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In Reply to: Not as Opposite as You Think........... posted by Todd Krieger on December 10, 2010 at 22:48:18:
And it took days!
Not sure why the other person you refer to regretted ripping his CDs. Surely he still had the originals?
And yes, I've compared AQ ex the modded Esoteric to the Sooloos and they both sounded equally great to these ears. But as I posted elsewhere at 75 my hearing is not as good now as decades earlier so again, comments are tempered with the caveat of "my experience" which might not equate to that from someone else.
Yes the Meridian Sooloos is obscenely priced and I've no doubt there will be other systems emerging that are as good at a much cheaper price. They exist now but do not appear to be as ergonomic as Sopoloos - something important to me. Mind you the search function needs more work for classical music but I'll live with it for the moment.
John
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - jeromelang 00:10:44 12/10/10 (149)
- That the Magico Q5 is really a rebranded Bose (nt) - josh358 09:41:58 12/13/10 (0)
- Monster Cable running up against an IP lawyer at Blue Jeans - k-k-k-kenny 00:09:18 12/12/10 (3)
- Kurt Denke, the president of Blue Jeans was the lawyer. - driver8 05:59:32 12/13/10 (0)
- RE: Monster Cable running up against an IP lawyer at Blue Jeans - Todd Krieger 11:38:36 12/12/10 (0)
- More great examples! - Enophile 10:03:15 12/12/10 (0)
- Kim Jong Il is the mastermind behind Kimber - Jay Buridan 07:46:53 12/11/10 (4)
- Seriously? - genungo 10:46:57 12/12/10 (3)
- Minime and Dr. Evil - Jay Buridan 14:20:02 12/12/10 (2)
- Ok, that explains a lot... - genungo 17:22:27 12/12/10 (1)
- Yes, Kim Jong Il wears suits that Minime has outgrown - Jay Buridan 10:26:21 12/13/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Don Till 07:42:34 12/11/10 (19)
- That many audiophiles still haven't fiqured out how to get their systems to sound great with CDs - haugenmarka@hotmail.com 23:21:17 12/16/10 (2)
- RE: That many audiophiles still haven't fiqured out how to get their systems to sound great with CDs - Don Till 11:01:41 12/17/10 (1)
- distortions - haugenmarka@hotmail.com 16:43:02 12/17/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - josh358 08:43:35 12/13/10 (10)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Don Till 09:56:57 12/13/10 (9)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - josh358 10:17:01 12/13/10 (8)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Don Till 13:26:54 12/13/10 (7)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - josh358 13:47:29 12/13/10 (6)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Don Till 16:26:53 12/13/10 (5)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - josh358 16:37:48 12/13/10 (4)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Tony Lauck 08:33:51 12/14/10 (1)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - josh358 15:45:52 12/14/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Don Till 17:53:16 12/13/10 (1)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - josh358 18:12:07 12/13/10 (0)
- How would you define "good sound" and/or "bad sound"? - genungo 02:43:57 12/12/10 (3)
- RE: How would you define "good sound" and/or "bad sound"? - Don Till 09:15:32 12/12/10 (2)
- Interesting viewpoints. (nt) - genungo 09:27:47 12/12/10 (1)
- RE: Interesting viewpoints. (nt) - geoffkait 09:54:45 12/12/10 (0)
- HP calls himself an 'Observational reviewer' - mwhitmore 08:05:11 12/11/10 (0)
- That "stones"that remove bad frequencies from your system, are not all made in China! - Barney's Beanery 06:34:28 12/11/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Bill the K 20:15:17 12/10/10 (13)
- The number of speaker *not* made in China.. - Charles Hansen 22:03:13 12/10/10 (12)
- And then there's Rockport - jfz 10:42:37 12/15/10 (1)
- RE: And then there's Rockport - Charles Hansen 22:08:45 12/16/10 (0)
- RE: The number of speaker *not* made in China.. - robert.gaboury@videotron.ca 09:35:25 12/11/10 (1)
- Thank you for the correction - Charles Hansen 13:30:32 12/11/10 (0)
- What about USA companies Magnepan and VMPS? - cfb 06:45:04 12/11/10 (4)
- RE: What about USA companies Magnepan and VMPS? - Charles Hansen 13:35:39 12/11/10 (0)
- Also Soundlab-speakers - mwhitmore 08:08:14 12/11/10 (2)
