RE: I have to say

RE: I have to say

Posted by Russ57 (A) on September 2, 2014 at 14:47:52

In Reply to: .... More from Jeff posted by drlowmu on September 2, 2014 at 09:08:38:

Once upon a time I had a girlfriend who taught aerobics out of our house. One lady (client) used to bring her boyfriend with her (she didn't drive) and we listened to my stereo drank/smoked/BS'ed.

One day he told me about a friend of his and mentioned he was into audio. Then he told me what the guy owned....well I flat out begged to get a chance to listen. He said it was nice and all....but it didn't connect like mine did. Given most of my stuff came from a thrift store....and most of this guy's stuff ran 5 figures per item....well I found that hard to believe. He had good stuff that sounded like it had been picked to compliment each other.

The day finally came and I have to admit I was quite surprised. Oh it was clean and powerfull. But it was souless.

I keep hearing that there is good affordable solid state out there now. I just haven't had the pleasure. Maybe I fell in love with false artifacts of simple tube circuits and HE speakers. I knew the soundstage I loved hearing wasn't a true representation of real live music...played in front of me in my room....yet when it wasn't there on recordings that I knew had it....I just couldn't be satisfied.

If there is any single area I think many miss the boat on it is speakers. Sometimes it comes down to an epihany. Jeff I think you must of had one with Dennis. I had one (with another inmate) with speakers. This guy had some ribbon tweeters...crazy specs like 110db/watt from 1Khz to 30Khz....yet rated for something stupid like 2,000 watts....yes 2,000 watts....like rolling stones in a football stadium stuff.

We walked away thinking our speakers were toys. We learned what it was to play a HE driver at a very small fraction of its rated power...and to operate it over a range where it is a non-reactive linear load.

So yes, 1 good watt can be all you need....cept for real sub-bass:)

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Topic - Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Cleantimestream 09:31:10 09/01/14 (34)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Paul Eizik 19:46:37 09/02/14 (9)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Cleantimestream 09:51:36 09/03/14 (8)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Paul Eizik 13:26:38 09/03/14 (7)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Cleantimestream 18:00:46 09/03/14 (6)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Paul Eizik 12:51:55 09/04/14 (5)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Cleantimestream 15:23:16 09/05/14 (4)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Paul Eizik 16:45:08 09/06/14 (0)

please elaborate re: K-horns - Jim Dowdy 18:34:49 09/05/14 (2)

RE: please elaborate re: K-horns - Cleantimestream 03:07:32 09/06/14 (1)

RE: please elaborate re: K-horns - Wojciech 22:38:59 09/08/14 (0)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - andy evans 01:19:58 09/02/14 (1)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Tre' 07:06:17 09/02/14 (0)

More from Lynn Olsen - Tre' 18:56:28 09/01/14 (17)

RE: More from Lynn Olsen - Naz 22:26:57 09/01/14 (16)

RE: More from Lynn Olsen - Tre' 06:56:40 09/02/14 (15)

I was mainly referring to linearity rather than headroom ... - Naz 15:56:20 09/02/14 (0)

RE: More from Lynn Olsen - Triode_Kingdom 07:54:10 09/02/14 (13)

.... More from Jeff - drlowmu 09:08:38 09/02/14 (12)

RE: I have to say - Russ57 14:47:52 09/02/14 (0)

RE: .... More from Jeff - Triode_Kingdom 09:26:07 09/02/14 (10)

More - Tre' 11:12:29 09/02/14 (9)

RE: More - Triode_Kingdom 11:33:37 09/02/14 (8)

RE: More - Tre' 12:12:33 09/02/14 (7)

RE: More - Triode_Kingdom 15:47:32 09/02/14 (6)

RE: More - Tre' 16:43:59 09/02/14 (4)

RE: More - Triode_Kingdom 07:33:50 09/03/14 (3)

RE: More - Tre' 08:22:37 09/03/14 (2)

RE: More - Triode_Kingdom 09:49:40 09/04/14 (1)

RE: More - Tre' 09:58:53 09/04/14 (0)

Some good points ... - Naz 16:08:16 09/02/14 (0)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - hahax@verizon.net 18:13:22 09/01/14 (1)

RE: Design parameters I hold dear... {Lynn Olsen} ... - Tre' 07:33:36 09/02/14 (0)

What really counts ........... - drlowmu 12:13:45 09/01/14 (1)

worked - unclestu 13:47:34 09/01/14 (0)

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