
Unfortunately, the speakers were not broken-in before the show, so we had that to deal with. There was a LOT that was brand new in these speakers and the crossovers, so have you actually heard these speakers before? We also used some Amarra EQ to deal with some room issues. It was too bright on Friday for my taste, a bit better on Saturday and cooking on Sunday. It seems like it always happens this way when several vendors share a room. All-in-all by Sunday it was sounding very live IMO. Certainly best sound of any show I have done. Capable of sounding like a large concert hall Its a matter of taste. Some dont want the dynamic live sound. Others do. And BTW, the clarity, dynamics and low-noise was due to the electronics. I use the same electronics at home and it sounds even better with my various speakers. The JC-1 monoblocks are modded, not stock. Most showgoers attribute the sound totally to the speakers, but in fact it is much more a function of the source quality and entire system. The great dispersion and bass was a function of the speakers however. These really didnt have any sweetspot effect and standing SQ was same as sitting. Remarkable for this kind of speaker IMO.My roommates wanted the sound really loud also, so that was hard to mediate. I think some just liked it that way....It's too bad that we didnt have tracks that satisfied everyones tastes. When someone requests R&R, the others in the room usually clear-out. Same thing can happen with classical. The best thing is to request a music genre when you enter the room. We had a large collection of good tracks, from 44.1 to 192.Steve N.Empirical Audio
I was in the room on Sunday pm and had Steve play Jeff Beck's cover of A Day in the Life. It may have cleared out the room, but I sure enjoyed it Although it was a little loud at times, I thought the system had good tonal balance, clarity and dynamics. Steve, it was great meeting you and talking golf as well as audio. Brian, a pleasure to meet you and Sue. Now, if I can just get you to add a turntable . . . . Laura
Which model? No way I'm looking back for the image! http://www.acousticzen.com/speakers.html I really liked talking with the US distributor, great guy. I'll get the price fer ya. They are very reasonable for the product delivered, overall quality, etc. IIRC the stand mount is only about $3k/pr, maybe 3500.
Thanks, they were the Crescendo; they sounded amazing!
I spent more time listening to the Omens as I thought I was buying them and at one point, I was going to be taking home the black pair in the Peachtree room. I didn't notice the soundstage issue described by themadmilkman. This is not a criticism of what he heard as we all perceive things different. I have had speakers in the past that have had this issue and it would make me nuts, so I did pay attention to it while I was listening. I also read on the Zu site that they can be adjusted to lean back to raise the sound stage so it would seem that this was a consideration when designing them and another reason not to dismiss what themadmilkman heard.
...there was a larger percentage of "young people" (in this case meaning, say, 35 and younger) than I expected.
