Recent content by Pressure23

I think about SBIR quite a lot, especially given Genelec’s recommendations are similar to Neumann - ie consider positioning speakers quite close to the wall. My Genelecs are within 20cm. However, behind the speakers I also have quite thick acoustic panels (GIK monster traps) as well as on the...

I like RELs but I’ve had a little BK sub in the past that was great. BKs are cheap, they have the same connections as a REL, and they have similar quality (BK used to make a lot of REL subs and still do contract manufacturing for other firms). The don’t have SVS’ app, which is very useful...

IIRC Peter Comeau shares your opinion!

I Should never have given my 80s copy of IV to Oxfam… I thought Jimmy Page oversaw all the remasters? Will have to look it up..

My current mission is to get a system that will play a Tidal stream of LED Zep IV and sound good. There’s not a lot of low end on the recording, I think because it was mixed for fm radio, and the remasters haven’t changed it much - compare and contrast with the BBC sessions stream which has a...

I saw the Utopia Strong and they were one of the best bands I’ve seen, 40 minutes of transcendent improvised euphoria, loved it. Talked to Steve afterwards, he was jolly nice.

Do you still have your old speakers and amps? Might be worth trying them back in the room to see if you still like them, if the old stuff now doesn’t sound as good as it used to, it might not be the ATCs fault. However your description of the issues experienced sounds to me like perhaps the...

One of the best hifi experiences I’ve ever had was at Sevenoaks in Bristol listening to ATC SCM40s driven by a very expensive 20 watt valve amp. It was sublime. The salesman reported that the ATC rep had said that while ATCs need lots of power, the watts weren’t as important as the current...

I had a demo of the Brio driving Dali Oberon 5s, Amphion Argon 1s and PMC Prodigys last week. Really good - great tonality and richness, fast, very enjoyable. IMO it didn’t have quite enough power / grip to control the bass of those speakers. Still very nice. I am itching to try an Elex with...

Used Dali Oberon 5s, Fosi Audio ZA3.