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Those who know anything about me know I'm pretty conservative. Tubes, analog, etc.
However, I believe Jeff has found audio nirvana along a different
path. His speakers are all the dedicated Klipsch head could want...two
Cornies and three Heresies, fine vintage Fisher 500B driving the
front end. OTOH, there are those THREE foot
tall SVS sub woofers in the corner with a kilowatt of brute SS amps.
I asked him about why three. He casually said "Well, if I lived on a
second floor or had a frame house, one would be enough, but this is what
it takes to MOVE THE SLAB." And move the slab they did!!! The
truly amazing thing is that the crossover from the Cornies to these brutes was completely transparent.
On most material, you could not tell when they were in or out.
However, when he played the Eagles concert DVD in DD5.1, the slab
defintely shook with totally clean, gut jiggling,
Sensurround, best seat in the house, BASS.
I''ve no idea what it took to get the kind of balance Jeff
has achieved here, but not even the most rabid purist would find anything
to critique in this sound.
This was my first time to hear a Cornwall anchored system. I can see now why Cornies have their own following. Just a bit
less "in your face" than them big ol horns.
The tapestry of the front was seamless between the Cornies and the Heresy. I had to walk up to the
Heresy to determine that it was working, and I didn't
hear it discretely until I was about 2 feet away.
I hauled my music server over and we hooked it to
the 60 inch or so 1080i Mitsubishi that kept me feeling like I as at a
drive-in theatre somewhere. Having just got my Card Deluxe two days
ago, I was anxious both to hear it on another system and get some educated
opinion. I'd spent the morning recording a
few LP's and some 78's. The
LP's included Louis Armstrong Audio Fidelity
AFSD 6132, Enoch Light RS 915 SD, and Fennell/Cleveland Symphonic Winds Telarc 5038. Just having recently determined
that there might be virtue in vinyl, Jeff's
TT/cartridge can only be described as probably the best 35.00 investment
one could make in a vinyl-less system. Certainly the 24/96
recordings sounded much better than direct LP playback. Given Jeff's uncanny ability to match the very finest
components flawlessly, I really look forward to him really getting serious
about LP playback.
Jeff's system should please anyone regardless of bias. His
digital doesn't sound it, the balance between
them massive subs with brute SS amp and the vintage Fisher VT amp is sheer
perfection, DD5.1 takes you right THERE to the concert, and only the LP
playback needs attention...but it wouldn't be
fun if there was really nothing left to do!
There was much more, but I grow verbose and want to
go listen!
Basically, another really great audio get together
for the DFW Klipsch Forum.
So who''s up next????
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