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I'm pretty sure that despite of many here having very strong opinions, one would find that each is a pretty good person.
Yay!
Great post!
My enthusiasm for your visit is greater than my jealousness over your good fortune.
Tell us more.
Compare and contrast?
Not quite sure what you'd like me to compare and contrast?
Edit: Ooops, sorry. I thought you were replying to me.
I'm surprised he was home when you got there.
Believe it or not, EVERYONE I have met thus far has been extremely pleasant and gracious. I have a strong suspicion that behind the general Internet facade, even you have some semblance of social graces.
I was, pardon my lack of specificty.
Didn't you also get over to DUP's place for a listen?
I'd like to see what your comparative impressions were.
Now, we gotta hook you up with a blatant subjectivist and get you over to his place!
In most respects, DUP's setup is better by a very, very, very wide margin. DUP's system is revealing and detailed across the entire frequency spectrum. DUP does bass like nothing else. It's articulate, deep, detailed and moving. DUP's system lacks front to back imaging, but I think that is the nature of his listening room. I wonder how much better DUP's system would sound in a bigger, acoustically treated room.
I agree about Ethan but you must drive like an ant. I have a house not 15 minutes from Ethan's and we make the weekly drive from Manhattan in 90-110minutes on a regular basis. Mebbe you should come up more often, if only for practice.
Kal
I was stuck in traffic for most of my trip. It wasn't until I hit White Plains that the traffic eased. I'm also coming from Brooklyn, so that adds another 20-30 mins to the trip.
Hey! I think Kal just invited you over.
From Brooklyn? That explains a lot but does not absolve you from bad-mouthing New Milford.
Kal (originally from Brooklyn)
Hey Kal,
Why didn't you come out to join us? We would have bad mouthed New Milford together!
I believe that was very likely an unnecessary comment.
I meant it as a compliment.
Uh-huh.
If you're extending an olive branch, I'll take you up on it.
AlexO,
Great job as our traveling reviewer!
Makes me want to get some traps and smear electret cream on 'em.
You haven't lived until you've lounged and rolled around nude in some of those mondo traps... but, that's a story for another day.
Isn't this cool?!
Wonderful description!
And great post overall. Thanks!
Thanks for the great post(s) Alex! Just a comment or three:
It occurred to me after you left (of course) that we should have spent much more time playing with my recording tools. I appreciate that recording type loudspeakers do not have the same sound or goals as "hi-fi" speakers, and I believe you would have better understood why my big JBL speakers sound as they do if we'd played around with multi-track mixes. Oh well, next time.
LOL, Elli is as big a fan of "good audio" as I am, and her appreciation for the tight clear sound more than compensates for her DNA-based objection to the 48 panels in our living room.
As I may have mentioned when you were here, I sometimes do that too, and get up from my chair just to confirm the center speaker is not playing.
Also, and I know I did mention this to you, one of the downsides of an "accurate" system is it reveals all the flaws in the source material. I'm not keen on the bashing of professional recording engineers we sometimes see in hi-fi forums, but there's no question that some of them are a lot better than others. Often when I listen to music I have to wonder what they were thinking.
--Ethan
So true.
Invite me.
Kal
As far as I'm concerned, you're invited. I think it would be up to Ethan to extend the invitation if he's hosting.
Great report, AlexO. Thanks for posting.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Alexo,
As one who continually complains about subwoofer integration, please tell us your impressions of Ethan's SVS sub?
RG
I can't say that I cared for it too much. It was deep, but lacked articulation and detail. I also heard sub/sat integration issues as well. Given how well Ethan's room is treated, I can't say that it's due to room acoustics. The damn thing looked so impressive, I really wanted to like it, but it's not my cup of tea.