Thank You

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Submitted by satkinsn on

As I've written at boring length here before, I don't especially enjoy caring about sound. It's more compulsion than anything else.

But I got some grace tonight, and I want to thank the folks at Stereophile for that. I'm listening with a big smile on my face to a very nice used set of PSB Image B25s I bought, and while I know there are better speakers, I got a little piece of how music is supposed to sound. That's enough for me.

Kudos to Mr. Baird...

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Submitted by ncdrawl on

for continuing in the "write about amazing indie/rock bands" tradition. Keep up the good work! Don't need anymore classical bullshit or wanker jazz or that awful amalgam of elevator music, reggae, and schlager that audiophiles cling to...

Keep the rock and roll in Stereophile....theres a lot of people interested in fidelity outside of the tight assed classical/jazz ultrafidelistas!

rear ported speakers near a wall

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Loudspeakers
Submitted by scarpi on

Hi all, I am considering purchasing a pair of Sonus faber Liuto towers. They are a rear ported speaker and come highly rated. My problem is that I can only position them so that the back of the speaker is only about one foot from the wall behind it. I have no other options. Any thoughts on this? Input appreciated. Thanks.

Beatle mp3s

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The Entry Level
Submitted by Drtrey3 on

I have been cleaning up my iPod Beatles sections after getting the usb Beatle set (Git one!) and the mono box set (mine was counterfit but sounded fine.) I also have home ripped mp3s from cd quality or better rips of the Japanese and British pressings. I have been listening to the various overlapping copies and trying to keep only the best stereo and mono versions.

I use the word versions because sometimes, that is what I have, different mixes of the same song! Some of this I knew. There are some interesting variations of the German pressing of Magical Mystery Tour.

Marantz Reference SA-KI-Pearl SACD/CD player Measurements

Marantz Reference SA-KI-Pearl SACD/CD player Measurements

In <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/marantz_sa-11s2_reference_sacdc… review</A> in the February 2009 issue of Marantz's SA-11S2 SACD/CD player ($3599.99), I said that "buying [an SACD] player in 2009 necessitates an act of faith similar to the one turntable buyers faced back in 1992." The negative reaction to this from the besieged SACD community was as intense as it was irrational. If they're angry with <I>me</I>, I can only imagine how they feel about Stanley Lipshitz and John Vanderkooy, who presented a white paper at a 2001 Audio Engineering Society convention that claimed to prove that SACD doesn't qualify as a high-fidelity format (footnote 1). How many figurative bags of flaming poop did they leave at <I>their</I> front doors?

Company Info

Marantz America, Inc.
100 Corporate Drive
Mahwah, NJ 07430-2041
(201) 762-6500
us.marantz.com

Marantz Reference SA-KI-Pearl SACD/CD player Associated Equipment

Marantz Reference SA-KI-Pearl SACD/CD player Associated Equipment

In <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/marantz_sa-11s2_reference_sacdc… review</A> in the February 2009 issue of Marantz's SA-11S2 SACD/CD player ($3599.99), I said that "buying [an SACD] player in 2009 necessitates an act of faith similar to the one turntable buyers faced back in 1992." The negative reaction to this from the besieged SACD community was as intense as it was irrational. If they're angry with <I>me</I>, I can only imagine how they feel about Stanley Lipshitz and John Vanderkooy, who presented a white paper at a 2001 Audio Engineering Society convention that claimed to prove that SACD doesn't qualify as a high-fidelity format (footnote 1). How many figurative bags of flaming poop did they leave at <I>their</I> front doors?

Company Info

Marantz America, Inc.
100 Corporate Drive
Mahwah, NJ 07430-2041
(201) 762-6500
us.marantz.com

Marantz Reference SA-KI-Pearl SACD/CD player Specifications

Marantz Reference SA-KI-Pearl SACD/CD player Specifications

In <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/hirezplayers/marantz_sa-11s2_reference_sacdc… review</A> in the February 2009 issue of Marantz's SA-11S2 SACD/CD player ($3599.99), I said that "buying [an SACD] player in 2009 necessitates an act of faith similar to the one turntable buyers faced back in 1992." The negative reaction to this from the besieged SACD community was as intense as it was irrational. If they're angry with <I>me</I>, I can only imagine how they feel about Stanley Lipshitz and John Vanderkooy, who presented a white paper at a 2001 Audio Engineering Society convention that claimed to prove that SACD doesn't qualify as a high-fidelity format (footnote 1). How many figurative bags of flaming poop did they leave at <I>their</I> front doors?

Company Info

Marantz America, Inc.
100 Corporate Drive
Mahwah, NJ 07430-2041
(201) 762-6500
us.marantz.com
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