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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time.

Post Subject: The mind boggles ...Posted by rickmcinnis on: 1/3/2013

Since I am living with the assumption that the technology you have used is far from dated I have cannot wait to hear what you have in mind for your audio future.

Since my selfish nature longs to hear what you have acheived, assuming you would allow me to hear the system in its somewhat final state; adjustments being a constant, I might have a chance when I can finagle an excuse to make my way to Boston again.

I doubt those horns are going to rot, not with your standards for construction.

I know you hate gushing and I suffer from the disease when I am in awe of someone (I can hear you laughing at me) but I am sure Amy is quite an extraordinary woman and I hope I get to meet her one of these days.

I am not complaining about the number of posts. I am glad you have found an even more important system to tweak, your relationship with Amy. Hearing you speak of school systems made me smile. Some young Besnow's would be good for the world in my unhumble opinion.

It never occurred to me that you would sell the WHOLE THING with the house. Maybe there are a few folks in the Boston area that would take a page from the legend of the Japanese audiophile who built a house for his system. It is possible someone would buy the house JUST FOR THE SYSTEM and leave it as a separate listening house, Some of us can have dedicated rooms there are few who can have whole houses for this absurd, but noble, hobby, but they are out there!

One should always be disatisfied with audio. How can we proceed when satisfaction stifles our imagination? I am without a working system at the moment. In the midst of quite a few projects. It is funny how much pleasure I can derive from just listening to a table radio in my kitchen. One thing I have found is that I am (since I do not have any choice) far more adventurous in my listening to this kitchen radio. Since I have the rock affliction I find it interesting that I listen to orchestral music on the radio, not that I listen to rock exclusively. Could it be (yes, I am sure it is) that with the radio one does not bother comparing it to a real orchestra you just listen to the music. Of course, you are hearing only the surface of the music - not a chance of "inner detail", etc. - but most of the point of it comes across, amazingly.

Is this what you are getting at with your dissatisfaction? With great music with complicated textures (your beloved Bruckner and Mahler, expecially) even systems at a high level are hinting at the sound of an orchestra and we chase after incremental improvement only to find that we still have a long way to go? Kind of like the old saw, "the more you know you the more you find you don't know".

With pop records there is no standard and we can relax, well, those of us who enjoy that kind of thing.

Hope the new year is good to you and Amy.
Take care,

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