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Points: 8667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2011 at 10:26
Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Frankly I'm surprised that the sub needed such drastic (and brutal) treatment


I don't listen to theories and formulas but to sound. You'd be surprised by the gap between your theories and experience.

My hifi guru (the guy who learned me all i know thanks to his 40 years of experience)is himself an engineer from the famous Poytechnique school and from the first day he told me that engineers were
painful because they think they know everything whereas this knowledge is only theorical.

I'm sorry Oliver, but I cannot believe that you truly believe this.

I mean, don't get me wrong - I can see where you're coming from and I believe that (to a degree) you are correct that science is not always the full explanation.

But I think you also need to remember where it is that your equipment - including all your audiophone wires, speakers, etc. - are coming from. That is, engineers. 

If engineers are so inadequate, how is it that they are able to make speakers/etc. that sound better? They don't just come from thin air. Somewhere, problems must be being identified - solutions sought after and discovered - experiments being run to see if their guesses as to how to improve the sound really worked. This is in essence a scientific process. 

Whether or not they publish their findings or followed the suggested scientific process for measuring their results is irrelevant - perhaps some of these companies are making discoveries in the realm of sound reproducing and keeping it proprietary to keep their competitive edge - hey, this is a capitalist society - but in the end, to disregard the word of engineers is a bit ridiculous.

Especially considering that what engineers do is not just "theoretical" - they apply it in their day to day work. It's what they do.

Furthermore, I wouldn't disregard Dean's word either, even if I didn't trust engineers, he has indicated several times that he has sound systems that he has tried various things with and observed results, and that those results have lined up with what he has known to be true based on these "theories". 


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Points: 17845 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2011 at 22:02
Ummm....vinyl sounds better than CDs...
 
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Points: 17845 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2012 at 18:50
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Well today I bought the B&Ws 685s. 650 USD normal, 357 with my price as an honorable Magnolia employee. My system gets better and one day it might push walls, though it's still quite far from it.
I pulled the trigger on the Epos Epic 2's, couple weeks ago and they came in last week......OMG!! Freaking amazing speakers. All the reviews simply raved about these speakers.
They have opened up really nice the past week, and they really love vinyl. These are 4ohm rated and they really are making my Onkyo sound better than ever, very natural sound.
I am beyond pleased with them. I listened to them for about an hour at a Music Hall dealer in Tacoma, best thing was he had them on sale and he threw in pair of Lovan speaker stands.......deal!
 
Here is a pic of the setup now.
 


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This is the nice dack..
Looking like very old but nice one.
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Thanks. It has transformed since then. The Onkyo receiver has been replaced by a NAD C356BEE, the EQ joined it. A Grant Fidelity TubeDAC11 has joined the mix also.........Super nice sounding. This system is built for vinyl play.
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Pre-amp and Speakers? My accepted speakers are a Bose arrangement with the Acoustimass bass bore and bifold hinge cube speakers.....I absolutely adore the complete actual abundant and additional with the cube speakers getting that they are about 8" alpine I can abode them anywhere in the allowance if I wish to change complete quickly....I do accept them on pole stands.




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I'd be interested in your input guys. It's about time I started upgrading my hi-fi. I have an Audiolab 8000A amp, Arcam Cd92 Cd player, Tannoy DC2000 speakers and a Systemdek IIX500 record deck. Where to start? As records don't get played as much as CD's the deck will probably come last. I was thinking of starting with a Naim or Cyrus amp....or do you know of a better one....Rokstan Candy perhaps.... (up to £1000) on each component.... or do you think I may be better upgrading the CD player or speakers first? At those prices it'll probably be one a year.
 
Thanks in advance for your input.
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Points: 17845 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2012 at 16:05
^ Nightfly....I would think about upgrading the speakers first and try to allocate most of your budget there. That Audiolab 8000A is a pretty nice amp and I believe will drive 4ohm speakers......Now Tannoy's are pretty nice! So unless for some reason you want to change those that's where I would start.
All your gear is pretty decent stuff honestly.....If all you want to do is upgrade the sound, look into an external DAC, especially if your CDP has digital outs, that will improve the sound of your CDs quite a bit. The Grant Fidelity TubeDAC11 for USD350.00 is an amazing DAC that performs at 2x its price..I have one and its brilliant!
 
Your turntable is nice too, you might want to just upgrade the cartridge if the current one has a lot of hours on it and also upgrade the phono preamp....
 
New speakers will give you a new breath of life even though your vintage Tannoy's are nice.......I would look at the Epos line, Harbeth, Nola Boxers.....all real nice bookshelfs that sound much much bigger than they are.
 
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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 25 2012 at 14:07
^ Thanks, I'll look into your suggestion's. Smile
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