Bummer.I missed this...
"Doug Ingle, who co-founded the heavy rock band Iron Butterfly and was the singer and organist on songs including their signature hit, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” died Friday at age 78. He was the last surviving member of the classic lineup from the late 1960s."
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was maybe the first album I bought with my own money.
I could see how maybe just because it's a 23 year, it might be thought of as smoky and oaky. But I'm just guessing as I'll likely never know how the 23 Year tastes...
Nice! And they apparently sound pretty decent. Would be a fun new skill to learn if I had the space and monies for the equipment.
Very true. Still I love a very precise soundstage when I am listening at home. I guess we should say that we strive to get a "realistic-ish experience", where a pinpoint imaging has to make up for the lack of visual experience.
Roommates and I snuck into the concert toward the end, heard the entire song, and left.Bummer.
I think I have been insufficiently precise. I don’t pretend that one can point exactly to a precise, needle sharp “image” of an individual member of the orchestra. In fact, I find overly “precise”/sharp imaging (as in most dynamic speakers I’ve experienced), to be less convincing for symphonic music well recorded. Far better than Bose ever was or will be, of course. But a realistic soundstage - to me YMMV - can be achieved with planars. There, on the best recordings, I can know very well were instrumentalists “are” (no, not to inches, but angularly and in depth/height location in general 3d space).
I have heard the three brands of planars you mentioned in a very well planned environment and the Apogees impressed me the most. The range did bother me a bit and they would not have worked well in my listening space so I chose Sonus Fabers. Price has never been much of a factor for me, friends in the industry have always helped with my speaker acquisition as well as friends on here.
In the case of Paradigm and Klipsch I have never so much as paid for shipping. I have helped design speakers so In some cases I traded labor. I do less of that now, your speaker terminal insulators are an exception.
Oh and I traded bourbon for the nine speakers in my surround sound setup, soon to be a 5.1 system if the Kraken can drive those speakers.
Strange as it may seem I am not a HP listener, I'm just here for the Schiit talk! Although in fairness I spent a good deal of time in the friendly skies yesterday with my Sony noise cancelling phones, but that is a mission specific usage. Otherwise I prefer speakers and music in a room.A Vali 3 is a great way to start.
ROTFLMAO! I was thinking of a two-word phrase that started with "Obnoxious...".If you were to be described in one word I'm sure that word must be 'humble'.
JC
Instead of a balance control I used individual pots for each channel on my own headphone amps. I do not have that luxury on my PrimaLuna but I certainly know of that which you speak.Strange as it may seem I am not a HP listener, I'm just here for the Schiit talk! Although in fairness I spent a good deal of time in the friendly skies yesterday with my Sony noise cancelling phones, but that is a mission specific usage. Otherwise I prefer speakers and music in a room.
I have owned tube gear in the past- a Dynaco PAS 3 + Stereo 70 I took in trade when I was in audio retail in the 80's, and a Freya that I sold to a friend. I seem to be less interested these days in futzing with gear than being able to listen to music.
Plus I have a particular need in a Preamp- a balance control. A good measure of my listening is the Good Old Grateful Dead, and even with their official live releases the sound field sometimes/often requires just a touch of rebalancing to be heard as just exactly perfect. I was fortunate earlier this year to purchase an end game Pre that, unbeknownst to me when I found one for "you must accept this gift from the Universe" pricing, had just gone out of production. It's a Bryston BP-26, after a week or so of settling in my jaw dropped and my ears rejoiced, and the balance control is beautifully calibrated. So I am quite content, though my wallet is still in recovery (and dreading the pair of Tyr's that I really, really want).
I listened to it four times in a row, non-stop. The last time I can recall doing that was with Van Morrison’s Moondance album.
Jealousy rears its ugly head yet again.ROTFLMAO! I was thinking of a two-word phrase that started with "Obnoxious...".
So glad to hear you've recovered.It was with some trepidation that I brought this glass, my first sip of whiskey in over a week after struggling through Covid, to my lips this evening. I have had friends and have heard of others who completely lost their taste for bourbon or other whiskies after having Covid, and since it is literally my job to taste through barrels to make Single Barrel selections, the thought of that happening to me was honestly terrifying.
Joyously, not only did it taste just like the OSD Straight Bourbon that I and many of you fine fellers know and love, it tasted amazing! [Insert massive exhalation]
Not pictured: Maxim Vengerov blazing a blistering path through Shostakovich's Second Violin Concerto with Rostropovich conducting. Wondrous fiddling skills.
My hand tremors prevented me from building one (or the BHC kit I sold recently), however @Paladin79 came to the rescue with a wonderful little coaster amp and a custom holder atop of a custom dual HP stand.
