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Time to Rethink Beats, the Solo2 is Excellent
Yes, I've been very vocal about my disappointment with Beats product, especially the original Solo.
Well, it's time to change my tune, and I'll be vocal about that too.
JBL XPL-160 loudspeaker

My list for most recognized loudspeaker brands would most certainly have included JBL. How could it not? They have been involved in home high-fidelity since 1954. And for years before that in professional audioprimarily motion picture theater sound, a field in which they are still active. In short, they were around before there was such a thing as "hi-fi."
VTL Compact 160 monoblock power amplifier

Gale GS402 loudspeaker

While the Gales have undergone same changes through the years, their distinctive appearance and, according to some, their equally distinctive sonic "flavor," have continued to earn the respect of critical listeners all over the world. Nonetheless, these speakers have also sustained their fair share of criticism; not everybody likes them. This sort of continuing disagreement usually means that what is at issue is a "different" kind of sounda product that sounds quite unlike others, yet somehow offers a high enough degree of musical satisfaction to appeal to a lot of serious audiophiles. Of such products are cults made.
Recordings of June 1984: Two Great Telarc CDs

Rudolph Serkin, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, cond.
Telarc CD-80065 (CD). Robert Woods, prod., Jack Renner, eng.
Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons"
Joseph Silverstein, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, cond.
Telarc CD-80070 (CD). Robert Woods, prod., Jack Renner, eng.
I have never been a fan of Seiji Ozawa, feeling that his interpretive approach is too often cold and attached. That's not true of this performance of the "Emperor" Concerto. In fact, my only criticism is that the performance seems at time a little too broadly Romantic, where somewhat tighter phrasing would have been in order. Ozawa and Serkin have turned in one of the most satisfying performances in Telarc's catalog, which contains a remarkable number of lackluster performances.
California Audio Show Starts Friday
Acoustat Spectra 11 loudspeaker

Sumo Athena preamplifier

PS Audio 4.6 preamplifier
