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Electronics aside: I'm not that fussed, as long as it isn't downright ugly...

I'd never buy a pair of speakers that wasn't good to look at, and my ideal absolutely would be beautiful woodwork. (In light or golden English Oak ;) )

https://reverb.com/item/56465074-vintage-altec-lansing-valencia-846-a-speakers-with-rare-center-console-full-restoration

I love how the back side of those speakers, like with a lot of other stuff of the era, looks like crap, and nobody cared. Today, everything has to look “good” all around even in places nobody ever sees.

Re. Sleigh Bells' mixes, Tom Waits says (semi-jokingly?) that he always listens to rough mixes on his vintage car stereo, because he doesn't trust the studio monitors.

Taping songs off the TV: I recorded all the songs from Singing In The Rain on a cassette.

I guess that's low-fi. But, actually, In later years, I used to run the headphone-out from my TV to my amp. It was higher-fi than the TV speakers, albeit mono. I even did that with a cheap radio alarm.

Songs of my own band in the late 90ies, recorded on a shitty tape deck in a much too small rehearsal room.

I know there are, like, zero fans of the HDVA600 here, but I think it's solid, and, also, it's dual voltage (for UK use).

Welp, never mind. I took the above and a couple other like-size things to UPS to ship and the total was about $900. Anyone have tips for cheaper shipping options? DHL and FedEx online quotes seem about the same.

I also love the album he recorded with George Cables, Goin' Home. From the same era, released in '82, I think.

I hope it's some dude simply making these out of IKEA storage cubes who donates the proceeds to cat shelters.

looks good though

It looks... like a decent idea to work up into some DIY if so inclined, not to spend $,$$$ on!

Being practical: can one really beat the square-box-bookshelf model for a big LP library? Keep it simple!

But it's certainly not bad. Was on deep clearance for a while. Starlett, no surprise, is better. Better tone, deeper, better bass.

Good luck with the extended remote living thing.

Hey, thanks. Moving to London, so time to down-size from Maggies to... who knows what. Quad ESLs maybe. It'll be headphones for a little while whichever way.

Now re-auditioning... the HD600. Damn, I like this hp. Way more than the 650.

Glad to hear this. Probably will pass with my son who is very sensitive to that kind of stuff.

FWIW, it never quite feels like anyone's in real danger in the ep. I'm not particularly squeamish about screen violence, but I just don't care for children being menaced so cheaply and casually. It's also a weird scene. A Sith-type trying to get tactical info out of a child.... Weird.

This scene is not just done "causually" or poorly (though this is certainly true), it's a symptom of the *inhumanity* and banality-of-evil of Disney's/writers/directors/actors take on Star Wars/Force mythology,. If your gong to artistically portray something as fundamental to the human condition as good and evil, you first have to have a real sense of it...this deserves a more lengthy comment in the movie thread...

Excuse me if I missed something, but it looks just like another episode of Magazine Just Publishes Press Release.

Hmm, interesting. And I guess maybe the big Altec VOTT speakers don't really do sub-bass either. Anyway, I can see horns like these as a destination, and I have the subs.... And maybe they need subs. Just surprising to see a modern, $$$ speaker roll off that high.

My system has dual 15" subs and 14" woofers in the mains and it rolls hard below 60hz. Sounds good anyway. Frankly I actually prefer the sub bass presentation out of a good pair of headphones, but speaker mid- and upper- bass is quite satisfying

Almost anything with a port will have that low end roll off, especially with such a small volume cabinet.

"What's Best = cigar bar" - either I've been to "crappy" cigar places or they're not as posh as you think.

Hey, yeah, I've never actually been to a cigar bar. I guess I just associate them with places guys go to brag about expensive toys, but maybe not.

There are some good resources and friendly types on What's Best Forum. And several to many high-end turntables and horn systems to drool over. There also seems to be some serious $$$ paraded around, so not everything so relevant over there, to me anyway.

Just been messing around with a DL103R and alternately quite liking it and feeling, like the Senn, that it can be a bit wooly on the low end. Not the last word in detail, at all, but, also like the Senn, it gets the tonality basically right.

I'd like to hear the Zu DL103R or even what Anamighty Sound does with the cart. Or perhaps a more advanced tip than the conical from one of the re-tippers out there.

I'd love be able to borrow a Zu before committing. Very interested to hear since, I agree, DL103R gets tonality and timbre so right. Would be great to get some incisiveness added to the mix.

Its help documentation is really good. Spend some time reading before you do anything.

This is what @schiit recommended to me recently:

https://www.amazon.com/Hantek-Oscilloscope-Multimeter-Portable-Multifunction/dp/B07MQJR6W9/

@Hands Specifically for azimuth adjustment? Thanks.

Also, Rickie Lee Jones, s/t, is one of the few audiophile-approved albums I really like. It gets a touch cheesy in places, and then a song takes another turn and just slays. And, yes, the sonics are A+.