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In Reply to: RE: Confession time: Have you ever "tricked" your own ears? posted by genungo on September 11, 2014 at 08:14:29
I tried to fool myself that I couldn't hear the bells ringing. Ultimately I failed every time.
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Interesting as my Duos used to ring especially on piano notes but a change of amp cured them.
Plus, they disappear in the room like mini monitors.
It's all about the right amp, the right listening position and good music.
Ok, I know that's quite demanding but a great setup pair is stunning.
just thinking of them. I'm sure they sound good somewhere, just never where I've been...
It seems I hear people react to speakers like these in so many different ways. Some say they do not sound overly bright at all, while others say the opposite. Klipsch is another example, described as sounding "mellow" on top or as strident screechers.
Regardless of the conjoining system, you never know how someone might perceive a thing.
I'd love to hear a pair of those speakers. What amp was running them when you heard "the bells ringing"?
In my world refering to one in any way with Quasimodo is meant to be demeaning. Think in your case you didn't mean it that way, but still ain't settling too well with me.
As to the speakers, heard in Dozen or more different setups. Only ONCE in those dozens of time did they not leave me more than cold. That was with Glass Audio Pre and Amps and even with those the bells still contributed. And I truely tried to fool myself that all was good, and past experiences should not cloud judgement.
My favorites were with the Viva....
Only once did I find the AvanteGaarde's annoying, and that was with a Wadia 301 as a source, seemed to impart too much surface noise of the disc through the system.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
looked more impressive than they sounded to me. Best horns I've heard which isn't very many. Like most anything I listen to I always want a better bigger image than they gave. I heard them with two different amps both tbe, one was a SET.
I liked them but wouldn't spend the money if I had it for them
ET
Where they really shined, (in my mind), was with Classical music: a really lovely sense of dynamic range. Never wanted to own them for their size, and domination of the planet: (ie listening room). {Although the white ones might've matched nicely with my cat, and my Euro-trash cycling attire}
I don't remember imaging being an issue, - but maybe I was blinded by their dynamics.
Just my dumb opinions........
Cheers Awe.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
Image wasn't bad just wasn't big like their price. I still like them a lot. Speakers that cost that much need to do more than that for me. Again I couldn't afford them now anyway.
ET
It's just that I was reminded of... well, you know - "The bells, the bells...!"
No more wisecracks from me from now on...
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