I started going to blues bars in Chicago because they would serve us high schoolers. Realized through the drunken haze how much the music turned me on in an elemental way -- and thus began my quest to get the sound of live music in my home.
My sister was dating a musician at the time who also repped pro sound equipment. He gave me a pair of Electrovoice Sentry 100 studio monitors, my first real speakers. Fed by a Sansui receiver and BSR turntable, I tried to blow the roof off the house at every opportunity. Like most here I have owned a ridiculous amount of equipment since then. Some speakers past: Phase Research Little Ds (ahead of their time, precursor to Clements RT 7), Epos ES14/25s (capture the organic flow of music), Waveform Mach Solos (learned the vagaries of flat frequency response above all and fourth order crossovers), VMPS RM40s (slay far more expensive speakers), Scaena 3.2s -- coming soon.
Live music remains my benchmark, and I find a lot of audiophile favorite speakers have had the life and vitality refined out of them. I also find that tubes have a liveliness that SS often does not.
I'm an NYC-based film director and cinematographer by trade who move to 'burbs recently. Have my first dedicated music/HT room -- it's a lot of fun. Other passions include wine, tequila, and of course, movies.
I've written articles for several magazines including a lead editorial for the NY Times. I've reviewed audio equipment for sonicflare.com and now for positive-feedback.com I strive for consistent methodology in my evaluations and try to remove (or be upfront about) bias wherever possible. In addition to expressing my opinion, my goal is to communicate the essence of the product so the reader can make an informed choice.
My sister was dating a musician at the time who also repped pro sound equipment. He gave me a pair of Electrovoice Sentry 100 studio monitors, my first real speakers. Fed by a Sansui receiver and BSR turntable, I tried to blow the roof off the house at every opportunity. Like most here I have owned a ridiculous amount of equipment since then. Some speakers past: Phase Research Little Ds (ahead of their time, precursor to Clements RT 7), Epos ES14/25s (capture the organic flow of music), Waveform Mach Solos (learned the vagaries of flat frequency response above all and fourth order crossovers), VMPS RM40s (slay far more expensive speakers), Scaena 3.2s -- coming soon.
Live music remains my benchmark, and I find a lot of audiophile favorite speakers have had the life and vitality refined out of them. I also find that tubes have a liveliness that SS often does not.
I'm an NYC-based film director and cinematographer by trade who move to 'burbs recently. Have my first dedicated music/HT room -- it's a lot of fun. Other passions include wine, tequila, and of course, movies.
I've written articles for several magazines including a lead editorial for the NY Times. I've reviewed audio equipment for sonicflare.com and now for positive-feedback.com I strive for consistent methodology in my evaluations and try to remove (or be upfront about) bias wherever possible. In addition to expressing my opinion, my goal is to communicate the essence of the product so the reader can make an informed choice.
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