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- 2016-04-28 09:11
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
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Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
Quite similar to before in that the JBLs strike me as particularly effortless and easy to follow the music. These clips really give us a flavour of how the speakers sound in the room and how much their presentation differs. I'd worry that I would miss all that bass from the ATCs. It's probably a no ...
- 2016-04-27 11:56
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: SOLD Lejonklou Kikkin 2.2 for Sale (UK plug)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5660
Re: Lejonklou Kikkin 2.2 for Sale
Price £300
- 2016-04-27 09:10
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: For those interested in all analog recordings
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16287
Re: For those interested in all analog recordings
I've not got any of her work. 'If You Leave' and 'Naked Music' seem easy enough to pick up on vinyl. Which do you folks think is the better album of the two?
- 2016-04-25 08:49
- Forum: Me and My system
- Topic: Sunbeam's Rig
- Replies: 93
- Views: 132867
Re: Sunbeam's Rig
Looking very neat as usual, and black of course. Glad you got the filters now and are enjoying your system even more.
- 2016-04-23 12:49
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
Next time...I prefer that the recording start before the tune is starting and to better be able to compare, same recording position on all clips please ;) I particularly like that part of the song but thanks for the feedback - I appreciate it's nice to hear things build from the beginning so will t...
- 2016-04-22 23:38
- Forum: Me and My system
- Topic: My new system
- Replies: 24
- Views: 31701
Re: My new system
Yes, very cool indeed. I really like the way you've arranged the system around the LP storage. Never seen that before - looks great.
- 2016-04-22 14:21
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
At the moment it to me sounds great so do not change anything! And I do mean anything! I won't touch a thing, I promise - even the silly putty. Seriously, I really enjoyed reading your positive feedback. Thanks again for the input from everyone, and also for Thomas who has so far resisting in sayin...
- 2016-04-22 13:18
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
Yes, that is some of the changes these clips are not good at revealing! No need to make the extra clip. I've done it now! :) Kikkin: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cmc058z1maohtvl/Bonnie%20-%20Archidee.MOV?dl=0 KK clip1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5sj0olfzys1lmw/Bonnie%20-%20KK%20Clip%201.MOV?dl=0 KK cl...
- 2016-04-22 11:12
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
This seems reminiscent of the fact that I can get goosebumps listening to the radio in the car when I hear a familiar tune, or one I've not heard in ages, or even something I'm hearing for the first time. Worryingly, more frequently than when listening to the main hifi system. I wonder if this is s...
- 2016-04-22 11:06
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
To Charlie1: This is maybe too much to ask for but would it be possible for you to make clips with your Lejonklou preamp and the KK comparing them? I've retuned the speakers so don't really want to put the Kikkin back. What I can do is make a recording of the same music I took with the Kikkin and t...
- 2016-04-21 16:51
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
Hi All. Beck, thanks for speaking out. Knowing me I could have easily done something daft although I have never heard of any 'other' way of setting it up. I only know the following: I set everything to zero, adjust counterweight so that arm is balancing perpendicular to the platter, then dial in the...
- 2016-04-20 18:26
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
For example when the sax came in it somewhat dominated and the other instruments became harder to follow. I think this is what beck would call sounding like a more complete musical piece - all the instruments playing together. They sounded the most that way to me without the board. Forgot to say, I...
- 2016-04-20 18:08
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
.. I didn't like the board without feet at all. It was pretty dead sounding and really didn't get me into the music. There board with feet was much better but still not as good as no board... Agree - I felt like they were posted in order of decreasing musicality from no board to board only. I defin...
- 2016-04-20 16:46
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
I was quite careful to hold the iPhone exactly the same way for both recordings so the mic was not partly covered up. I have found that sometimes files played directly from Dropbox can sound quite different. Usually downloading the files first works better. It is always hard to comment on what some...
- 2016-04-20 16:26
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
Here's some clips with and without the Ikea chopping board that has been recommended by some Linn forum members. The middle clip includes home made feet under the board. I'm still toying with speaker positioning after upgrading to KK1 but I'm getting there. Haven't ruled out Sagatun Monos longer ter...
Re: Slipsik 6
Sounds like a winner Fredrik.
- 2016-04-18 13:55
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
It could also be, as Anthony mentioned recently, that the speakers need repositioning with the KK/Tundra. My impression of that clip is that the bass is out of rhythm. I think 0.5 cm made everything snap into place for Anthony. Just a suggestion. It's easy to forgot the importance of this and not w...
- 2016-04-18 09:48
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
They sound a bit too different to me. I wonder if the mic is slightly covered during the first recording because it sounds a bit muffled. It adds a slightly dreamlike quality especially combined with the blurred screen. I think the second one probably is easier to follow but would like to hear them ...
- 2016-04-15 17:08
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
for now the best of both worlds is Exposure(see my signature). I bought an Exposure 15 around 1990. I tried Linn amps but there was something synthetic about the sound that I really didn't like - can't recall the models. Maybe I would have chosen differently if I understood tunedem at that time. Pr...
- 2016-04-15 12:59
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
Not free this weekend but probably couldn't get my friends to join me anyway - thanks for the thought though. I understand ref ageing amps and running costs. It will be interesting to know if the Sagatun can deliver on both counts - i.e. tunefulness combined with the perceived NAC 52 / NAP 110 benef...
- 2016-04-15 11:03
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
Very interesting Efraim. I'd like to experience what you describe. Did you find the NAC 52 / NAP 110 worked for you equally across all musical genres? And did they sound fatiguing at all - sorry, it's just a common criticism aimed at Naim amps? And how come you have not gone back to that combo?
- 2016-04-15 10:30
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
I keep a much lower profile these days as occasionally I get a bit over excited by Fred's products I think it's only natural to want to share enthusiasm and excitement for something with other people. Is it fair to say that you don't want other people to miss out on all the fun you're having? I've ...
- 2016-04-13 19:52
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
In my experience I have to say that the Sagatun Monos brought one of the most involving and connected feelings to the system of any change I have made. Isn't this similar to my Ekos SE experience? The Radikal might have offered the biggest boost in tunefulness but an upgrade further down the hierar...
- 2016-04-13 16:04
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Playground for practical listening exercises
- Replies: 7085
- Views: 5273402
Re: Playground for practical listening exercices
To Music Lover: Are you using them as they are built from the factory or have you done something else to them? Nothing yet. Have them on 35cm piles of books, two under each speaker. Not very stable, I can rock them a few cm's bak/forth. Going to start modifying when I get the Linnofil superstands, ...
- 2016-04-13 11:38
- Forum: HiFi
- Topic: Emotion in Music
- Replies: 48
- Views: 40072
Re: Emotion in Music
It perhaps depends on how we define emotion. For me, I can't really separate emotion from tunefulness - better tunedem results in better access to the performer, results in more emotional connection. This is also what I believe yet in practice it's not entirely worked that way for me. Close but not...