Rickieheinz

Avantegarde uno's with all BAT electronics sounded just like the artist was there with you.

It was on a few high notes by a soprano on one of my cd's. I found that I had inadvertantly switched the 8 ohm switch to 4 ohms, I don't know if that was what may have caused it or not. I will have to listen to that CD again. I have found that I am totally in love with this SET sound it does seem to draw you into the music more. I listened to the cary on a pair of 86 db/watt meter Wilson, I think they are 8 ohm speakers that sounded fabulous and only required a tiny bit of volume from my Cary amp.

I had just purchased a used Cary 300 SEI which I am using with my Klipsch RF 3 II's and a Sony DVD( 685 sacd changer) that sounds extremely good in almost all areas except for a few of the really high notes in some Soprano parts. I was wondering if it is in part because of the titanium compression tweeter combined with a SET type aamp. Any ideas? Any ideas as o what Klipsch speakers would go well with a Cary 15 watt per channel SET amp?

---------------- On 1/28/2005 1:09:53 PM jpm wrote: Im serious. I have around 350 CD's that I've collected over the years and most sound really bright on my RF7's. Thank God I have bass and treble controls because I've started using them a lot. I seem to be rolling the trebel left of flat by 1/4. This has nothing to do with my amp. I have a neutral, if not slightly warm amp. This has to do with lousy recording studio work. We should expect better. Columbia Records tends to have the best sounding CD's, but not always. I guess my rant is that after spending a ton of money on this hobby, and tweeking to the last detail, we're at the mercy of the dude that mixed the music we listen to. Somehow it just dosen't seem fair. I'm calling the WAAAAAMMMBULANCE right away!!! ---------------- I have the somewhat smaller rf3 II's. Non -classical cd's sounded overly bright with my rotel While my jolida 302B (with 10 times more power than I use) has cut the harshness that had made longer listening sessions a once painful experience with my other amp. You said that it was a warm amp so it could be the way the music was mixed. and made long

The JBL studio monitors sound really good with rock,and pop, and sound fairly good with classical.My Klipsch rf3II's have enough bass to sound good with rock and are clear enough to sound good with classical music.Though I went to a jolida tube amp as many solid state amps are fatiguing with horn speakers.

I have read a lot about low watt tube amps here. Doesn't anyone like SS amps? I run a Rotel Pre/Proces. into an Arcam FMJ P-22 (125-WPC) and really like it. I tried hooking up a Mesa Boogie 400 Strategy and it sounded good until pushed, then the bottom end fell out and got mushy. It depends on your speakers.My rotel sounds great on textile dome tweeters but harsh with horn speakers. I've heard that sugden,electrocompaniet,and monarchy make warmer sounding solid state amps/receivers that have been said to sound good with horn speakers.

I think some of the dvd players sound better than many of the cd players.The sony dvp-nc685v is a sacd/dvd/cd/cdr/and I think even mp3 player and has very good sound for about $250.00.I use it along with a jolida tube amp and Klipsch rf3II speakers. Decware sells a modified one with a tube output stage. I'm not saying its a fantastic cd player but I haven't heard a cd player that clearly blows it away other than a $5,000, BAT tube cd player(which only plays cds).But then the BAT was hooked up to avantegarde unos(or)duos which are the best sounding speakers that I have ever heard.

I really do like sky pilot. Deep purple's," woman from tokyo".

A concert called "northern lights" by the milwaukee symphony will feature music from Grieg's peer gynt suite(I would think that dawn/morning would be in it)along with his piano concerto in A minor. I'm kind of excited about going to hear it.

Sound,price,size,and efficiency.If you're happy without much bass then book shelf sized speakers would probably be ok.If you want more bass you would need a floor stander or a subwoofer added to the bookshelf speakers.Do you already have a receiver or amplifier?

You might want to check out the tuner infomation center, http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/reviewsA-N.html These guys get really technical but they have all the older tuners rated by performance.

You may want to listen to some Klipsch reference series speakers. If you haven't heard them yet.

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Audio Advisor is offering some Wharfedale Opus speakers at half price. They look really nice and appear to be very well made, but I have never heard them. Anyone have any knowledge of them? Thanks, Doug ---------------- I had purchased some older Wharfedale mfm 1's for my son. Wharfedale makes very good sounding speakers for the price.They tend to use silk dome tweeters and I think neodmium magnets.They have very nice highs.And some of their mids use kevlar.I haven't heard the opus yet but I would bet that they sound nice.

