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To be fair, I don't think Ian is in any pain following the latest changes he has made to the system.
I would also agree that the ATCs were not poor at all or deficient bass-wise when I was chez sideshow. Slightly different voicing from the Harbs, but a question of emphasis and priorities more than anything.
My only aaah moment was the thunderstorm rolling in over the forest canopy on track four from the JVC Ituri pygmy polyphony album. But Ian has assured me that he's listened since and that it sounded fine through the ATCs. The ATCs certainly nailed the track 1 thumb piano "rhumba".

 

Sometimes I think you are on one enormous wind up Joel

 

That's a great album Merlin, I must bring it over when you invite me around to hear your Big Mac (hint hint).

-- Ian

 

Ian,

it's a few weeks away yet - I need to get some speakers first!

 

Ah yes, speakers. Handy things.

-- Ian

 

No Ian Gloves are handy things

 

I'm confused. What eventually happened to the JBLs and what is happening with the ProAcs, or was that all last month...
No wind up about the Pygmies I'm afraid. Have you heard the Youssou N'Dour album yet? Despite the occasional resemblance to <gulp> Mantovani you might enjoy Egypt.

 

OK. Dynaudio Micron lovely but 81db efficiency and 4 ohm load not ideal with Mac. Proac 1sc sold. Proac D100 ready for collection but I am scared. D100 mean no JBL. LOVE JBL Room Dodgy bass. Room needs furniture. Furniture due in two weeks......

So am at the bottom of the learning curve again. Probable outcome is D100's for a laugh and send the JBL's to Proac for tweaking Egypt is on order from Amazon, should be with me late this week. But now want pygmies! I wonder if they will sound six feet tall on the D100's

 

will ye have room for furniture with those proacs , they're as big as me!

 

Egypt?

So JBLs + Crown + crossover are no longer on the market?

 

No one's going to buy them Greg! They are rather large I am going to save them for a future project.

AK, know what you mean. Maybe junk the furniture. I like the look of these

 

what kinda subs you gonna use with them then? Wait a minute those are shite my mate has bigger rear ones in his 5.1 setup

 

Everybody is fooled into buying REL...

 

Two things...

1. Do you mean you are keeping them because noone has offered on them, OR they are not for sale?

2. Egypt?

 

Greg,

I've had offers, but none that I would consider worth my while - you never know when I might be able to use them again (indeed they are putting a grin on my face nightly at the moment!)

Egypt is an album - nothing more!

 

Is the new album by Youssou n'Dour (actually not new: he recorded it 5 years ago for his personal use). Youssou is a singer from Senegal. He is also a muslim and belongs to an African variant of a Sufi brotherhood.
The album effectively consists of praise and devotional songs to God and to the founders of his Sufi Brotherhood. The music itself is a surprisngly subtle mixture of the West African styles N'Dour popularised in the 70s with his legendary and brilliant group Les Super Etoiles de Dakar, and the Egyptian secular musical style best known in the West through artists such as Oum Kalsoum and Farida.
The rhythms cleverly mix Arab and African rhythms and styles; Arab rhythms in 12/8 and 6/8 form the core.But where African begins and Arab ends is not always very obvious; this is a true fusion.
A typically huge, swinging and super nimble Cairo string section, orchestrated by Egyptian super arranger Fathy Salama, is what dominates the proceedings (it's an Arab string section, but with a couple of Russian expat musicians in there!), along with the *very* Egyptian oblique flute (kawala), plus cowbell, kora and the occasional burst of Wolof percussion.
Youssou spent most of the 80s and 90s trying (and mostly failing) to please western audiences with dumbed down Laswell and Meisonnier productions. He succeeds here by being himself and doing what he wants to do. This is his best album in two decades IMHO.
HTH...
The album is on nonesuch (www.nonesuch.com), which is down right now. Youssour's site is www.youssou.com/
HTH

 

Not everybody Antonio, just the blinkered and easily led.

 

I don't know the history behind your K2/JBL's and why you no longer use them but have you tried one of these

http://www.marchandelec.com/wm8.html

great for bringing on a 'bowel' movement!

 

Gary,

I am still using them and there is something very special about the way that they communicate the pulse of the music.

The Marchland looks interesting, although I would really like to filter the frequencies below about 25hz with the JBL's. What they do between 40hz and 400hz is magical.

Put simply, it isn't typical hifi. I lie on the sofa, listening almost in mono, and connect with the music in a way nothing else has allowed me to. It's all about texture, warmth, and above all a rythmic presentation that forces me to keep listening, despite a complete lack of the usual hifi niceities.

I've had offers on them, but I'm scared to lose them. I have a suspicion I won't get the same enjoyment from anything else. But most hifi buffs would turn thir nose up. I suspect bub might like them though!

 

Well you are the easiest led I know, just show you something no one else has or likes... :JPS: