Thanks for your input Rutger 👍 Do you mind me asking if what you’re saying is based on personal experience, or on something you’ve read or been told? To update my previous post, I’ve been experimenting with different enclosure materials, and the results have been a bit of an eye opener, to say the l...

I actually agree with everything you’ve said here Fredrik. However, there’s something we’ve not addressed, and that’s the fact that tweeters are usually fixed in position and putting the tweeter at ear height may not allow the bass unit to be optimally positioned. This is what I was thinking but did...

I’m wondering if the rule ‘tweeters at ear height’ is as useful as all the other audiophile rules, such as the ‘equilateral triangle’, ‘ 1:15 isosceles triangle’, ‘38% rule’, ‘golden ratio’, etc, etc? My guess, based on my experience of building speakers with bass and treble units placed in all mann...

Setup M) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fyc08kljhwvirkqoki00u/IMG_0251.jpeg?rlkey=hu2g2s49tcgfvts46fxi29vcp&dl=0 Setup N) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lqn4mws6k8e251601ocki/IMG_0250.jpeg?rlkey=sym39gfrjlafmvhsgxl49ebl7&dl=0 This little change is just a small part of the treatment of the powercabl...

Here’s another example of the Sibelius’ musicality. https://youtu.be/WRMEmWaFc58 Pulsating bass units seem to be very much in fashion these days.

Here’s a typical example of what they sound like.

https://youtu.be/YFp3DR4Wong

Charlie1 wrote: ↑2023-08-16 12:39 So Naim have double the turnover - have I read that right?

That’s correct. 2.5X in the UK and 1.8X worldwide.

Linn appear to be working on relatively high gross profit margins in the region of 57%. This compares to about 39% for Naim. This makes Linn about 46% more expensive for a like-for-like product leaving the factory floor. These figures don’t include administrative costs, salaries, R&D, etc. Linn spen...

I’m delighted to discover that the excellent Adventures in HiFi has been appointed as a Lejonklou dealer. This is great news for both parties, and I wish them all the very best with their new “adventure”!

Great shootout charlie1! For the first 10 seconds or so I really liked the first combo, however as the track progressed, the second combo really started to perform and pull into the lead. The first combo sounds great, but in comparison to the second combo it seems a bit brash and loud, whereas the s...

Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/album/0q1wtC0H ... E2Nuu3pdSQ

The same system, but with Kans, was sounding pukka, so it can only be positioning or perhaps a fault with one of the speakers. You could try listening to them separately to eliminate a fault.

Alternatively, there’s no problem and I’m just having an off day #🤡

Not really any better for me I’m afraid charlie1. Apart from the overblown bass, which might be helped with positioning, musically it seems to be so far all over the place I can’t see positioning being of much help.

What’s driving the 109’s?

I agree charlie1. For whatever reason, that combination isn’t rocking ☹️

UPDATE ON SOHO 45’S After using them daily for nearly a year now, I’d say that the SOHO’s are great general purpose Bluetooth headphones. The sound is pleasantly acceptable with a fairly neutral balance which gently smooths over any nasties without sounding dull. The only criticism I have is that m...

Here’s a really interesting video describing how Gilad turned things around at Linn. Well, sort of!

https://youtu.be/mWylKk0Y6PU

The one without compression would always sound better. I don’t agree. I have a very high respect for the producers of an album. I also consider the final version of an album to be THE work of art for the audience to enjoy, applaud or criticise. Therefore I also consider the practice of making diffe...

It doesn’t surprise me tbh charlie1. I’ve really liked the Tukans in some of your previous vids and was only looking for a cheap pair earlier in the week!

Here’s the two clips with the choruses removed. They’re identical.

I think you raise an important point there Thomas. I’ve listened to more of their recommendations and some of them do seem to be a bit “HiFi’y” or “impressive” sounding. However, some of the recommendations do seem to be ok, so as with all personal recommendations, it’s probably best just to use the...

Hmm, this is interesting. It looks like we’ve got a semi-mullet combination (track 1) being generally preferred to a source first combination (track 3). Is this an example of “source first” theory being falsified? I think that is stretching it a bit. As the turntable/PS/arm/cartridge and the electr...

Here’s an excellent resource which aims to subjectively evaluate some of the best albums ever recorded. I’ve listened to about 6 of their recommendations and have found them all to be excellent. As a rule, they don’t like modern remasters, 180g vinyl, half speed masters, 45rpm albums etc, thinking t...

Here’s a good example of why apparently “better” measurements don’t necessarily relate to a “better”, or more enjoyable, recording. Just over half way down this page https://www.masteringthemix.com/pages/mixing-with-levels?currency=GBP is a graphical comparison of two recordings, one with a loudness...

Thanks for the comparison charlie1. For me, the gulf between the Rega and the LP12 is greater than I remembered it to be, when I last heard the comparison, about 20 years ago.

Personally, I’ve never been able to correlate musical enjoyment with DR rating. Some high DR recordings are enjoyable and some less so. Here’s a low DR album I quite enjoy https://open.spotify.com/album/16J9NCaxxRc2QW999f5V9H?si=gNqpWq70TROeEGbeCke_Kw Here’s an album not listed in the DR database, b...