On another forum, Jim Smith addresses this very subject. He just finished assembling and setting up his new system and claims it costs less than his former power cords at retail. The important thing is that he seems to get more enjoyment out of it, meaning musical engagement. I think there are many ways to approach this hobby. Keith has been willing to share a large part of his journey on this thread. It's been a fascinating read with plenty to discuss.
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So nice that you each have a Strauss.
Indeed. The Austrian Strauss, by the way, the king of the Waltz, was someone who actually Bruckner, Brahms and Wagner, otherwise belonging to "adversarial" musical camps (especially the latter two, but Bruckner was drawn into this via Hanslick), could agree on: they all loved his music.
+10. Which is why those who have control over their OCD and expenses should stick to Devores and vintage tannoys.
Bonzo, lately I"ve sensed something of a drift to economy in your postings. Are you thinking about getting a system?
No. If I do I already have most of the components anyway that I am tempted to sell off
I hope the Devore that you like don't have the bad wooden coloration that I heard from the Devore Gibbon 3XL minimonitors that I once tried at home, both on their own wooden stands and on my sand filled steel stands at the time.
I like, and crave, a "wooden" sound on solo strings, but that should come from the quality of reproduction, not from obvious coloration by a wooden speaker cabinet. Everything sounded wood colored on these speakers, including vocals. The first half hour listening it might have seemed a warm and pleasant sound, then it became just annoying. The coloration got in the way of the music.
My old Ensemble Reference monitors were handily superior to these $ 4K Devore monitors. My previous Reference 3A MM DeCapo BE monitors, costing just $ 3K, in turn easily beat my Ensemble speakers. Verdict of the Devore monitors: overpriced relative to their performance.
Just for clarification, the Lamms are hybrids as they have a tube in the circuit.
Pass Labs amps (not necessarily First Watt) are mid-fi...but not because of price...because of its mid-fi sound (IMO).
I don't know the Gibbons. The orangutans are great. They are very transparent to recordings though they have a wooden signature. Never said they were the final perfect.
Each concert on them sounds different and stages differently and just flows if run on a 10 to 15w transparent set.
The vintage tannoys also have a certain color. They are more like rice and pasta, satisfying, rather than fine dining. Hence my OCD and expense disclaimers
These are by far not the only or arguably best options for higher sensitivity non-fully (or at all) horn.
I didn't say they were the best. They are very good value, if you had to spend you might as well go for the best. Like with Peter's system, vintage tannoys give you the living room too.
They are quite superior to Odeon upto nr. 38, to Dynamikks, and to WVL Son and Lon, duos, tune audio models below Anima and hORNs below universum, maybe tying with Symphony.
I and many others would disagree with you so it should be clear it is your opinion and not a fact.
Which makes tube rolling lots of fun and relatively inexpensive, even with top Siemens, Telefunken, or Amperex at $5-6 hundred a pair.
Yes, the same way that all your "statements" are Brad !
I had the Lamm M1.1 monos. I thought they were strictly 100 watt class A solid state. Thank you for correcting me.
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