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Rogerfederer

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Hi all
I am very happy to join. I have been reading the forum for quite a while without subscription. Now I am in!
My main concern these days is that my wife and myself will move in a new home. This means more space! So it is time for me to buy new speakers for my living room. I have one hypex nc1200 based amplifier (apollon audio s flagship) and I don't really know what I should look for. So if you feel like to help, thanks in advance. Any kind word or joke is also very appreciated.
Have a good music folks!
Rogerfederer
 

Rogerfederer

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Thanks for your nice message.
Mirka is fine but she gives me a hard time with speakers selection. She wants something that goes well with her carpet...
 

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Hi all
I am very happy to join. I have been reading the forum for quite a while without subscription. Now I am in!

Soyez le bienvienu, Roger!

My main concern these days is that my wife and myself will move in a new home. This means more space! So it is time for me to buy new speakers for my living room. I have one hypex nc1200 based amplifier (apollon audio s flagship) and I don't really know what I should look for. So if you feel like to help, thanks in advance.

I'm not familiar with your amplifier, but I have a colleague who is experienced in building amplifiers using smaller NCore modules, so I'm confident that your amp can easily drive a very wide range of speakers.

Do you have a ballpark idea of what your living room size will be?

Will your living room be open into other rooms ("open floorplan")?

What attributes do you most want from your speaker system?

Are there areas where you would be willing to compromise if necessary?

Are you most interested in how the speakers sound when in the optimum "sweet spot" location, or in how they sound throughout the room, for people who may not be near the "sweet spot"?

What sort of constraints (size, placement, etc.) do you need to take into account?

What speakers do you have now, if you don't mind?

What are some other speakers you like a lot?

Is there anything else important that your speakers should do, or should NOT do?

You DO NOT have to answer all of these!

Merci beaucoup!
 

Rogerfederer

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Soyez le bienvienu, Roger!



I'm not familiar with your amplifier, but I have a colleague who is experienced in building amplifiers using smaller NCore modules, so I'm confident that your amp can easily drive a very wide range of speakers.

Do you have a ballpark idea of what your living room size will be?
The room will be 5x7m. Speakers will be along the 7m wall, in the middle so no too close walls on the sides.

Will your living room be open into other rooms ("open floorplan")? Just a normal room.

What attributes do you most want from your speaker system?
Actually, I use a passive preamp (tvc) which is very transparent but the max attenuation is - 48db. So I am afraid if I add high efficiency speakers that the min volume might be already too load.

Are there areas where you would be willing to compromise if necessary? Not more than 10k :cool:

Are you most interested in how the speakers sound when in the optimum "sweet spot" location, or in how they sound throughout the room, for people who may not be near the "sweet spot"?
That s a good question. I like both. On the one side, for critical listenings and testing gears, I am happy to enjoy sweet spot. But for everyday use I like something that make you feel the band is in the room. Plus, I often work at home, with classical or electro music at low volume, in that case sweet spot is not that important.

What sort of constraints (size, placement, etc.) do you need to take into account? My wife would kill me if I buy big magnepans... Something below 1.4meter high would be great. I think they will be max 1m far from the rear wall.

What speakers do you have now, if you don't mind? Currently I run neat motive sx2

What are some other speakers you like a lot?
I lack of experience, I downgrade my previous B&W CM10 to the neat motive sx2 as I found were better for my room and my test. A friend has kef reference 1 speakers and another has proac d20r. They both different but I like both... When I was a kid, my dad had bose 601 speakers. I liked them a lot as well. So I don't know exactly how to answer.

Is there anything else important that your speakers should do, or should NOT do?
The only thing which is important is that the speaker shall be good at low levels.

You DO NOT have to answer all of these!

Merci beaucoup!
My answers within your post. Merci :)
 
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Roger, I'd always imagined you to be an analog man, with that flowing, organic, soulful style. And Nadal/Djokovic to be digital, relentless and huge work ethic, endlessly repeatable.

Ditto Laver, Nastase, McEnroe, Leconte analog; Connors, Borg, Sampras digital.

Andy Murray? Walkman LOL.

The Q then is...who is the king ie 15ips tape from master/safety master on a top Studer?
 

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Totally agree on McEnroe, Borg, Sampras.
A Federer vs Nadal debate on an audio forum finally makes sense
 
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McEnroe...tt all the way
Absolute effortless style, but like even the best tts that malfunction or come out of adjustment, he went off the rails regularly.

Nadal...MSB Select 3 box. Mercilessly gets a consistent replicable sound every match. Bet the house on him. Dependable, and grinds out a stellar performance every time. Djokovic not far behind.

Federer? 15ips Studer fully tricked out, playing the v best master tapes. Smooth, effortless, no fuss. Grand, flowing, entrancing. Supremely confident, uber talented, and will slog it from the back of the court toe to toe, or just pull out those dinks and lobs to completely suprise you. Gotta be the v best tape.

Borg and Connors? Early 80s 16 bit cdp. Good, goes on all day, 5 sets no problem. But inspired and makes you swoon?

Becker, Agassi, Lendl, Sampras...90s cdp.

Laver...how good were tts in the 60s?
 

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