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In Reply to: From B&W to Zingali and Audio Note posted by dave32 on March 31, 2007 at 03:09:18:
I have had a number of people on forums send me e-mails saying the same stuff. Like I say nothing to lose except some time and possibly everything to gain.I think companies that control the entire chain and actually design it all to work together are best able to control the result. In fact they'r ethe ONLY cmpanies who can control the result. It seems so patently obvious but the magazines keep perpetuating the "review in isolation" mantra. As if the Bryston 3b had some sort of sound that you could hear -- well of course this is nonsense the 3b will sound different with every different loudspeaker connected and thus it could sound very good in one set-up and very bad in another. Either way it makes the sonic review of "componant reviewing" completely valueless.
I happen to find it interesting that the best sound, like yourself, that I got from a B&W was with a SET amplifier. Most forumers a decade ago would tell me you need 300 watts of Krell to make them sound good -- I wonder how many of those owners have either Krell or B&W.
For me Audio Note sounds "right". It's pretty hard for me to stomach most other set-ups -- "I listen to systems that are pretty much the same stamped out conconction from a decade ago and they sound like glorified telephones. I am more impressed with what is being sold in Korea's high end stores with regards to what sounds good over what just looks good. And that says much in a country that seemingly has more plastic surgeons than taxi drivers (which is another in joke if you know how many cab drivers are in Korea).
congrats on finding musical bliss - the scary bit is that Audio Note manages it with their entry level to level 2 stuff. You should listen to the $600 or so AX Two(with AN electronics) and compare it to the B&W or hell the N805 or sig 805 or any standmount from B&W (with any SS equipment at any price) and you tell me. That is an eye-opener.
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