I know I’ve said it before, but the aesthetic of the speakers and the rack is spot on!
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Yes, it has a nice warm feel.
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+1 just gorgeous
Best,
-JP
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Great looking system!
BTW the speakers seem familiar, but I cant’t place them. Are they Avalons?
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In my 20s – working in a Radio Shack that sold Luxman, B&W, Alpine… our B&W rep brought in a copy of the latest ultra-hot test disc - Tricycle. He told us some high falutin recording guru for 3M was experimenting with the first DDD digital recording technology – of that time. He was buddies with one of the Flim (studio musicians) guys & needed a ‘source’ to test his digital recording equipment. Flim was born & DMP records not long after that. Something like that. That’s how I remember his tale.
I still maintain that 37 years later – I cannot find any source music that beats Flim for detail, attack, staging and overall wow sonic factor. (In my opinion).
PLEASE feel free to provide any stuff that you feel is your ultimate show off tracks! Sometimes I’ll listen to tracks I don’t particularly love - just because they sound so dang good!
When subjecting people to Funhouse, the door slamming drum crash the follows the train whistle always produces a smile & a head nod. Produces full on goosebumps for me….
I have SE846 with a Marantz DAC, a car system worth about $20K and my soundroom; certain tracks excel in certain environments. Things thatjust kill in the car don’t perform well in the soundroom, some excel on the 846’s, similar for any combination of the three sources. However Flim is the only thing that cross plays well across all three. It is the best sound I can achieve in all three of those listening environments.
(Although Bonamassa DVD at the Royal Albert Hall comes verrrry close in the car - the dual drummers - one in each channel is superb)
Over & Out is my fave – I can hear that the cymbal is about two feet higher and about a foot left of the snare on that one.
Dunno what became of them but there’s a couple (poor quality) vids online. Sheer talent.
Gotta buy the CDs tho cause they are not on spotify or Tidal……
MG-IIIs were free; re-strung the panels myself, replaced the ribbons, crossovers upgrades are next. They are delightful.
Or just dole out for some 3.7is…….
Got any???
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Diapason Adamantes III 25th
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On Tricycle album the “High Wire” track the drums I recall reading
are locate at the back far end of a gymnasium…at about 2:48 the
first faint drum strike can be heard then at about 2:54 the drummer
becomes more apparent with many drum srikes in a depth perspective.
Another amazing thing about these recordings they are done in real time straight to digital master tape…no editing or corrections…
So Flim and his BBs really had to be right on with every note…the skill and dynamics from the faintest to the sudden attacks with a repeating
but slightly changing musical theme…and keyboards synth are
really amazing…
I don’t know if it is still possible to purchase these cds from DMP
productions I don’t know…
Might be worth checking into…
In the 80’s when these came out a record store owner I knew
urged me to get them because of the recording qualities and dynamics…he was right on that…
Happy searching and listening
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Show off cds…
Jazz at the Pawnshop…story I heard was that this is the 1st recording to go from analogue to cd…and it is excellent performed at jazz location
in Stampen Sweden…
Migration : by Dave Gruisin lots dynamic details depth and height to
the recording.
Opening Night: Kevin Eubanks a lot of guitar texture with acoustic bass
and bongo type drums and sax with a lot of palm hand work with much
texture and perspective.
Happy listening
Thanks for the assist!
SEE
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Are those Asteras or Adamantes?
Sorry just realised it’s Adamantes III. Nice! I’ve got the old Asteras btw.
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Fabulous.
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Bought some new to me speakers! Switched out the Dynaudio X34 for the Focal 1028be ii’s enjoying them very much:
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That 1028be seems to be a well liked speaker in a decent price range - especially used.
They are great! I listened to them at my dealer when they were discontinued but the timing wasn’t right. When these came up I went for it. I wanted a speaker with a little more slam/power and these give it to me.
Hi twolf. I’ve got a pair of 1028 be’s also. Love them! I would recommend that you consider adding a sub-wolfer(s) if you haven’t already. They’ll “complete” your speaker system and just take it to the next level for you. Either way, you’ve got some great listening ahead of you.
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I have a sub(not hooked up) but I need to upgrade it. It is good for movies but sounds a bit flabby in comparison the focal’s.
I decided to go to Iconoclast OCC XLR’s and that meant I could move my stack from between the amps. Secondly it allows me to drop in my CAT 600.2 in the stack slot. It will look better when a quartz slab arrives to drop the CAT amp on. I now have OFE’s on Stellar Phono and to speakers. I’m probably getting STPC’s for the speakers. Now I need Nipper and some art.
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I live on a Condo near NYC. Old one. Never a noise complaint either. So there😂
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@watchdog507 that looks like a great setup off to the side. Have you noticed any difference?