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    Los Angeles Audio Show ‘25 at the Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa Hotel on January 17-19, 2025

    Is that really what caused the "demise" of the SoCal audio shows? After the founder of The Home Entertainment Show, Richard Beers, died in 2016, the remaining team that assisted in the organization of T.H.E. Show, despite attempts by the LA/OC Audio Society to communicate with them (to assist...
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    Los Angeles Audio Show ‘25 at the Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa Hotel on January 17-19, 2025

    Finally there is some hope for a good audio show in Los Angeles! I hate to talk badly about T.H.E Show, but I am getting more than a bit disappointed with these 30 room shows. And these small shows started well before covid. And other shows around the country have had no problems recovering...
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    Should I get In-Wall Speakers or Ohm Walsh in my small room?

    That's the great thing about the Larsen's I mentioned above. They are extremely predictable when placed against the wall. They were specifically designed to be against the wall.
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    Should I get In-Wall Speakers or Ohm Walsh in my small room?

    You might also want to check into Larsen speakers. Also designed to be right against the wall, and they have several different models, for different sized rooms. Every time I've heard them at an audio show, I have been very impressed. They produce a legitimate soundstage and image, despite...
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    Orchestra in a small room - Is it possible?

    Let me also add, that from, say, 20 rows back, a 50 foot wide orchestra is not perceived as 50 feet wide. So, the need to reproduce a 50 foot wide orchestra, is not even necessary.
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    Orchestra in a small room - Is it possible?

    A more realistic goal, is to transport the listener to the original performance, not transport the musicians to one's room. I wouldn't even want to transport musicians to my room, even a soloist. I would rather imagine myself at Disney Hall, then to imagine the LA Phil in my room.
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    High-end Speakers V Headphone - you kidding me....

    While I fully appreciate my headphone rig (Audeze and headphone amp), it will never replace my speakers. Listening to speakers is a much more visceral experience, much closer to a live musical event, than headphones. Headphones do not: reproduce the physical impact of music interacting with...
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    HUMAN SENSORY PERCEPTION

    The problem is, that human perceptions and our senses are pretty easy to fool. The number of experiments is way too long to even begin to even begin to list. Not to mention our confirmation biases, our faulty memories, misinterpretation of sensory input, etc.
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    Alma Deutscher: Composer, Pianist, Violinist

    Thank you for this post. I was going to say something similar, but you said it better than I could have. First of all, much of the music that the avant- garde critics consider ugly, I don't find ugly. It's just that the beauty is found deeper in the music and it takes a bit of work to...
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    McCoy Tyner, Groundbreaking Pianist Of 20th Century Jazz, Dies At 81

    So much great music from McCoy. He was one of the best improvisers, on any instrument, ever. Full stop. He had a beast of a left hand.
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    Munich 2020 cancelled

    No, the stock markets are NOT reacting to the media. They are reacting to the 2nd largest economy in the world, all but shutting down manufacturing. Lower manufacturing in China, means: lack of parts for the auto industry around the world, lack of electronic parts for high tech industry, lack...
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    Munich 2020 cancelled

    Yeah, that happened for the great influenza pandemic of 1919. Everyone was elated over the low new cases in the summer. Do you know what happened in the fall after the 'summer disinfectant'? The strain became even more virulent. 650,000 dead in October alone.
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    Munich 2020 cancelled

    Ah... The medical scientists seem to making a pretty big deal, too.
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    Millennials, Please Check In!

    This problem (majority Boomers in the hobby) seems to be somewhat specific to the USA. Whenever I watch videos of audiophile shows in Europe and Asia, there seems to be a lot more people walking around substantially younger than Boomes. Also, there are quite a few audiophile YouTube providers...
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    Most Respected Amplifier Designers

    George Counnas has been making some pretty impressive tube amps at Zesto Audio.
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