Audiophiles?

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   Years ago I bought a used pair of Bower & Wilkins 801 Matrix series II loudspeakers and a whole new world opened up. Awesome sound, deepest cleanest low, crisp mid and oh so sweet high, I'm in heaven, BABY!
These speakers are driven by a Bryston 4B (2x250 Watts) main amp and a bunch of Rotel and Sony gear (Pre-amp, DAT, SACD and MC). Happy The Man, Camel, Genesis, PF and lots of other good prog bands sound as if they were in my living room, if just my wife and kids would finally SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!

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mimusica Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 04 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6	Posted: June 04 2004 at 21:53
	Years ago I bought a used pair of Bower & Wilkins 801 Matrix series II loudspeakers and a whole new world opened up. Awesome sound, deepest cleanest low, crisp mid and oh so sweet high, I'm in heaven, BABY! These speakers are driven by a Bryston 4B (2x250 Watts) main amp and a bunch of Rotel and Sony gear (Pre-amp, DAT, SACD and MC). Happy The Man, Camel, Genesis, PF and lots of other good prog bands sound as if they were in my living room, if just my wife and kids would finally SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!
	Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche

shark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 23 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 35	Posted: June 02 2004 at 19:05
	you can count me in as a Hi-Fi enthusiast. For years I had an average system which performed reasonably well (Thorens turntable, Philips CD player, Marantz amp and JPW speakers), recently though I have upgraded to the following: Roxan Xerxes turntable, Audio Research SP7 pre-amp, Audio Research D130 power-amp and Martin Logan Aerius speakers (hybrid electrostatics). When using vinyl, I have a valve pre-amp EAR 834P.....but I still have the old Philips CD player.The end result is unbelievable. Every evening I have been sitting in front of my system, drooling like a demented dog, jaw dropped in utter disbelief at the sheer quality of detail and fantastic sound-staging I get out of my system.....

Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: May 29 2004 at 07:49
	NICE!!!

Dusanyu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 29 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 19	Posted: May 29 2004 at 00:45
	I just use Merantz Equiptment that was manufactured in the 70's (Tubes Rock!!) with Bose 901's to my ears i have yet to find equiptment that produses a better sound

Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: May 22 2004 at 17:20
	Me!!! But my budget is much lower than my ears want me to go out and buy. I'm not a "buff", so don't know model numbers unless I go down and look, but I've got a 150W per channel (RMS) Akai amp with inputs AND outputs coming out of its ears, including video, digital optical, effects send/return and stuff I don't even know about. All I care is it sounds AWESOME and goes WAY past 11!!! It drives a pair of floor-standing Mission speakers that are rated 30hz-30,000khz and have a predeliction for bass. As a bass player, that suits me just fine - except I have to watch the window-rattling... Everything else is Sony, except for the turntable and the DVD. I have a matched CD player and MD recorder and 3-head cassette tape deck. Just sold my Bang & Olufsen Reel-to-Reel on eBay, as the Left channel had gone and I didn't know how to fix it. replacement heads are like chicken's teeth My DVD is a Cambridge Audio, which plays MP3s as well as normal CDs and photo/video CDs. My turntable is a technics, and I play all my lovely first-pressing prog vinyl on it. Mmmm. Vinyl. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Anyone care to have the Vinyl vs CD debate?

Jim Garten Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693	Posted: May 04 2004 at 02:56
	I guess you could put me in that particular box, too - although I feel the only way I shall achieve audio Nirvana will be via my weekly investment in the National Lottery......
	Jon Lord 1941 - 2012

Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: May 04 2004 at 01:11
	^ Well, me, tentatively. It's just that the "afford" word gets in my way. Thus my commie slave-labour system.... One day though, you and the far-famed "drivers of Rohan" better watch out! Edited by Peter Rideout
	"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 05 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 400	Posted: May 02 2004 at 11:54
	I'm very curious now because of the conspicuous lack of response in this area. How many of us here consider themselves to be "audiophiles" seeking the best home audio experience you can reasonably afford, above and beyond our collective love of the dense, complex music we call Prog Rock?