murphythecat

FWIW more music is played in our house streaming from YouTube via BlueTooth to the mediocre living room system than anything else. But the family loves it, so who am I to argue? Convenience rules.

There comes a time when audio needs to start working for you and not the other way around.

I now have a Kenwood AS-BT77 to use with my phone and laptop, and have been tempted to take my headphones wireless or even drop the system entirely. My whole stereo system is on a remote socket switch, and controlled by one programmable remote for the various boxes.

Ever since Pi2AES and work at home my system have seen tons of use actually! Except for the speaker rig; unfortunately my sister doesn't like listening to Sinatra while studying for her accounting exams.

But if you’re happy with the sound then what would you want to improve?

'cause its so good I can't help to wonder how far can it gets. I agree its not the most logical feeling

Would likely sound even better with the Focal Stellia. The colors of the Stellia better match the colors in that video. Better synergy.

Just listened to it with Stellia out of my phone. Sounded meh, but looked great ;)

Get yourself banned did you??

no, should I? :)

Yikes - that sucks guys. Hang out and wait for the Borealis maybe? Opinions of its build aside, I'm excited to get my hands on a set.

yep, @Biodegraded, at this price, ill just get my own brand new verite seriously.
ZMF in Canada is ridiculously rare, therefore they lose almost no value in the used market. Fun for original buyers though!

Im convinced that the lack of distributor within Canada has to deter so many Canadian buyers. the uncertainties of the custom "taxes" makes importing any 2.5k USD product extremely stressful.

The Funk does that too you. When the groove does not feel right, your feet do not move. I am grateful artist like Avicii saved EDM from itself. Too bad he is gone...

Well it’s an actual bass for one thing.

Thing is, I use Funk and Soul in general because sometimes the bass lines are very subtle, hinting even. When you learn to listen carefully you want to hear the bassist plucking his strings (so to speak) and the resulting bass notes/sounds. Old Rock & Roll is also excellent for that. Some early Rock still had wooden bass guitars. Render those right and you have a winner sound system.

Outstanding! Fight the good fight.

Best of luck to you...a difficult career to be sure.

For your medical and audio emergencies!

@ChaChaRealSmooth I have never had any package lost from the USA via USPS in 15 years.
@k4rstar, sounds awesome! let me know when the loaner have started.

are you still interested in auteur loaner?

yes!!!!!!!!

As one having all the three for months and selling two later, I'd say once addicted (tricky learning curve), no contest -- Verite surely better in all aspects. With typical diminishing return curve in mind, I still think it worth. Verite is the only survived pair in my place in the end.

I always say Auteur is a safer bet though.. All the benefits brought to the table immediately recognizable.

I definitely strongly prefer the Verite to the Auteur and think it’s worth the extra money. But you can’t go wrong either way.

Kinda apples to pears, but heard Aeolus and Verite Closed back to back, and Insidious Meme is spot on. I am still planning on eventually pulling the trigger on VC while owning Aeolus currently.

@E_Schaaf by the look of my pads, any ideas?

Those are Alpha Pads. Pretty sure that's what's on mine as well.

Is there a stitch on the outside of the pad anywhere?

What did you go see?

The power, the presence, the variety of sounds, the dynamic range, the melodic and harmonic stuff... nothing to beat it.

I'm sorry that I've seen so few live orchestral performances in my life. Although I have been to a couple of biggies, eg Mahler's 2nd.

went to see the handel messiah. never thought violins could sound so clean, or that opera signers could sound so strident yet not harsh. the depht of the soundstage, how large and big it sounded. incredible. cant wait to go see bartok or Ravel or chopin

Good luck with the speaker build. How long do you expect it to take? You should start a thread about it.

I'm actually contemplating to turn my P3esr in a real 3 way system, xo around 250hz to 12 inch active woofer/subs

I recall reading a while back someone puting the P3ESR together with a pair of monster subs ( if I recall correctly) and being quite impressed.

you mean, bloomy bass and warm like the revered hd650? Ill take that sound over the dry sound of most speakers ive heard!

No. Brit-fi gets that sound through cab resonances rather than veiled woofers. If that's what you want, you'll hate the bigger Amphions. Check out ATC for that British sound done tastefully. If you want big, powered Sennheiser 600/650, go Neumann, preferably bigger than the 120. They have the Sennheiser warmth and veil you want :)

I'm going to make a thread for this okay?

Planar might be hit-or-miss (unlike dynamic ones). HFM is more so imo. If you have no or little idea, find a chance to audition HFM X1 or X2 before any decisions.

ordered!

I thought the initial post was a joke about FOTM.

Are you in the UK?

Jowls, I'm in Canada!

Sorry, your love of Harbeth must have made its way into my subconscious! Anyhow, congrats again. It certainly has its moments, but I am 15 years in and still loving it.

Marvey: You people get this sorted out. I'll just be over here..

http://i.imgur.com/SLMCstc.jpg

Vacation with self-imposed ban is like taking a break and slamming the door on the way out.

Only problem is that the only ones who understand why are the ones who understand anyway.

I still do not like the way things are going. The self-imposed ban was unnecessary. But hey, people have their reasons and that is that...