In his essay titled, "Horses for Courses," John Marks points out that an all-around test that is representative of everything a car (or audio system) is asked to do may be preferable to just acceleration times (or distortion measurements). I am also reminded of how computer benchmarks show one winner for some tests and may show another winner for a different test that emphasizes I/O data transfer instead of CPU speed, for example. Each of these makes the term Horses for Courses a relevant subject.

I know its a bit late in the day, but just to open my account, so to speak, I am in the final hours of my speaker upgrade auditioning

After weeks of searching and whittling down the short list I now have two pairs of speakers on home demo. They are a pair of PMC GB1s and a pair of the new SCM11s from ATC, together with my resident Chartwell LS3/5as for reference.

It is a very, very close run thing, but I think the ATCs are just edging it at the moment. Final heavy day of listening tomorrow.

Is it possible(safe, advisable) to have the same set of speakers being alternately driven by two different amps. Let's say I want a stereo system(integrated amp) and a surround system(A/V receiver) to share the same set of front speakers could I have a set of wires running from each amp directly connected, (without a switchbox)to the speakers and simply toggle back and forth(movie/music) using a universal remote?

hi... new member here.

i just bought a pair of Rega speakers, and absolutely love them. i'm curious why they've never been reviewed in Stereophile. any plans to any time soon? please?

(not that it'd make a difference to me at this point, but i'm curious to see how they'd fare).

What D/A convertor would you use with $2 to spend?

Lavry DA10
Benchmark DAC1
Grace m901
Apogee miniDAC
other?

Just wondering what other people use?

http://broadcastengineering.com/audio/emi-ceo-cd-dead/

My grail of 'all 1500 cds to hard drive' had to involve a Sonos Dem.
Friendly and local "Audio T" arranged a 2 x ZP80 and controller rig fed by I-Tunes lossless and driving a Naim system into Focal monitors.
I selected a Katherine Battle piano and soprano track and
a Penguin Cafe multitrack minimalist composition to compare and contrast.
On the Naim CD player I heard airco in the hall, squeaking feet on the stage and hall ambience (but not the audience, they are German and remain quiet!)Battles voice soars effortlessly in a real space.

Aloha,

It's that time of year again, when radio stations across the country release their seasonal compilations (usually for charity) that include various live/in the studio/or otherwise artist approved "collections."

I'm fond of KGSR's in Austin:
KGSR Disc on Front Page

KFOG:
Super Secret KFOG Link