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Did you hear Magico? I ask mostly because I was at their facility some months ago, and heard the S7 speakers. Between them, the very nice room (and chair), the recordings, and the electronics, that is the best system I've ever heard. (No offense to Dave Wilson.) So I wonder how they presented at the show.
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....maybe I'm just jaded or just so used to my system, but it's refreshing to get home and put on vinyl here.I did like the DEQX room; really clean sound and a nice soundstage, but I wished I could remember which "Dave's True Story" track they were playing when I was there so I can check my copy at home. I didn't recall the vocals being off center left, while I was centered.
Also liked one of the Acoustic Zen rooms, which was setup very nicely and the sound was great,largely for that reason I suspect. A little bit of glare on the top when things got dynamic on that end, but overall a very good experience.
The Von Gaylord room kept me seated for more than a couple of minutes, which at a show is a good thing.
Very disappointed in just about every mega-buck setup I heard.
It was fun to see so many beautiful turntables, though.
See ya. Dave
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you have to be joking - there were some fantastic sounding systems therewhats your system ? -unless you have some kind of monster compression driver bass horn system I am calling BS
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It's all subjective. I imagine to a number of people, including myself, much of that overpriced gear would sound like shit....but that's subjective. I'd be thrown out of the venue for laughing in dealers faces.
Everyone deserves a good laugh. Stereo shows would be a perfect place to spill a few.
"I can't compete with the dead" (Buck W. 2010)
"It would take me forever. I don't think I have forever" (Byrd 2015)
I've been to many shows, and often I hear a lot of mediocre sound from expensive systems. It's all subjective, so I don't expect my thoughts to necessarily be the same as someone else's. But I do believe one doesn't have to spend mega bucks to get good sound.Dunlavy SC-IVA speakers
SVS 2039 PC+ subwoofer (crossed over at 50 hz)
Parasound A21 amp
Parasound P7 preamp (using MM phono section)
Pioneer PLX-1000 turntable
Ortofon 2M Black cartridge
Oppo BP83 player
APC power conditioner/battery backup
Kimber Powercords
Cardas Golden Cross interconnects
Cardas Crosslink speaker cables
See ya. Dave
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
The NFS room had those "colored starlights" shining on the walls..... Problem is no music was played, the times I was in that room.
I had a chance to listen to Mike's Gunned 3.6R's. Mike is having an issue with his setup -- he loves his modded Citation II's, but they can't drive the Maggies to full output. So they were sounding kind of stressed when the orchestra was going full tilt. But during the quieter passages, wow -- it may have been the best sound I heard at the show: pure, natural, unstrained, and *real.* At one point, the ribbon tweeter was sounding so luscious and pure that I and the person next to me looked at one another -- nothing had to be said -- this is what audio is all about.
I happened into the NFS room early Friday and no one else was there except Mike. So I had the chance to talk with him about the Gunned 3.6s and Citation II.
When I entered the 3.6s were placed with tweeters outside and the SS amp driving them. So I ask about the set up and Mike explained the speakers sounded best that way at home and while he loved the H-K amp, it simply didn't have the power for much of the music he liked. After my comment saying I would have expected the 3.6s to sound better with tweeters inside, given their wide separation in that room, Mike surprised me by jumping up and switching the speakers. But first he connected the Citation amp. With the tweeters on the inside the image snapped into focus and the whole soundstage had better unity. The next song he played was a female vocal and the Citation had enough power to create something close to magic.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to go back later in the day but apparently the speakers remained in the revised placement.
"You can't know what the "best" is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn't any such thing." HP
Sounds like fun! You have my gratitude -- I could have spent the rest of the day there listening.
So it is a oasis in a land of staid and boring rooms.
Just wanted to use my limited Canadian.
Was that a room Enophile used to be associated with?
What ever happened to Enophile anyway, was he disappeared?
Anybody know?
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
And the puppy.
"To Learn Who Rules Over You, Simply Find Out Who You Are Not Allowed to Criticize."
-Voltaire
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