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That may have been deliberate, since digital components tend to need at least 24 hours, sometimes 48, to sound right after being switched on. The digital reference here has a standby switch which leaves the digital circuitry on while the tube based analog output section is turned off.

I heard it at some Consumer Electronics Shows, although the associated equipment wasn't very good. Quite a few years ago Mr. Chiba of ELPJ chose to visit the US and demonstrate the laser turntable to interested people in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. As an officer of the audio society I...

It's the novelty. I always got a kick out of the Moth Audio Nitelite.

If appearances are any indication, the speakers aren't the problem. Quads can be amazing, taking into account their limitations.

I'm game for that. :D By the way, I don't recall Mr. Aranyi saying or posting anything about preferring the ipod over the CD player. I found the ipod rather amusical and was relieved when that part of the demo ended. You should hear SRV play Tin Pan Alley on vinyl here, cranked up. It's almost...

I too have had good results with RCA 6SN7s (1956). Sylvania 6SN7 GTBs from 1957 are pretty wonderful as well, and through a friend was able to get a pair of what are called Sylvania 'Bad Boys' which are similar to the standard GTBs but look a little different...using them in the preamp to good...

I know Bob Aranyi, the person who posted his opinions, and towards the end of the meeting asked what he thought. I understand exactly to what he is referring, and it's not a matter of compensating for source, personal tastes aside. Incidentally, Bob has been a digital source listener and is only...

That's an acoustical lens, used to disperse the sound over an angle that is wider than the raw driver's natural angle of dispersion. This lens works on the same refractive principle as optical lenses. In both optical and acoustical applications a precision lens is used to bend the rays of energy...

Now there's some refreshing insight. Great post, David.

Call 'em as you see 'em, but no flame war was intended. :o

Or digital implosion, as the case may be. I'm not yet convinced. As good as digital can sometimes be - and I'd put my digital reference up against any other, regardless of price - in the end my real reference is analog. It simply sounds more real. I played a record the other day for a couple...

Good to see you haven't lost your touch, Tom! :ROFL: Have you picked a date for the horn club get together at your place? I'd like to attend. Hope you can make it out this way sometime for a visit.

Jonathan, A system I look to be selling in the coming year or so would incorporate a pair of the Thigpen subwoofers and several pairs of Sound Lab Majestics. The client likes music which benefits from extended bass response. It would be interesting to contrast it with the one you suggest, not...

Depending on design, it's possible with a panel about 3 to 4 feet wide. No argument here, but how about ESL dipole bass relatively flat to 14 Hz, with useful extension to 8 Hz? It exists. An alternative is to use the ESLs into the mid 20s and extend to DC with the Thigpen rotary woofers, no...

VTA is important, but don't overlook azimuth, which I think is at least as important if not more so. Making the headshell level when viewed from the front isn't enough. I've measured clients' cartridges/arms as much as about 3 degrees out of whack - in other words, minimum phase error and...

Glen, an informative post, thanks. In addition to carefully measuring the speaker and listening positions, one aspect sometimes overlooked can be the room acoustics which can shift images. Wall openings, archways, doorways, windows and the like, especially on one side only, can significantly...

Kevin, you should take him up on his offer. I would if I were closer. :) As far as I know his are the only Sound Labs with Tasmanian blackwood trim, to match the rest of their furnishings. Actually John and his wife toured the US two years ago and stayed with friends in the area, so he was...

Sound Labs are designed to be virtual line sources, using a vertically segmented design (giving the effect of a curve) rather than flat panels, with segment width and angle relative to adjacent segments carefully chosen so as to avoid any picket fence effect. The virtual line source design frees...

Not as tall, but then it isn't a line source. If phase coherency and balanced in-room frequency response are important, the number of correct locations is limited. M-1PXs are about $24k. Smaller and larger models are available as well, such as the M-2PX which is 73 1/2"H x 34 3/4"W.

One has to look at the entire system in terms of placement considerations and space requirements, which in the case of the CLX in most cases includes a pair of Descent subs. A Sound Lab M-1PX is 14" wider than a CLX but doesn't need a 20"x20" sub and its associated cabling and in many cases can...