I know some of you guys are fans of symphonic music.
If you were going to create the best speaker you could come up with, no holds barred, to reproduce Mahler symphonies, or anything else huge and extremely dynamic, what would the driver choice and configuration be and what kind of XO would you use.
Im not asking for complete designs. Just thoughts.
Incidentally, all but one of my most memorable hifi experiences came listening to Mahler. One was the 2nd symphony in the last movement. There is a tumultuous climax of the orchestra, followed by complete silence for a few bars, and then the mens chorus starts up slow and soft. There was a vivid impression of the voices rising from the ground like fog. I was so blown away that I made a friend of mine who didn't even like classical music sit and listen and without any prompting he made exactly the same observation. It was just fantastic.
The other great experience was listening to the famous proprius choral and organ recording from the seventies. It was an utter revelation of what hifi, and good recording, could do. To this day I still cant believe that that reletively modest but well chosen and set up system made the sounds it did. Im really going to have to find myself another turntable.
Looking forward to your thoughts
If you were going to create the best speaker you could come up with, no holds barred, to reproduce Mahler symphonies, or anything else huge and extremely dynamic, what would the driver choice and configuration be and what kind of XO would you use.
Im not asking for complete designs. Just thoughts.
Incidentally, all but one of my most memorable hifi experiences came listening to Mahler. One was the 2nd symphony in the last movement. There is a tumultuous climax of the orchestra, followed by complete silence for a few bars, and then the mens chorus starts up slow and soft. There was a vivid impression of the voices rising from the ground like fog. I was so blown away that I made a friend of mine who didn't even like classical music sit and listen and without any prompting he made exactly the same observation. It was just fantastic.
The other great experience was listening to the famous proprius choral and organ recording from the seventies. It was an utter revelation of what hifi, and good recording, could do. To this day I still cant believe that that reletively modest but well chosen and set up system made the sounds it did. Im really going to have to find myself another turntable.
Looking forward to your thoughts
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