Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah. That Planar. Not too many people on this side are familiar with Rega. I have a Rega Planar 25 with the older Clearaudio Goldmund cartridge. How such a simple design can sound so good is beyond me. All my electronics are tube units. Glorious. A good match for the Clearaudio. Len On Jan 29, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > I have pretty straightforward B+W DM110 studio monitor speakers > (anything else is too big for the room, but I dream of somewhere > big enough to put a pair of Nautilus speakers), my deck for vinyl > is a Rega Planar. 3 Funny how everyone picks the name planar. Yes > indeed, a lot of vinyl is wonderful, I just love proving it to > people when I've got something duplicated on vinyl and CD. > Sibelius Symphony No2 conducted by Ashkenazy is one of the best > examples - or there's a guitar recital record (I forget which one) > by Pepe Romero where you can clearly hear and locate in space a > sparrow chirping in the rafters of the recording studio on the LP, > but hardly at all on CD. > For pop and rock fans, Thomas Dolby and the Thompson Twins, and > almost anything with acoustic guitar or pianos, are 10 times better > on black plastic. The bombastic sound of Mountain's Mississippi > Queen is a real ear cleaner too. > Cheers > Douglas > > Leonard Taupier wrote: >> Douglas, >> >> I had Tympani I Magnaplanars (3 panels per side) for years until >> my last move and all the rooms were too small. My main speakers >> are now Dynaudio C2's. I left the speaker in the photo because the >> top of the speaker had purple cast without the filter. And yes, >> vinyl sounds better. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >> >>> Looks pretty good to me, Len, a real listeners chair. >>> Nice to see someone else still plays vinyl too. >>> Douglas (who has a Planar that has nothing to do with Zeiss) >>> >>> Leonard Taupier wrote: >>>> Oh, >>>> >>>> Nobody ever sits there. (wonder why). That's a side speaker in a >>>> 7/1 surround sound system. The chair is actually my M8 test >>>> target. Must have 25 shots of it. pretty boring. >>>> >>>> Len >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 29, 2007, at 5:21 PM, SonC@aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In a message dated 1/29/2007 2:04:47 P.M. Central Standard Time, >>>>> len-1@comcast.net writes: >>>>> >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yojjsl >>>>> >>>>> Len >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So, kind of hard of hearing in that right ear, Len? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Sonny >>>>> http://www.sonc.com >>>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>>> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >>>>> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information