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  1. Simon Moon

    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...
  2. Simon Moon

    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...
  3. Simon Moon

    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.
  4. Simon Moon

    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...
  5. Simon Moon

    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.
  6. Simon Moon

    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.
  7. Simon Moon

    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...
  8. Simon Moon

    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.
  9. Simon Moon

    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...
  10. Simon Moon

    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.
  11. Simon Moon

    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...
  12. Simon Moon

    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.
  13. Simon Moon

    Munich 2020 cancelled

    Ah... The medical scientists seem to making a pretty big deal, too.
  14. Simon Moon

    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...
  15. Simon Moon

    Most Respected Amplifier Designers

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

    Most Respected Amplifier Designers

    YES! How can we not mention John Iverson!? I used to work at a high end shop in the LA area (San Fernando Valley, specifically), and we carried Electro Kinetics. What an incredible amp the Eagle 7A was. He used to come in the store pretty frequently, and he always had some, ah...let me...
  17. Simon Moon

    Most Respected Amplifier Designers

    Bascom H. King - BHK
  18. Simon Moon

    This is insane...the Quad ESL

    I had a pair of Quads I was driving with the mythical Yamaha B2 (with the now, unobtainium V-FETs). That was an incredible match. The speakers showed off the best attributes of the amp, and the amp showed off the best attributes of speakers. I wish I still owned both
  19. Simon Moon

    PBN Montana Hadley

    I like that they are using an isobaric design for the woofers. You don't see that too much anymore. Besides lowering the box size for the same bass output, the trapped air between the woofers acts to stiffen the cone. And it also tends to cancel out nonlinearities in the drivers. I can't speak...
  20. Simon Moon

    Audiophile Fuses

    I've never heard that distinction before. Stereo listening, whether headphones of speakers, has always been 2 channel, as far as what I've always heard. And I post on quite a few forums, belong to the largest audiophile society in the world, attend several audio shows per year, visit brick and...
  21. Simon Moon

    Audiophile Fuses

    Isn't listening with headphones 2 channel?
  22. Simon Moon

    How do I clean dust off of a cantilever?

    I've had good results with Onzow Zerodust. Fremer likes it, too (for whatever that's worth). Analog Planet
  23. Simon Moon

    Concentration of wealth

    I am going to have to disagree with the overall thesis of the OP. The 'savior' of the audiophile business will, in my opinion, be the entry level for all those who grew up listening to cheap earbuds on their phones. Great quality products from companies like: Schitt, ELAC, Denon (they have a...
  24. Simon Moon

    Anyone know 'Converted into Sound' online shop?

    Yeah, there seems to be more than a few warnings on the internet about these guys.
  25. Simon Moon

    True or False: If a System Can Sound Great with Orchestral Music, Can it Also ROCK?

    Any system that I would consider 'good', would be able to play rock, classical and jazz equally well. Or close to it. I listen to almost equal amounts of jazz, classical and rock. But then, the type of rock I listen to, tends to fall into one of the various prog subgenres, and most of these...
  26. Simon Moon

    I have become bored with tonal, common practice classical music

    Yes, when I posted the OP, I was not happy using the term 'atonal', but it seems like the best term to use for the types of music I am referring to. At least, the vast majority of classical music fans understand what types of music are being referred to. I actually have slipped into a limbic...
  27. Simon Moon

    I have become bored with tonal, common practice classical music

    Thank you for the thoughtful reply! I have read it rather quickly, so I have not taken it all in yet. But I will give it proper due later.
  28. Simon Moon

    I have become bored with tonal, common practice classical music

    I believe the only examples of pre 20th century, are some of Schoenberg's and Webern's earliest works. Most of the rest on the list are living composers.
  29. Simon Moon

    I have become bored with tonal, common practice classical music

    Some examples: Elliott Carter Bruno Maderna Thomas Ades Magnus Lindberg Peter Maxwell Davies Joan Tower Thea Musgrave Harrison Birtwistle Augusta Read Thomas Penderecki Ligeti Schoenberg Berg Webern Andrew Norman Charles Wuorinen And many others. Yeah... Even when I was still listening to a...
  30. Simon Moon

    I have become bored with tonal, common practice classical music

    I have recently come to the conclusion, that I am no longer enjoying much classical music that is tonal. As of late, whenever I put on a recording of tonal, common practice, classical music from any of the major composers, I almost always end it before it is finished, as I lose interest. I...

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