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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Location, Location, Location! by Paul S on 2024-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
It’s been such fun, and so gratifying, to keep getting “more” from The Loudspeakers, which have so far been a veritable Sonic Cornucopia, exceeding my expectations and delighting me again and again since I first listened to Music with them, as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Following Troels' Bread Crumbs by Paul S on 2024-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Today I experimented some more with positioning while keeping Troels’ ideas in mind. I believe I mentioned that I liked the sound I get when standing up between the speakers, as well as when I sit on the floor, and when I measured the distance...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Stand and Deliver by Paul S on 2024-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Up the thread I shared that sitting on the floor with my ears at the same elevation as the center of the 10” drivers sounded good, and that I planned to put The Loudspeakers on 10” stands so I could sit in my listening chair with my ears at th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Speakers For The Masses? by Paul S on 2024-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
“Reviewers” speak confidently about the various parts of cited musical compositions, and in many cases I believe they hear what they say they do. I think it is not only listening experience that bears this fruit, but it might also be a gift, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #293: Look before you LEAP by Paul S on 2024-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Another tool used by sound pros is LEAP. The guy who designed my BassZillas (some time ago) used this tool to make the most of a BR enclosure. As for the Fostex (U)HF, the pros tend to correct them digitally, as they need "something". Mainly, did you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #290: The Ears Have It by Paul S on 2024-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Jarek, I have waited for some time for someone to advance a theoretical solution for your situation, as the problem you pose has been advanced repeatedly here for some time now. One might think about putting the PR on the opposite side of the cabinet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: A Blessed Gift for My Golden Years by Paul S on 2024-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you are in Bruckner: Lovro von Matacic in Musical Discussions  18 Replies 
OK, I'm late for the party, but von Matacic/CPO, Bruckner 7, 1967 is a whole new Universe of Bruckner. The Maestro goes "beyond orchestration" to voice this symphony so every part of it is Musical, and the whole is such a phenomenal symphony that I a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Since It Seems to be Important To You by Paul S on 2024-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Romy, I did not patronize ArkivMusic but I just pasted in the first blip I found with the right picture of the CDs I bought. I got mine from Rarewaves, USA via Amazon. I suppose only God knows if they had it "drop-shipped" from Arkiv, but nothing on ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Bruckner 8; Wand, NDR, Lubeck (1987)! by Paul S on 2024-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... and some Bruckner buzz in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
As for the Musical Part of this CD, it could hardly be more amazing. I understand that the performance was taped live by German Public TV, and this might well mean that there is a great DVD of this event. Harmonia Mundi was also involved, and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: A Link to More Information by Paul S on 2024-02-17 
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It looks like there are several iterations of this particular performance floating around, and I do not know about the "others". Since this site won't load my photos, here is a link to the version I am telling about (I believe this 8th was performed/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: My Version by Paul S on 2024-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Jarek, my CDs (2 in the box) did not come from Japan, and no Japanese characters on the box, just the RCA "wax seal" in the upper left front corner and the bottom right rear corner of the case, also the BMG logo on the back. The sound is "different" ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Lubeck! by Paul S on 2024-02-14 
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Now I understand why people gush about Wand’s Bruckner 8 in the Lubeck cathedral! I’ve heard B8 rendered with more “detail” but never a better overall balance of sounds and Sound for this symphony, not to mention the very special performance....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Koussevitzky Revisited by Paul S on 2024-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
I want to revisit a CD recital that Romy first shared at GSC, The Spirit of Koussevitzky, Gary Karr, bass, with Harmon Lewis on the piano. Apparently, there is no substitute for bass when listening to bass. Who knew? The Loudspeakers have pre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Via CD/Main System by Paul S on 2024-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kevin Puts, American Composer, Contact in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
The CD got here in maybe 2 days, "Letters For The Future", Time For Three, DG label. It is structured and played as a concerto. I just played it via my Accustic Arts Drive 1 transport/iDAT 44++ DAC, etc. I am glad I got the CD, as it makes the Music ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Meet the Artist by Paul S on 2024-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kevin Puts, American Composer, Contact in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Years ago I was quite involved with the local arts scene, including reading, writing and schmoozing for grants and subsidies, and all the politics of various and sundry institutions and "influential individuals" that are part of the working artist's ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Excitement by Paul S on 2024-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kevin Puts, American Composer, Contact in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Having listened a few times now, I still like the piece enough that I ordered the CD (Letters For The Future). I'll get back about how it comes across on my main system. Meanwhile, I often detect a sort of "buzz" exuded by artists who seem to be supe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Kevin Puts, American Composer, Contact by Paul S on 2024-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kevin Puts, American Composer, Contact in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
