Hi,
Art Dudley has written a nice article on the Altec Valencia in the May issue of Stereophile.
Regards
Rajiv
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Hi,
Art Dudley has written a nice article on the Altec Valencia in the May issue of Stereophile.
Regards
Rajiv
Can you post a link?
I assume this one I found searching the site: Listening #124 | Stereophile.com
GM
GM thats the only one i found also. but it's from april and only mentioned valencias as "for another article". i saw that someone posted a similar headsup on AK and wondered if it's not someone from stereophile trying to get people to signup. as thats what's necessary to see the may edition.
Ugh! Once again, in my haste I just 'saw' Altec, Stereopile and did a search without taking the time to read it beyond noticing it was Art's.
GM
it is an interesting look at bass. the difference between head throbbing bass and accurate bass.
Hi,
Here is the link to the article.
Listening #125 | Stereophile.com
Regards
Rajiv
He seems to think damping the horn was detrimental in some ways. I guess the ringing gives a "unique" sound, but the more I damp my 511s, the better I like them. They have a lot more of the timbre and transparency and spatial relationships and presenting musical detail in a sonically convincing manner he talks about. Of course, they reveal even more of the flaws in bad recordings, but I guess that's the tradeoff.
Looks like Art has joined us on the dark side...Quote:
the word that describes the Altec Valencias at their best is thrilling.
Oh yeah...he's hooked:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alien_Shore
A brief aside: As I write this, my Valencia-throated system is turning the groove-bumps of Jacques Loussier's first Play Bach LP into goose-bumps. This is, quite simply, some of the most convincing, involving, and thoroughly exciting sound I've experienced at home. Bass notes aren't just putting in an appearance once or twice per measure?they're being played, with real feeling and force, on an obviously large double bass. And despite the apparent distance of the microphones from the drums, there's a remarkable sense of strength and, again, force behind the drummer's every move, down to the subtlest strike on the crown of the smallest cymbal. My wife, who came in and sat down a moment ago, described her own amazement at the latter, and at the clarity of the softly struck triangle in Bach's Prelude 2 in c.
Very cool. A few tweaks, and he will like them mo betta!
There goes the price of Valencias.........