And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I haven’t heard a B&O setup in years, but even in the 80s and 90s, I always thought they focused more on design style than the audio performance. They were good sounding, but for my money I’d prefer different components, probably at a somewhat reduced cost as well.
more on style than substance, IMHO too. Trying to design a speaker to universally "fit" every room, large, small, tall & short - cannot be done.
In the 70's, there was a library/study hall equipped with cheap Radio Shack speakers, wide open spaces above racks of books - sound was magnificent!
Many of yester-years speaker design were just works of art, simply because it sells, and it's impossible to design around all the variations in space dimensions & the furnishings within them.
On a somewhat different scale, I have two Bang and Olufsen Beolit 12s (looks like a lunch box) and an A6 (the one that looks like a boomerang) and they are they are all highly valued. It's not all about style which is appreciated nonetheless. I drag them out onto the patio, into the garage and with the 12s, anywhere I want to go from my home system. They sound and look great. Think I might get a B and O "Level" or two though. They come in stereo pairs and are future proof to some degree. Steve_in_Ottawa
I heard 4 Nautilus's connected to to a McIntosh tower some years ago in a special acoustic room and the experience was spiritual. They played Pink Floyd The Wall. It was transporting.
For the past 50 years, and as of this very moment (Zebra - Take Your Fingers From My Hair) I have been listening to 4 Pioneer HPM100's (silver blow holes) connected to a Pioneer SX1250 receiver and in my long time experience it just don't get no finer.
Those are awesome. I do have my Sansui receiver connected to my baby Advent speakers (Advent 3) in my workshop... it is what I bought in 1979 as a teenager and I still listen to the set daily :) I do send a signal from my phone through a cable to the audio in jack - high tech man!
My 1934 RCA model 281, a single speaker radio, all tubes, still sounds better than all these digital amps. It was high end then, still is now by comparison.
I haven’t heard a B&O setup in years, but even in the 80s and 90s, I always thought they focused more on design style than the audio performance. They were good sounding, but for my money I’d prefer different components, probably at a somewhat reduced cost as well.
ReplyDeletemore on style than substance, IMHO too. Trying to design a speaker to universally "fit" every room, large, small, tall & short - cannot be done.
DeleteIn the 70's, there was a library/study hall equipped with cheap Radio Shack speakers, wide open spaces above racks of books - sound was magnificent!
Many of yester-years speaker design were just works of art, simply because it sells, and it's impossible to design around all the variations in space dimensions & the furnishings within them.
On a somewhat different scale, I have two Bang and Olufsen Beolit 12s (looks like a lunch box) and an A6 (the one that looks like a boomerang) and they are they are all highly valued. It's not all about style which is appreciated nonetheless. I drag them out onto the patio, into the garage and with the 12s, anywhere I want to go from my home system. They sound and look great. Think I might get a B and O
ReplyDelete"Level" or two though. They come in stereo pairs and are future proof to some degree. Steve_in_Ottawa
$166,000 lol
ReplyDeleteI heard 4 Nautilus's connected to to a McIntosh tower some years ago in a special acoustic room and the experience was spiritual. They played Pink Floyd The Wall.
ReplyDeleteIt was transporting.
For the past 50 years, and as of this very moment (Zebra - Take Your Fingers From My Hair) I have been listening to 4 Pioneer HPM100's (silver blow holes) connected to a Pioneer SX1250 receiver and in my long time experience it just don't get no finer.
Those are awesome. I do have my Sansui receiver connected to my baby Advent speakers (Advent 3) in my workshop... it is what I bought in 1979 as a teenager and I still listen to the set daily :) I do send a signal from my phone through a cable to the audio in jack - high tech man!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, your wiring has to be oxygen-free copper cable, with gold connectors. Not the cheap 15 uM plating, the good 30 uM stuff.
ReplyDeleteHigh end audiophiles are nuts.
My 1934 RCA model 281, a single speaker radio, all tubes, still sounds better than all these digital amps. It was high end then, still is now by comparison.
ReplyDeleteThey also dance in place.
ReplyDeleteMortgage the house for a pair of these dayum!
ReplyDeleteYep, just read the article. $166,000 for a set!
DeleteAt that price they better go into mass production mode. Everybody will want a set.
DeleteGo look at Wilson Audio in Utah if you want more sticker shock . . .
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