I found that speaker positioning was the most single significant factor in room sound. Once proper location was established from the walls, TOE-IN had a huge effect on soundstage and clarity. For many years, I listened to my system with inadequate toe-in. Sam Tellig's recent speaker review clued me in, and once I aimed the speakers at me-WOW !!
Does anyone own, or have auditioned the Ayre CX-7e CD-player? What can be said about the players character (neutral, soundstage, resolution etc), and overall concerning pricevalue towards others in similar price-range?
In Art Dudley's review, Gordon Rankin refers to a dead silent laptop. I love my laptop, but like others, it gets warm after a while and turns its cooling fan. How does that fan noise (both accoustical and electrical) jibe with dead silent?
Simon Yorke Designs Series 7 Precision LP Playback System Associated Equipment
"My original goal was simply to design a better turntable than the Linn because at that time in the UK, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> was <I>the</I> man—he was the patron saint and all that. And all the hi-fi mags were full of Linns. He did for turntables, in a way, what Mark Levinson (the man) did for amplifiers."
Simon Yorke Designs Series 7 Precision LP Playback System Specifications
"My original goal was simply to design a better turntable than the Linn because at that time in the UK, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> was <I>the</I> man—he was the patron saint and all that. And all the hi-fi mags were full of Linns. He did for turntables, in a way, what Mark Levinson (the man) did for amplifiers."
Simon Yorke Designs Series 7 Precision LP Playback System Page 3
"My original goal was simply to design a better turntable than the Linn because at that time in the UK, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> was <I>the</I> man—he was the patron saint and all that. And all the hi-fi mags were full of Linns. He did for turntables, in a way, what Mark Levinson (the man) did for amplifiers."
Simon Yorke Designs Series 7 Precision LP Playback System Page 2
"My original goal was simply to design a better turntable than the Linn because at that time in the UK, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/1101ivor">Ivor Tiefenbrun</A> was <I>the</I> man—he was the patron saint and all that. And all the hi-fi mags were full of Linns. He did for turntables, in a way, what Mark Levinson (the man) did for amplifiers."
I found that speaker positioning was the most single significant factor in room sound. Once proper location was established from the walls, TOE-IN had a huge effect on soundstage and clarity. For many years, I listened to my system with inadequate toe-in. Sam Tellig's recent speaker review clued me in, and once I aimed the speakers at me-WOW !!