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    New Full-Range Ribbon Speaker Line Debuting in Munich

    I am not completely familiar with the technical aspects of the Alsy Vox speakers. However they were demonstrating the 1.6m model in the Marriott, Munich last year and the sound was nothing short of jaw dropping as was the price (140k Euros was the price of the speakers alone). What was really...
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    What's Spinning Tonight?

    The Genius of Coleman Hawkins - Verve on vinyl
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    WHY are high-efficiency speakers are better at conveying emotion of music vs. audiophile vocabulary?

    Hi Guys The inescapable conclusion here is that we all have our own views (prejudices?) which are unlikely to be changed, and the circle of this discussion cannot therefore be squared. My suggested solution for each of us to go for whatever floats our individual boat. If YOU like it it must be...
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    The best Dipoles, Dipoles that can do bass?

    You will not be dissappointed with the “Westmonsters” They do power, dynamics and space like few others. I used them for 11 years and loved them. My only caveat would be that they need a seriously big room to do them justice. My room is 4500 cubic ft and I think that it was not really big...
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    Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

    Hi Northstar You joke about it but I genuinely dont know! All the best David
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    Luxman L-590AX Mark II- A Love Story

    Hi James Following my previous post regarding the Luxman L590AX II and the L509X amplifiers. I visited my dealer to listen to both amps and the D-06u sacd player. I have to say that I was mightily impressed with both of them. They were also paired with an SME Model 20A record deck fitted with...
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    What's Spinning Tonight?

    Eric Clapton Unplugged on vinyl
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    Visit to Marc C.'s (SpiritOfMusic's) House in England

    Hi Marc The reason it yields such huge benefits is because it is not small at all but actually very important. It often takes many hours of painstaking work to unlock the performance improvements which you describe. The only sense in which it is “small’ is in terms of expenditure. All the...
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    What is it about the "jump factor" that only expensive speakers get close to "real"?

    Hi Caesar, Your question implies that there is some mysterious statistical correlation between the price of a product and sound quality. I suspect that given the factors which influence the price of a product, this is very dubious concept indeed. Nowadays there are few serious volume...
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    PRaT: "Pace Rhythm and Timing" or "PRetentious audiophile Trash"?

    I think that the term PRaT originated in the 1970’s when the Linn Sondek LP12 was emerging. In those days two of it biggest supporters were Messrs Collins and Messenger. It was, I recall one of the LP12’s great points of difference. However whichever way you cut it a PRaT’s a PRaT! Kind...
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    Visit to Marc C.'s (SpiritOfMusic's) House in England

    Hi Marc Thank you for the run down. Very interesting. My room is a little smaller, a more modest 23 x 20 x 10 (4500 cubic feet) and on the ground floor. I was interested in your comments on what you might have to spend to better your present set up and I am sure that you are right. However if...
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    Visit to Marc C.'s (SpiritOfMusic's) House in England

    Hi Bonzo75 I was giving this some thought and though I do know of any specific examples apart from SME (which is completely atypical) However there is a forum called Hi Fi Wigwam which hosts vintage audio enthusiasts and I am sure that someone there will be able to help you. These guys are...
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    Visit to Marc C.'s (SpiritOfMusic's) House in England

    Hi Marc Congratulations on what is clearly a beautiful and very impressive listening space and system. You are obviously a man of taste with his life priorities well sorted. I completely agree with your high efficiency loudspeaker philosophy. I enjoyed reading Ron’s piece on your set up which...
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    How Much Workspace Behind Racks?

    Hi Northstar Thanks for pointing me towards the article. Very interesting if somewhat above my technical understanding. However if I am reading it correctly it supports my view that length of speaker cables in normal system applications has less impact on sound quality than interconnect cables...
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    How Much Workspace Behind Racks?

    Hi Tang I needed 10 metre cables to make the necessary changes, so you are right it’s is expensive. However in te context of a system which may have cost many thousands of pounds it may be a small price to pay. Unless you use very exotic cables in which case it may be a non starter. Regarding...
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