- Ha, I really mind blanked there considering I've got four crates of them right behind me. - cfb 09:53:51 12/11/10 (1)
- Yes, Eminence does a lot of work in the US - Charles Hansen 13:33:10 12/11/10 (0)
- Hey! - Steyr 05:13:18 12/11/10 (2)
- I completely forgot about Vandersteen and apologize. - Charles Hansen 13:39:40 12/11/10 (1)
- RE: I completely forgot about Vandersteen and apologize. - tnelson 08:13:14 12/15/10 (0)
- I Need More than Three Years................ - Todd Krieger 17:39:10 12/10/10 (8)
- num 5 - Steyr 05:16:56 12/11/10 (0)
- Comments about your point # 4 - Mike K 21:29:42 12/10/10 (2)
- RE: Comments about your point # 4 - rick_m 09:59:33 12/11/10 (0)
- RE: Comments about your point # 4 - Todd Krieger 22:53:52 12/10/10 (0)
- Todd, our experiences seem to point diametrically opposite - John C. - Aussie 21:06:11 12/10/10 (3)
- Not as Opposite as You Think........... - Todd Krieger 22:48:18 12/10/10 (2)
- Back up done - John C. - Aussie 23:18:09 12/10/10 (1)
- Ripping Over 1000 CDs + "Placebo Effect"................. - Todd Krieger 00:02:55 12/11/10 (0)
- The Oppo is good. Also the flipping of the "audio/music ratio," - Enophile 17:11:35 12/10/10 (1)
- guilty as charged! - Don Till 07:53:02 12/11/10 (0)
- That there isn't a functioning audio industry anymore. - Chris O 12:29:20 12/10/10 (3)
- Agreed........ - Todd Krieger 17:48:00 12/10/10 (1)
- Why don't you design us something! - Don Till 21:13:12 12/10/10 (0)
- C'mon now - unclestu 12:49:05 12/10/10 (0)
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- That Internal Tweek - Chris O 12:35:01 12/10/10 (2)
- RE: That Internal Tweek - Palustris 13:43:22 12/11/10 (0)
- But then the Cellos taste orange :-)) nt. - cfb 06:56:57 12/11/10 (0)
- Marantz 8260 (really anything with that name) - l1945@sbcglobal.net 12:16:48 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - Quint 12:14:55 12/10/10 (1)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - panhead 16:35:51 12/10/10 (0)
- Wilson Audio speakers... - mkuller 12:03:28 12/10/10 (5)
- Allow me to clarify my post.... - mkuller 10:50:42 12/11/10 (0)
- RE: Wilson Audio speakers... - Bill the K 09:02:07 12/11/10 (0)
- how about Magico? - docw 17:19:43 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: Wilson Audio speakers... - Mercman 15:38:15 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: Wilson Audio speakers... - Tony Lauck 12:33:19 12/10/10 (0)
- probably my all-too-slow realization - farfetched 11:02:39 12/10/10 (0)
- It would be that ... - reelsmith. 10:04:46 12/10/10 (4)
- RE: It would be that ... - Bill the K 04:10:48 12/12/10 (0)
- Yeah, that was a GREAT one! - Enophile 17:23:03 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: It would be that ... - middleground 11:04:19 12/10/10 (1)
- "P.S. But why gold accents?" - R Browne 17:27:45 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - JerryS 08:52:16 12/10/10 (17)
- nice! - Don Till 19:34:24 12/11/10 (0)
- The price of an audio cable can have no relation to its sound quality. - Charles Hansen 21:49:06 12/10/10 (1)
- RE: The price of an audio cable can have no relation to its sound quality. - JerryS 22:28:56 12/10/10 (0)
- "Hi-rez digital (24/192 or greater) will eventually replace LPs" - Chris O 12:10:27 12/10/10 (5)
- RE: "Hi-rez digital (24/192 or greater) will eventually replace LPs" - Todd Krieger 16:54:33 12/10/10 (2)
- RE: "Hi-rez digital (24/192 or greater) will eventually replace LPs" - JerryS 10:01:12 12/12/10 (1)
- RE: "Hi-rez digital (24/192 or greater) will eventually replace LPs" - Todd Krieger 14:35:00 12/12/10 (0)
- History will teach us something - JerryS 12:56:44 12/10/10 (1)
- RE: History will teach us something - haugenmarka@hotmail.com 00:53:18 12/17/10 (0)
- Jerry, What CD Playback Done Right? - "Red" 10:30:12 12/10/10 (5)
- RE: Jerry, What CD Playback Done Right? - ahendler 21:24:27 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: Jerry, What CD Playback Done Right? - Todd Krieger 17:53:26 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: Jerry, What CD Playback Done Right? - JerryS 10:36:18 12/10/10 (2)
- RE: Jerry, What CD Playback Done Right? - Todd Krieger 17:55:03 12/10/10 (1)
- RE: Jerry, What CD Playback Done Right? - rmilewsk 23:27:55 12/12/10 (0)
- "CD playback done right sounds very satisfying and can be better overall than some LP gear" ... - reelsmith. 09:51:36 12/10/10 (1)
