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In the Thread: THE Show, Irvine 2018
Post Subject: Getting It RightPosted by Paul S on: 6/3/2018
Sorry, Bernard, you are probably correct about the spelling, but it's too late for me to edit the post. I always figure anything good one hears at a show means it is possible to get good sound from the gear in question, while bad sound might say comparatively little. My approach to the shows is to actively seek out and try to home in on the good. I did not really try to "figure out" the "Melton sound" in that room, where sources were unknown and the speakers unfamiliar, not to mention the overall listening conditions. Really, evaluating hi-fi gear at shows is similar to evaluating wines at big, barrel tasting events during foul weather. In my own set-up, I developed the original Lamm ML-2s' special qualities with tone and texture using all dynamic, paper drivers (apart from ribbons over 10k Hz), while the JBL Everest used horns on top and fairly dead dynamic drivers on the bottom; so I hesitate to "connect" the Melton stuff to the old Lamm ML-1. If I set out to do it, it would still take more time than I gave it yesterday. I should also mention, they had run out of literature, and I don't even know the topology of the Melton amps, nor the tubes they use. Still, I will say outright that the Melton gear was "interesting" enough to follow up on, and anyone familiar with it should feel free to share here, on the "Industry Bulletin Board", unless they want to get into it more "seriously", meaning they will be subject to return fire on the other boards.
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