As usual on Sunday evenings, I listened via headphones to the weekly local FM classical music broadcast. Last night they wound up with a phenomenal piece - Contact - from American composer Kevin Puts, played by a string trio - Time For Three - fronti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Bruckner 8 Performances, CDs by Paul S on 2024-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... and some Bruckner buzz in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
I think I have 3 versions of Bruckner 8, 2 performances on CD. 1 CD is Carl Schuricht/Stuttgart, 1954, and the other is Herbert von Karajan/Vienna, 1988. The Karajan CD sounds better through my system, and I also prefer it in terms of the performance...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Bruckner 8, The Power and the Glory by Paul S on 2024-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Today I listened again to a couple of Bruckner 8 performances on CDs, namely von Karajan/VPO, 1988, also Schuricht/Stuttgart, 1954.  The Music is amazing on both CDs, but the 1988 performance (which may well have been digitally recorded to begin ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Confirmation and Relief by Paul S on 2024-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC in Didital Things  26 Replies 
As I reported at GSC, my CD transport started acting up (skipping) quite a while ago, at a time when I was unable to deal with it. I thought at first I had ruined several CDs by playing them in my car, but that turned out to be a coincidence. When I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The Red-headed Step-Driver by Paul S on 2024-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Am I the only one who’s (just) noticed that I have not yet specifically mentioned The Loudspeaker’s midrange driver? This seems odd, in view of the fact that this driver is pretty much the beating heart of The Loudspeaker, playing the range fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Tracking Problems? Here's a Fix! by Paul S on 2024-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How Well Shall a CD Transport "Track" a CD? in Didital Things  6 Replies 
Finally took on my mis-tracking CD transport, an Accustic Arts Drive 1 (Philips CD Pro 2 drive unit). I had looked online and I had the feeling my problem, at its root, might be caked grease on the optical reader rails, as I have had the thing for so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Selling OCD Lowther DX-4s on OBs, +++ by Paul S on 2024-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
OK, I am keeping my new The Loudspeaker(s), and I will be selling my large "Diamond Edition BassZilla" OB speakers that feature OB high-passed Lowther DX-4s running wide range (NOT full range!) over 15" Audax PR380-M2 woofers in integrated BR boxes u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Happy 2024! by Paul S on 2024-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
2023 was pretty weird for me, continuing battles with health issues and enduring cures that have been worse in some ways than the ailments. Somehow, I managed to build and integrate The Loudspeakers during this time, resulting in what turned out to b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Fun Facts Link by Paul S on 2023-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Saw the following for the first time yesterday. I think this stuff is more fun if/as one takes it seriously. It's not like I don't care about specs; but for me it's more like it matters on reflection if the amp "works" in the first place, and even th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Gould Brahms Intermezzi by Paul S on 2023-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Just listened to Gould’s unusual Brahms Intermezzi (See Music Board) via the Loudspeakers for the first time. The speakers were powered by the MA-9S2s. Of course I’ve noticed before how Gould deconstructs these pieces. Today I took advantage o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Suitable for Transplants? by Paul S on 2023-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
It’s been a while since I visited face to face with my World-traveling friend, Mark. He came by yesterday, and we talked and also listened to Music via my MA-9S2s and The Loudspeakers. It was all LP playback. Mark has had his own giant hi-fi syste...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Reasons for Poor LPs? by Paul S on 2023-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... and some Bruckner buzz in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Romy, thanks for another nudge toward Bruckner. I was not at all aware of Schuricht before your post, and I do like what I heard of his 8th and 9th via headphones, off the computer, although I realize this is a just thumbnail version. You have said s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Adorno for Dummies? by Paul S on 2023-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A passive but elegant presentation in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Nice monolog to kick off a Dialog. He certainly touched on a lot of important ideas, and we have certainly batted around a number of these questions at GSC. Also nice that he quoted Adorno! I recommend to all to immediately read Adorno's hypertext, "...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Specialization vs. Compromise by Paul S on 2023-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Amir. for me. regardless of what I've started out to do in audio, I have been forced to compromise along the way. I am sharing my speaker/amp compromises in this thread. My "second system" is a radio (or computer) and headphones (or "desk speakers")....
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