- I'll go futher and say ergonomically and quality wise digital is now way ahead - John C. - Aussie 18:51:04 12/10/10 (0)
- Not at all recent, but Mark Levinson - mwhitmore 08:45:28 12/10/10 (13)
- Medeyev uses his Amps - Des 13:24:01 12/10/10 (5)
- RE: Medeyev..who? - mwhitmore 13:40:05 12/10/10 (4)
- Post in Haste here tis..... - Des 21:31:07 12/10/10 (0)
- He probably meant Russian president Medvedev. - carcass93 13:47:39 12/10/10 (2)
- Talking of Spelling boo boos - Des 21:38:50 12/10/10 (0)
- Why don't you say what you really feel? - mwhitmore 16:08:50 12/10/10 (0)
- Speaking of Levinson - mbnx01 09:13:00 12/10/10 (1)
- here's a link - mbnx01 09:48:26 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: Not at all recent, but Mark Levinson - JerryS 09:00:06 12/10/10 (1)
- RE: Not at all recent, but Mark Levinson - John Atkinson 10:15:18 12/10/10 (0)
- There's a little more to the story than that...... - Bob Rex 08:55:16 12/10/10 (2)
- I understand it was controversial - mwhitmore 13:14:21 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: There's a little more to the story than that...... - John Atkinson 10:26:29 12/10/10 (0)
- That's simple - but I wouldn't say it's within 3 years. Rather ongoing. - carcass93 08:39:54 12/10/10 (22)
- And conversely... - Presto 10:08:51 12/10/10 (21)
- And amp faceplates color - mwhitmore 13:23:42 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: And conversely... - kerr 12:01:45 12/10/10 (0)
- "lunar cycles and the color of their socks" - never seen anyone claiming that. - carcass93 10:40:11 12/10/10 (18)
- RE: "lunar cycles and the color of their socks" - never seen anyone claiming that. - josh358 09:12:06 12/13/10 (0)
- It's an easy differentiation - Presto 14:57:40 12/10/10 (8)
- RE: Where is this crowd? - theaudiohobby 04:29:58 12/12/10 (7)
- The "crowd" - Presto 09:32:41 12/13/10 (0)
- RE: Where is this crowd? - kerr 10:27:22 12/12/10 (5)
- RE: Where is this crowd? - theaudiohobby 11:32:12 12/12/10 (4)
- RE: Where is this crowd? - kerr 12:20:38 12/12/10 (3)
- RE: Where is this crowd? - josh358 09:15:29 12/13/10 (0)
- Here's what our persistent friend here is getting at: - carcass93 08:53:29 12/13/10 (1)
- Ah... of course you're correct. - kerr 09:11:37 12/13/10 (0)
- Don't have to try it to know... - Sebrof 13:23:05 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: "lunar cycles and the color of their socks" - never seen anyone claiming that. - Tony Lauck 12:31:13 12/10/10 (2)
- I've a confession to make. - carcass93 13:07:19 12/10/10 (1)
- RE: "...album by certain band sounds....the same as different album by different band!" - JimK 14:00:01 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: "lunar cycles and the color of their socks" - never seen anyone claiming that. - middleground 11:10:07 12/10/10 (3)
- (Shhhh!!!) - JimK 11:55:50 12/10/10 (2)
- VPI Magic Bricks, - mwhitmore 13:18:30 12/10/10 (1)
- Magic socks. The blue ones sound the best (nt) - Presto 14:30:15 12/10/10 (0)
- FM Tuner Scandal - AbeCollins 07:03:52 12/10/10 (6)
- That and the Goldmund - Oppo n/t - Awe-d-o-file 07:39:20 12/11/10 (0)
- No, no, no, Abe! - Charles Hansen 21:03:06 12/10/10 (0)
- Or, Parasound could have had MD make its tuner for it... - John Marks 14:20:00 12/10/10 (3)
- RE: Or, Parasound could have had MD make its tuner for it... - The Duke 17:45:25 12/14/10 (0)
- I just confirmed with Parasound.... - AbeCollins 16:16:52 12/12/10 (0)
- Very Highly unlikely..... - AbeCollins 20:02:46 12/10/10 (0)
- Reviewers and others make all sorts of claims for expensive wires--Oh shoot! Everyone knows that already! - Pat D 06:14:20 12/10/10 (3)
- I certainly make Wild claims about My ICs and Speaker Cable. - oldmkvi 08:26:29 12/10/10 (2)
- RE: I certainly make Wild claims about My ICs and Speaker Cable. - Pat D 17:25:47 12/10/10 (1)
- audibility data - oldmkvi 06:16:55 12/12/10 (0)
- Mine - JMCIII 05:22:59 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - ocd 04:45:55 12/10/10 (1)
- That would have been my choice. - Mr. Dick Hertz 08:08:08 12/10/10 (0)
- RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? - FCS 03:32:41 12/10/10 (0)
Follow Ups
- Back up done - John C. - Aussie 23:18:09 12/10/10 (1)
- Ripping Over 1000 CDs + "Placebo Effect"................. - Todd Krieger 00:02:55 12/11/10 (0)