---------------- On 10/25/2004 1:30:55 PM dubai2000 wrote: Gentlemen, I admit that much as I enjoy (at least most of the time) this section of the forum, I am also fond of reading about music (performances and recordings) as can sometimes be done in the Hi-Rez section of the AA. Now, we also have such a weekly thread in our DVD section, but as far as I know, nothing of the kind exists for classical music. I know that this type of music is enjoyed be relatively few people, but one think I learnt from getting together my Klipsch-based rig: with the right setup, I have broadened my musical horizon and there might be a few people around who wouldn’t mind getting to know more about that ‘classical stuff’. Another prejudice is that classical music is kind of elitist and one needs a lot of ‘musical education’ to enjoy a piece by Beethoven of Mozart. Let me say straight away that I am no musician, was far too lazy to learn a musical instrument (to my parent’s dismay), cannot read a musical score and am not really familiar with musical terminology and a lot of classical ‘genres’ (such as chamber music, pre-Beethoven etc.). So any professional musician, please ignore my ignorance. So why am I posting in this section of the forum? Well, first of all because I feel that it is my ‘audio home’ where I have learnt a lot (hope you don’t object to a bit of sentimentality) and second: without my current gear a lot of musical treasures might go unnoticed...and that IS ‘old-fashioned 2 channel stereo’. But enough of those preliminaries. Today I want to turn to music which I not only know relatively little about, but also which is not easy to reproduce/listen to at home – organ music. I remember many years ago I visited a spacious church when suddenly the resident organist started to play. I don’t recall what he played (I think on piece was by Liszt) but I suddenly knew why the organ is sometimes called ‘King of Instruments’. And try as I might, I could never even approach that feeling with my home gear. Obviously a number of well-known factors come to mind: not only the speaker’s inability to play that low, no, also the space in which such an instrument is played. Even at relatively modest volume it felt as if real waves were hitting me...unforgettable! Now which organ piece do many people know (even without being aware of its composer or title? Answer: J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue BWV 565. The recordings: Lionell Rogg (I) on a restored Silbermann organ (originally from 1761) on :Harmonia Mundi HMX 290773 Werner Jacob also on a Silbermann organ but in a different cathedral on: EMI 5738782 Karl Richter at the organ in Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland on: Decca 455291-2 Wayne Marshall at the organ of Coventry Cathedral (UK) on: HMV 572165 2 (only from HMV shops or their internet site) Lionell Rogg (II) – organ unknown on: EMI 572556 2 Simon Preston – organ unknown, but I think a modern German instrument on: DG 463016-2 (a compilation disc) I should add that L. Rogg (I) and W. Jacob are part of boxed sets containing ‘all’ of Bach’s organ works. So what about those discs? First of all, there is something in all of those recordings which one might like, but still there are also quite a few differences. If you are looking for those foundation shaking depth, go for the Richter (actually recorded in...October 1954...in stereo!). Otherwise his performance reminds me of a Bach style which is no longer ‘fashionable’ these days. To my ears he tries to imitate a lot of orchestral ‘legato’ and his tempi are on the slow side (actually the slowest of the bunch), but his ‘registration’ (hopefully the right word) is not too plain. If you are looking for ‘huge’ sound, the Jacob is for you, here on can tell that one is listening to a large instrument in a large space. I guess even more spacious must be Coventry Cathedral, but Marshall’s recording lacks a bit of impact (though as a fan of ambience information I like that disc, too). Preston? Fast, articulate playing, but the sound of the organ is not at all my cup of tea (at least at full power). The same – I am about to write blandness of tone – being ‘bright most of the time) mars Jacob’s recording as well. Better in that respect is Rogg(II) but most musical pleasure I got from Rogg (I). He varies the colour of the instrument (is that what is called register?) often enough to keep your interest in the piece alive. And I think this IS one of the reasons why –at least to my ears - organ music can sound terrible and be...I admit it... boring! But if you are looking for something different, see if Harmonia Mundi hasn’t issued a compilation of this set. Right, that’s it for today. Next time (if there is any) will be shorter and I really hope others will help to turn this into a ‘regular’ forum feature. Personally I’d be happy to read whichever classical discs you have enjoyed (or not!) and if that’s interesting for you as well, please post your impressions/likes/dislikes. Thanks for reading. Wolfram ---------------- I only have a couple of organ cd's but there are so many beautiful pieces within classical music. If you like Bach's music you may be interested in other Baroque music as well, like Pachelbel's canon. Also there is a stunningly beautiful piece(though its romantic period)by Grieg called dawn or morning from the pier gynt suite that I believe nearly everone would love if they heard it.