Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-26 Thread haraldo
selfdivider;262124 Wrote: I read in the new issue of TAS that Vienna Acoustics will have a spanking new Reference Line. I can only imagine what they'd sound like, considering how the Mahler, Beethoven Mozart sound so good already! Drool H interesting, perhaps that will make it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-26 Thread Phil Leigh
hmmm - I find lover price tags rather expensive :o) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-24 Thread adamslim
I just got me some Living Voice OBX-R2s, so as far as I can see it's job done on the speaker front for a decade! http://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews/livingvoice/avatar.html Adam +---+ |Filename: LV.jpg

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-24 Thread selfdivider
haraldo;261912 Wrote: When thinking more closely The Vienna Acoustics Mahler!!! It's been a while since I listened to those speakers. The last time I auditioned them was with the Electrocompaniet Nemo blocks. Yes, that's the huge bridged mono blocks that's absolutely impossible to

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-23 Thread haraldo
Sorry that Meadowlark went out of business However, the Meadowlark Kestrel2's performance is unreal, at that actual pricetag. These are exceedingly well sounding speakers You may see a picture of my rig at the cover page here http://www.affordableaudio.org/aa2007-11.pdf The big

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-23 Thread konut
I'm expecting these in a few weeks, but with a custom wood. SP Technology Timepiece Mini. +---+ |Filename: TP_Mini_Walnut.jpg | |Download:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-23 Thread haraldo
When thinking more closely The Vienna Acoustics Mahler!!! It's been a while since I listened to those speakers. The last time I auditioned them was with the Electrocompaniet Nemo blocks. Yes, that's the huge bridged mono blocks that's absolutely impossible to drive into clipping. I played

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-23 Thread opaqueice
konut;261908 Wrote: I'm expecting these in a few weeks, but with a custom wood. SP Technology Timepiece Mini. Those have a good rep and a fanatical fanbase. Let us know what you think! -- opaqueice opaqueice's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-22 Thread egd
For a long time I lusted for the ATC SCM150SL AT but settled for the SCM100SL AT as my listening space is nowhere near big enough to accommodate the 150s. Both are superb and their WAF is pretty high too. +---+ |Filename:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-21 Thread Pat Farrell
tyler_durden wrote: pfarrell;259967 Wrote: I wish that quads, or maggie's, were compatible with my wife. I used to have a big house in Texas when I built my 2'x4' ESLs, and later got a pair of ESL-63s. My wife didn't seem to mind them then, though they were not much to look at. Now I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-21 Thread tyler_durden
haunyack;260933 Wrote: Hi TD, I'm getting ready to list my BW Matrix 805's (pre-Nautilus), along with high pass alignment filter on ebay. Maybe a pair of quality bookshelf (monitor) speakers will fill the gap. If interested pm me. Cheers! . I'm in school so I don't have the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-21 Thread haunyack
tyler_durden;261137 Wrote: I'm in school so I don't have the budget (school gets all my money- dental for me, medical for my wife - about $80k total, just in 2007) and I really don't have time for either audio projects or listening to music, so I'll probably just go back to headphones. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-21 Thread selfdivider
Right now, I'm waiting for my Harbeth Super HL5 to be shipped to me, so I'm pretty much sated. (Still, I want to audition the 40.1 monitors.) But I've begun dreaming about that one day when I can bring in KEF 207/2s. I never got to audition the Martin Logan speakers, but the Summit looks

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-21 Thread sleepysurf
Here's a closeup of my Summit's 5 star WAF Bubinga finish! +---+ |Filename: Summit.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4149|

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-20 Thread tyler_durden
pfarrell;259967 Wrote: I wish that quads, or maggie's, were compatible with my wife. I used to have a big house in Texas when I built my 2'x4' ESLs, and later got a pair of ESL-63s. My wife didn't seem to mind them then, though they were not much to look at. Now I live in a smaller place and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-20 Thread haunyack
tyler_durden;260931 Wrote: small speaker ... TD Hi TD, I'm getting ready to list my BW Matrix 805's (along with high pass alignment filter) on ebay. Maybe a pair of quality bookshelf speakers will fill the gap. If interested pm me. Cheers! . -- haunyack Transporter - Box-O-Wires

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-17 Thread pfarrell
SuperQ;259927 Wrote: Personally, I really love my Transporter for both style and quality reasons. Also, I wish magnepans were compatible with my cats ;) I wish that quads, or maggie's, were compatible with my wife. And I wish I had a house that could handle Klipshorns and a flea power SET

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-17 Thread alekz
pfarrell;259967 Wrote: I wish that quads, or maggie's, were compatible with my wife. And I wish I had a house that could handle Klipshorns and a flea power SET amp. Try Martin Logan Summit. Women love them. Don't tell them the price, though ;-) -- alekz

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] lust object speakers

2008-01-17 Thread sleepysurf
alekz;259968 Wrote: Try Martin Logan Summit. Women love them. Don't tell them the price, though ;-) I wholeheartedly agree ;-) -- sleepysurf main system: sb2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac-1 modwright swl 9.0se belles 350a reference ml summits. blue jeans cables. secondary