QUOTE(htkaki @ Jul 26 2008, 06:58 PM)
The Pioneer Susano setup is really wasted. They are playing Celine BD with it. The vocal sounds 'too open'. Not impressive. Must be the wrong setup or calibration.
Btw, the Civic in front of Pioneer showroom is too boomy. They demo 'Hero' whereby the army shooting arrows. That is arrows lah and not cannon. FuBOOM fuBoom

totally agree with htkaki, i sat in the car, then came out, sounds like shit, maybe you have to drive the car with the background noise and engine noise then the arrows will sound better..
other than that , the susano also sucks, but the amps looks really huge. so big that i think i cannot carry it..
sonus faber setup was also pretty poor. sounded too boomy, opera tibaldi. is ok..
best sound i think avalon acoustics and cmy usher audio. there is also one company that sells high end transport cd players, nothing to listen but just to look at only.
vienna acoustics was good, and sweedish statement. was ok also. no naim speakers this year, but everyone promote on blueray.
Added on July 27, 2008, 1:06 pmQUOTE(bsl555 @ Jul 27 2008, 12:29 AM)
LS3/5A speakers..why beautiful vocals?.. they're driven with VALVES (or tubes if you insist) with 5-10% distortion specification vintage amplifiers. No dead accurate power transistors or mega power amplifiers that make your TNB meter spin the speed of a gasing!
Audionote and Avantgarde Uno Nano.
it is like every year ritual for me visiting the ls3/5a club, never leave the room when im in it. listen and listen.. just so soothing. others are like. loud, thump. boom.. my ears cant take too much of it, but LS3/5A, i just cant move, reluctant to move on...
but give other ppl a chance to listen also lah. the room not big enough for him. every year keep adding amps. mana ada tempat. next time only one person can come in.
probably i will be one ls3/5a kaki next time. but i realised those kaki are usually with grey hair. maybe i need to have more grey hair to play ls3/5a
Added on July 27, 2008, 1:21 pmthere is one company that i really wanna complain, really misleading advertising. desa home theater.
i ask about the pricing. it seems that u got to get the coupon, or if you are luckily draw with the coupon, then only you get the discount. if not u pay full price. dammed.
also i think this year the entrance give is getting more kiam siap, i think the company cut cost, only ada air minum. other than that i cant even get a pen, last year i got a pen. maybe next year air also tak ada. just pay 10 bucks and go in. what the heck.
long long time ago. got free cd, t shirt,. all sorts of things. nowadays nothing man.
This post has been edited by sonyman: Jul 27 2008, 01:21 PM