In Reply to: RE: Marten Speakers posted by RGA on January 9, 2017 at 22:03:11:
Appreciate your extensive opinion RGA. To reply to your questions here goes...
1. Among my favorite all timers are the Thiel CS5, B&W 800 Nautilus.
2. My room is medium size 15 x 13 highly damped
3. In order of preference I like Jazz (Miles, Spyro, P.Methany), Sofisticated Pop (Swing out sister, Basia, Level 42, Tears for Fears)
Classical (Handle, Baroque, Mozart, Borodin) Classic Rock (Styx, Steely Dan, Springsteen)
4. I have two main rigs. On is powered by a Mark Lev 335 all ML SS gear. The other by a ARC and Counterpoint NPS200 all tube. I also like vinyl more than digital. VPI Avenger and VPI HWMK IV, Lux PD375. Koetsu, Ortofon PW
5. Wife is no problem. She feeds my crazy hobbies. As long a colors match the living room decor we are fine
6. I have considered used. I found a used Django XL in Spain for half the price of new...so, there must be a few out there that could lower investment risk.
7. One thing I appreciate with high end audio is clarity and definition. I love to be able to feel a vocalists breath for center rather than a huge image from panel speakers. That´s why I swapped my maggies as main speakers to B&W. I definitely don´t like horns. I tried a set of Klipsch horn and the sibillance that appeared now and then would kill me. Diamond tweeters also are very precise but I rather soft dome tweeters.
I know it gets complicated the more you dig in as it is a highly subjective matter but I feel I´m the ballpark of my musical taste.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Marten Speakers - RIQUE 05:21:08 01/10/17 (2)
- RE: Marten Speakers - RGA 16:37:14 01/10/17 (0)
- RE: Marten Speakers - PAR 07:23:18 01/10/17 (0)