TBrennan Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I just sold my house and moved into a highrise apartment. My VOTs are long gone but I thought I could use my Altec 605s. But they just didn't fit with what I wanted to do with my frontroom. So I started lisening to small speakers and ended up with these KRKs from Guitar Center. They sound much better than the official "audiophile" small speakers I listened to such as Coincident, Paradigm, B&W, Mirage and Quad (yeah, Quad makes small cone-domers now). Pretty good litle speakers; good tonal balance and good clarity at low to medium volumes. They're driven by a Denon receiver, I gave away all my tube stuff: a pair of Fisher SA-100s, an 80AZ, a pair of Wave 8s; lots of other stuff too including Altec woofers, drivers, horns and crossvers, just gave it away, good-bye. Listening to this unpretentious little system has freed my mind and allowed me to listen better to the music (this is what's called making a virtue of necessity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 kinda liberating huh tom, cleaning up and stripping down? I am glad you put together a satisfying system in your new digs. I cannot help but think the urge may creep back to upgrade, swap, etc. the equipment in the future, but until then ENJOY my friend. tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leok Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Tom, I see just the tiniest bit of horn loading on that dome tweeter. Enjoy the music leok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Tom- Good to hear. Those KRK are very highly regarded in the recording industry (not that that matters). I believe they make a sub as well should you feel the need. Oh, that's right you won't, you had VOT's. Just joking! Good luck in your new digs. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Did you give away your Altec 605's yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 Mike----Not yet. The 605s I'll sell. Or maybe just keep them in my storage locker so I can mantain my status as a horny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Landau Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 ---------------- On 9/4/2003 8:06:11 PM TBrennan wrote: Mike----Not yet. The 605s I'll sell. Or maybe just keep them in my storage locker so I can mantain my status as a horny. ---------------- You should keep'em or change your name to Mobile Hornless........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I figured you have a hard time partin' with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Delaflor Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Tom! And are you happy without all your precious stuff? I know you loved it, because in every forum I saw you talking about the marvels of old Altec Lansing stuff... What I find more interesting is that one of the main advocates of tubes and horns now use a receiver and a pair of not horn speakers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Simplifying your system can be quite liberating, but all your tubes and horns too? That's cool by me...I'm a Guitar Center employee, and we sell quite a few KRK monitors at our location as well. They are a fine little monitor at a great price, but won't you miss a horn-loaded loudspeaker? My cheap thrill is going over to the soundroom at the Pro Audio dept. before the store opens in the morning and firing up the JBL or Mackie powered horns and a pair of B-52 18" bass-bins, powered by two 1000 watt Crown amps, feeding a Tascam or Alesis digital recorder through a 24 channel Mackie mixer, and blasting Pink Floyd's live "The Wall" CD to some ungodly sound level...damn if the concert's not in your face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Liberated from what Tom? What happened man? I can't even related to getting rid of the house. Your with friends here, what gives? And if you've got less than a year to live or something else like that -- you mind as unload and let us give you some support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 Dean---Liberated from all this audiophile worrying, tweaking and obsessing. Just listening to the music the way I used to do 40 years ago when I had a cheap GE stereo. Owning a house is a pain in the ***. Houses are for raising kids. I had one for 30 years, my kids are raised now and I don't need it. I'm retiring in 4 months and an apartment will provide me with much more freedom; if I want to travel for a few months I just pay the rent ahead and hit the road. If I get tired of living where I am I just pack-up and go, that's it. Maybe I'll try Maryland or Kentucky. Maybe I'll go to Seattle or perhaps go live in Italy or Ireland for a year or two. Who knows. Too many possesions can tie you down, they can own you instead of you them. Now as long as you're raising kids and stuck in one place you might as well have some toys. But I'm a-ready to move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Do you like lots of trees with huge hills and sandstone cliffs -- with long winding roads that take you into the Twilight Zone? Northeastern Kentucky, Daniel Boone National Forest area. More specifically, the Red River Gorge Geological Survey area. 30 square miles of pure sandstone and greenage. Stanton Kentucky is the nearest small liveable town, and most of the Do Drop In food is killer. I've backpacked most of the area, and have the back problems to prove it. Land is dirt cheap, and the people are down to earth and decent. I suppose if I wanted a place to "retire" -- that would be the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted September 5, 2003 Author Share Posted September 5, 2003 Dean----Kentucky; Dark and Bloody Ground. Just watch out the Shawnee don't cross the big river and take your hair. Ever read a biography of ole Boone? Quite a story. Man lost several close relatives, including two sons, to the Indians. He was captured by the Shawnee once and taken up to Ohio and adopted into the tribe by ole Blackfish. Yeah, quite a story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodj101 Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 I LOVE the KRK gear. especially the self amplified stuff. sounds so good. those and the Mackie studio monitors. hey, a thought just came to me. if true audiophiles seak gear that in no way affects the original recording, er, source material, why don't they all use studio monitors? the Mackie HR824's have as flat of frequency response as anything. and I'm willing to bet big money it's flatter than the super speakers you see. http://www.mackie.com/products/hr824/index.html scroll down a bit to see the frequency response chart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike82 Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Tom: Glad to hear you're enjoying your new place and system, BUT I'll be interested to see how long you'll last before you need some new horns. I've tried to kick this audio habit a few times and just listen to music like I did when I was a poor student, but not been successful. Anyway, make sure you get back to the Forum frequntly. I always enjoy your posts. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Lord, Tom! Some of those speaker makes you listed do make some ok monitors as I have had them in and out of various systems I have set up for people (and my own home). Have not heard the KRK's however. I generally have not liked pro sound gear of this type from my station and studio days. Everything I bought from this sect sounded more harsh with tipped up highs or a lack of transparency. It took 6 months to get rid of the Crown D75 amps from our station. Some love them...lord. Glad you found something you liked though, Tom. Good to see you happy at least. Nice bookshelf, btw. Fun to scan the titles. OF course, you know that if I posted the above, you would have been all over me with that, "little speakers with little tiny drivers are for little brains etc " heh... Remember the good ole days? I once mentioned some ProAc monitors and you started frothing at the mouth! I second Mike's statement... Keep in touch. Sorry to hear about that receiver though. You should have kept one tube integrated for laughs. It would have served as a small fireplace for that hovel! kh ps- prodj, I have heard some AWFUL speakers that measure VERY flat... Measurements sure dont tell you everything, and surely not always how they will sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Bey Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Kevin (AKA Cut Throat) has some bookshelf speakers that truly impress me every time I hear them. They have a cement(!) case and what look like two fairly conventional drivers. Of course he has them on stands that probably cost as much as the speakers, but maybe real bookshelves might do the trick, if they can hold some cement boxes, that is. For some reason the name of them just won't stick in my memory. Probably because they sound so darn good I'm threatened by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 The "cement" speakers are Rauna Tyr II's - made in Sweden in about 1985. I believe the original maker of the speakers bought the company back a couple years ago or so. They have a new model of Tyr that the owner claims is as good as the Tyr II. I have not heard it yet. www.rauna.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 those are Rauna Tyr's, swedish speakers...sell for 240 euros...about $263...tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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