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In Reply to: RE: Nakamichi PA5 and PA7, opinions posted by cornerklipsch on January 27, 2008 at 07:52:45:
Thank You for the kind discussions about CA - 7 & PA - 7 & horns...
I am an engineer of high precision instruments & music fan, not singer or musician, just listener of music from 1968... I am from Lithuania (EU), former republic of soviet union... Before 1976 it was very difficult to by good equipment in my country... But after - it was possibility through embassies of foreign countries to by HI-FI or Hi-END...
First I had-Toshiba, Sanyo, Kenwood-Trio, Technics, Yamaha & Pioneer(9-line) components. Speakers where JVC, Technics, Sansui, Yamaha, Tandberg & Cerwin Vega...In 1989 I sold everything & purchased Nakamichi, at first OMS-3;OMS-4;CDP-3 after 4; later OMS-70; MB-2; MB-2S... At that time I was listening music with speakers Cerwin Vega (~300w), my amplifiers were - Mitsubichi AV, after Nakamichi SR-3;TA-3 & TA-4...In 1996 I purchased PA-7 & CR-3 & LX-5... For my car I purchased PA-300II;RD-450; TA-700; SP-400; SP-300 & SP-65C... later CD-1; later CD-45Z (it was stolen from my MB). So I come back & begin to make records for my Becker Grand Prix on my CR-3A deck (metal tape)... I introduced in to my car audio SP-65C (with silk tweeters)& increased sound value of high definition Becker amplification (6 separate amps) in my MB. Some music lovers proposing me to take part at the HI-END exhibitions of the car audio... I am not fibber, but sound is to compare with the bests car cd's & it is not only my opinion...
In 1996 I purchased used PA-7 & ST-7. I was using TA-4A as preamp. When I purchased ADCOM GFP-750, GFA-5802 & GCD-750, at first I though that now I have possibility with speakers Klipsch Heresy II & sub KSW-12, Vampire (silver), Kimber (silver) interconnects, Kimber (blue) speakers connects to get live music impression. Sound was big, transparent & fast, all instruments were hocked on concrete parts of space. But after few days I understood that I can't hear some sonic nuances, what I had from OMS-70 (especially when I was listening Miles Davis, Harry Connick Jr., Maler & ... Then I tried Audio Note CD-2, sound was very transparent to compare with GCD-750, but it was in inside of the speakers & singer sang very natural, but not outside of Heresy's. I tried B&W 700 & I was disappointed. I understood that horn's based speakers are completely different & you must agree that, if sound of them is good for you, for you will be difficult to get into the swing with others constructions speakers. O.K. I am not specialist I never listened electrostatics or planar as Bolzano Villerti speakers, but I will try to do it... I found that major speakers of mid & high levels, what are using sound companies at the live concerts, are horn type speakers (I took part at live concerts of John Scofield, Nick Cave, Jetrho Tull, Robert Plant, Bela Fleck, Al di Meola, Kurt Elling, Shakatak, Jan Garbarek, Richard Bona, Joe Zawinul, Mike Stern, Eddie Palmieri, Richard Galliano, Yellow Jackets, David Sanborn, Elvin Jones, Buddy Guy, The Tiger Lilies, Bryan Ferry, Percadu & ... I do not know what it is live music at this days... But I know what sound is good & what is bad... really the biggest specialist of sound quality is my wife... So, after Audio Note CD I tried Sonus Faber Musica, Unison Research Unico (the best of multi line) & Unico CD (multi), speakers Sonus Faber Cremona, Canton, Klipsch RF-7;5;... Most of them were very good sounding peaces but prices also very high... So I came back & purchased
OMS-7AII & CA-7A to my PA-7. Nakamichi preamp is better sounding to compare with GFP-750 & have excellent phone stage, GFA-5802 & PA-7 are both designed by Nelson Pass, but they are different & sounding different. For me better is PA-7. I know that my CA is 1987, PA-1985, CR-1989, ST-1986, OMS-1988, PA-300II-1986 & TD-1984... but I am very happy because all this equipment works perfect about 20 years & sounding perfect without faults at my home & at my car... So I sold GFP-750 & GFA-5802, B&W 700 & I am satisfied with my old Nakamichi...
P.S. I never tried Mark Levinson or Krell... I heard JM Lab's all utopias, Esoteric, Acufase, Forsel (CD & turntable), Naim, Linn, Arye, Conrad Johanson, Audio Note... all of them are very good, but prices are not adequate to quality... Old McIntosh, Tandberg, Nakamichi, Acufase or Studer Revox are very good sounding equipment & aren’t so expensive at this days...
Thank You for Yours attention & I am looking for Nakamichi TX-1000 Turntable...
Klemensas
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