In article ,
Audio Empire wrote:
On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:51:52 -0700, Gary Eickmeier wrote
(in article ):
Jenn's remark about not being impressed with anything at the show may be due
to not having your recording at hand, which is more food for thought.
Well, I can't say that. There were rooms playing some fairly impressive stuff
(with or without my jazz recording playing). I was impressed by the new
Magico S5, the MBL-101s (again, as usual), the big YG acoustics speakers, the
biggest Focal speakers (don't recall the model numbers) and the KEF "Blades".
And of course, the most jaw dropping of all, the aforementioned Wilson
Alexandria XLFs. All showed me that at least at the "cost-is-no-object" end
of the spectrum, speakers are improving. I heard cone speakers (virtually all
of the speakers mentioned were cone designs) especially, are now doing things
that 20 years ago, I would have bet money that come speakers could NEVER do.
Maybe Jenn's jaded. It does happen.
Oh, I wouldn't say that I'm jaded at all. I heard things that impressed
me at the shows, but they weren't the huge buck systems, which were more
often that not, playing way too loudly for my taste. The KEF Blades
were indeed wonderful, and as I mentioned, I loved the little LS5s. I'm
encouraged by what can be had for really reasonable money these days
(including in the analogue area), but I'm also concerned about where the
prices are on the upper end these days.
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