For example, I still believe that midrange speakers made of paper or fiberglass (e.g. aramid) have sound advantages over other materials.
I'm one of those guys who don't like conventional cone/VC drivers except for 300hz <.
Small planars/ribbons for me.
I'm not a DSP fan and I have tried for the last 6-7 years. It just ruins the sound I'm used to in my rooms. I don't use AVRs or AVPs unless I'm
fiddling around with a 3.3 or 4 system. I use a 3 speaker front end when we have friends over and we concert, no matter the source. The source
is usually records CDs and I have a server set up that 78s were moved to for the people who like the older "Big Band" or "Jazz" venues.
I'm not a fan of receivers or AVRs either, I have a few and they work OK but the last 20 years of AVRs have a ways to go on the dependability side.
They are darn near impossible to fix versus just buying a new one. Everyone I know has the same problem, they want the "NEW" features.
I can't see spending 2-5K for all-in-one sound effects but then I'm not a HT or TV guy with all the sound affects. I'd rather read the news and
I like that usually on a laptop/PC. I binge a lot of TV series but I don't like the house rattling because of sound effects. I'm still a bit shell shocked
as they diagnosed me with in the 70s. It stuck with me behind heavy equipment and quite a few mishaps through the years.
I don't care for active speakers, especially studio monitors. Twice friends have lost onboard amps and it was a PITA to get a new one and both
times the warranty was long gone. At least half of all the active speakers I've heard are noisy, BUT then I didn't set them all up either. I did help
a few buddies hunt down their "HISS" problems. It's always cheap cables and routing, BUT there are some active speakers that are just plain noisy.
I rally don't like untreated rooms and THEIR answer was room correction, I'm usually good for 10-15 minutes of that.
95% of straight wire with gain drives me bonkers. They usually have a very limited venue that sounds good on that setup. I don't like the limitations
and I REALLY like to color the sound to my liking.
I've never been a fan of hard domes in anything whether mids or highs, 50.00 for a pair or 1500,00 for a pair they just suck unless everything is
just perfect. Wilson and B&W both boil my ears, and I have some old a$$ ears.
I'm not a big fan of most SS power amps over protracted periods of time BUT, the newer class Ds have a slight roll-off that works pretty well for my ears.
I like the Pass and Mcintosh SS sound vs SSTs Ampzilla. The new Atmasphere GaN with the feed back dialed in are wonderful. I can listen for hours just
like an MC225/240/30s or the Cary's valve amps with EL34, KT66, or 6L6 (BP). It's got to be an exceptional KT88/90/120/150 or even 300B to make me want
to listen. Not a huge fan of Class A when they are pushing the power of either, SS or Valves. I don't like distortion that much.
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