So it was obviously the amplifiers and not the recording or even CD player? Especially since they switched from LP to another medium in this case, digital. Not to mention an opinion arrived at with one recording. Not to mention the issues with one wall.
Tell you what. I spent a lot of time in the room listening to tapes and LPs. The bass drums sounded damn good on Fettler's Contrasts for Orchestra, third movement (Mercury SR90282).
Who knows? But is anyone really surprised that JA (or anyone else for that matter) would comment that the Alexia speakers have better quality bass when driven by a SS amp? I think that many speakers with pretensions of being full-range and are non-powered will have more accurate bass when driven by a big SS amp.
On the other hand, I can't imagine an old Beach Boys cut that MF did a needle drop from had deeper bass than what we heard from the Loud Reed "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" cut and that system kicked ass on that recording.
Who knows? But is anyone really surprised that JA (or anyone else for that matter) would comment that the Alexia speakers have better quality bass when driven by a SS amp? I think that many speakers with pretensions of being full-range and are non-powered will have more accurate bass when driven by a big SS amp.
On the other hand, I can't imagine an old Beach Boys cut that MF did a needle drop from had deeper bass than what we heard from the Loud Reed "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" cut and that system kicked ass on that recording.
"Walk on the Wild Side" from the Speakers' Corner Transformer reissue. The better the system, the better it sounds-unlike other recordings that have a sonic ceiling.
So it was obviously the amplifiers and not the recording or even CD player? Especially since they switched from LP to another medium in this case, digital. Not to mention an opinion arrived at with one recording.
Tell you what. I spent a lot of time in the room listening to tapes and LPs. The bass drums sounded damn good on Fettler's Contrasts for Orchestra, third movement (Mercury SR90282).
It's sort of a variation on a theme that JA talked about with the Alexia speakers and the Doshi amps. I don't think there is much doubt that JA would prefer to hear the Alexia speakers powered by a SS amp. Turning up the negative feedback to the max on the VTL amp probably tightened up the bass as much as possible which is why JA preferred that setting, but that came at the expense of the midrange.
"Walk on the Wild Side" from the Speakers' Corner Transformer reissue. The better the system, the better it sounds-unlike other recordings that have a sonic ceiling.
Myles, I would expect that it is custom..26lbs....but I would expect that it shares some of the Sowter signature...nothing wrong with that.
With 26lbs of iron you can't escape the sound signature of a transformer...it is just part of the voicing. I might add that Sowters are very musical,detailed and articulate.
Who knows? But is anyone really surprised that JA (or anyone else for that matter) would comment that the Alexia speakers have better quality bass when driven by a SS amp? I think that many speakers with pretensions of being full-range and are non-powered will have more accurate bass when driven by a big SS amp.
On the other hand, I can't imagine an old Beach Boys cut that MF did a needle drop from had deeper bass than what we heard from the Loud Reed "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" cut and that system kicked ass on that recording.
That was the only room at the show that got the backbeat on the drum correctly. On every other system, the drum sounded like one beat. So how bad could the Doshi room been?
That was the only room at the show that got the backbeat on the drum correctly. On every other system, the drum sounded like one beat. So how bad could the Doshi room been?
Thnx Doc, i will put it on my list- I did get the Speakers Corner of Transformer, it is much better than I expected. I guess I am a New Yorker, having lived here for 33 years.
