Folks, i suggest a trek to your local hi-end store, get yourself acquainted with the top of the range Meridian digital theatre.
http://www.meridian-audio.com/welcome.htm
Recommended ammunition:
1. adagio for strings
samuel barber
2. Canon in D
Pachelbel
3. The lark ascending
Vaughan Williams
4. Nimrod
Elgar
5. Romance in E flat major for string orchestra, op. 11
gerald Finzi
Be prepared to weep buckets....lots of tissue required...
http://www.meridian-audio.com/welcome.htm
Recommended ammunition:
1. adagio for strings
samuel barber
2. Canon in D
Pachelbel
3. The lark ascending
Vaughan Williams
4. Nimrod
Elgar
5. Romance in E flat major for string orchestra, op. 11
gerald Finzi
Be prepared to weep buckets....lots of tissue required...
AKSA said:
thank you kindly....
.....on that note i would heartily recommend the london chamber orchestra's interpretation of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings .....First time i heard that, i spontaneously bust into tears!!
P.S: Samuel Barber was (RIP), an American.......who says Americans lack creativity..??
Hi!
Reminds me of people (guys...) owning not-so-cheap sports cars in their late twenties, early thirties... being forced to give them up because of marriage and children, either because they need the money, or their cars are too unpractical for a small family...
Seems to be the same with HiFi gear...
a) expensive
b) Kids like pushing their fingers into tweeters , Helmholtz resonators , and like touching things not made to be touched, like DIY gear with mains voltage not properly secured... 
Actually, that are some more reasons for me not to plan a family...
But who knows, I'm just 27, and my opinions have changed a lot over the last years...
One thing I know for sure: I will never spend as much money of hifi gear that I could buy a sports car or a superbike with it...
Sound reproductions has its limits...
Bye,
Arndt
JOE DIRT® said:
Reminds me of people (guys...) owning not-so-cheap sports cars in their late twenties, early thirties... being forced to give them up because of marriage and children, either because they need the money, or their cars are too unpractical for a small family...
Seems to be the same with HiFi gear...
a) expensive
b) Kids like pushing their fingers into tweeters
, Helmholtz resonators , and like touching things not made to be touched, like DIY gear with mains voltage not properly secured... Actually, that are some more reasons for me not to plan a family...
But who knows, I'm just 27, and my opinions have changed a lot over the last years...
One thing I know for sure: I will never spend as much money of hifi gear that I could buy a sports car or a superbike with it...
Sound reproductions has its limits...
Bye,
Arndt
Cradle22 said:b) Kids like pushing their fingers into tweeters
my plasma TV is covered by filthy finger prints and drools. My kids and their kiddie friends would touch their favorite characters on screen, all the time. No matter how much efforts I put into persuading them and educating them, they just wouldn't listen,
I posted Pioneer SA 8800 amp schematic here http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=157673#post157673
A wee bit of music for my ears, eh?
Excellent choices of music, I must agree!
The Meridian gear is indeed excellent. It's easily set up and tailored as well. I remember fighting with the first generation digital active speakers in 1990. We had some issues with the internal amplifier in one assembly. Come to think of it, I still prefer the basic geometric shape of them...
Digital control of the final audible product has come a long way indeed. I don't think many manufacturers have executed this better than Boothroyd and Stewart. Take, for example, the "balance" control: on a Meridian, this is far more than a mere realignment of the right and left channels- the timing of the two signals is changed!
As for my vote for the "best" all-round solid state gear? There are so many choices, aren't there! I still get all warm and fuzzy remembering the sound of Thresholds tickling my speakers...the Adagio for Strings sounded wonderful. In my system, driving big speakers required horsepower.
Bob
Excellent choices of music, I must agree!
The Meridian gear is indeed excellent. It's easily set up and tailored as well. I remember fighting with the first generation digital active speakers in 1990. We had some issues with the internal amplifier in one assembly. Come to think of it, I still prefer the basic geometric shape of them...
Digital control of the final audible product has come a long way indeed. I don't think many manufacturers have executed this better than Boothroyd and Stewart. Take, for example, the "balance" control: on a Meridian, this is far more than a mere realignment of the right and left channels- the timing of the two signals is changed!
As for my vote for the "best" all-round solid state gear? There are so many choices, aren't there! I still get all warm and fuzzy remembering the sound of Thresholds tickling my speakers...the Adagio for Strings sounded wonderful. In my system, driving big speakers required horsepower.
Bob
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