Loop! Astrology + News - Astrodienst Guest user u1354606414
28-Jul-2016, 13:12 UT/GMT Sort By: Post Date | Title | Publish Date Vandersteen Quatro Wood loudspeaker
Filed under Floor Loudspeaker Reviews By: Wes Phillips  Posted: Dec 17, 2007  0 comments Richard Vandersteen was in good form at the 20th-anniversary seminar held by retailer Advanced Audio on November 11, 2006. When asked about his priorities in loudspeaker design, he sat erect in the seat next to me and thundered, "I will not [slams table with open hand] spend one red cent on cosmetics that I could have put into improving the sound of a loudspeaker!"
Filed under Floor Loudspeaker Reviews By: Thomas J. Norton  Posted: Dec 31, 2014  0 comments I went to Vienna. It was and is a beautiful city, with much of its late 19th- and early 20th-century character still intact. And while there will always be other claimants to the honor, it's arguably still the classical-music center of the planet. I managed to score standing room for a performance of Puccini's Turandot at the Vienna State Opera (as I recall, standing room at the time was the equivalent of about $1 US). Act 1 was so rough that it evoked catcalls from the unforgiving Viennese audience, but after that, things settled in nicely. Continue Reading »
Filed under Floor Loudspeaker Reviews By: Michael Fremer  Posted: May 21, 2006  0 comments I told a friend that I'd received a pair of Vienna Acoustics' new Beethoven Concert Grand loudspeakers for review. "They're designed more for music lovers than for audiophiles," he said. I can't imagine a more damning statement—about audiophiles.
Vienna Acoustics Mahler loudspeaker
Filed under Floor Loudspeaker Reviews By: Robert Deutsch  Posted: Apr 10, 2000  0 comments How can you tell an audiophile from a normal person? Well, given a list of names like "Haydn, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Mahler," the normal person might respond, "Composers." The audiophile's response is likely to be "Loudspeakers from Vienna Acoustics." Anyway, that's my association when I see these names, which may tell you something about my state of normalcy. Continue Reading »
Filed under Floor Loudspeaker Reviews, J. Gordon Holt, Historical By: Anthony H. Cordesman  Posted: Dec 05, 2008  Published: Apr 05, 1986  0 comments One of the nicest features of the High End is its diversity. Regardless of whatever trend is fashionable, there will always be manufacturers to buck it, and sell alternative concepts and sounds. VMPS is just such a case. With few exceptions, the recent trend in speaker systems has been toward small-to-medium-sized "monitors" with good imaging and high resolution, but limited bass and dynamics (footnote 1). The VMPS SuperTowers provide the former, but buck the trend by adding reproduction of the deepest bass and outstanding full-range dynamics.
Waveform Research Mach 17 loudspeaker
Filed under Floor Loudspeaker Reviews By: Larry Greenhill  Posted: Jul 30, 2006  Published: Jun 30, 1997  0 comments I first heard the Canadian-made Waveform Research Mach 17 loudspeaker system in New York City at HI-FI '96, Stereophile's Home Theater & Specialty Audio Show. Another Ontario native, Chris Russell of Bryston Ltd., had raved to me about their sound. His recommendation sent me outside my assigned reporting area and down to the sixth floor of the Waldorf=Astoria, to dimly lit room 602—full of ASC Tube Traps, amplifiers, cables, and the twin truncated pyramids of the Mach 17s.