tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post8480019008476908765..comments2023-10-30T19:20:15.471+08:00Comments on desirable audio boutique 欲望:音响: A HiFi Epiphanymaggielurva 愛美姬http://www.blogger.com/profile/14547223575199060065noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-54127398590827625842008-04-24T22:24:00.000+08:002008-04-24T22:24:00.000+08:00maggielurva,Ok boss, I'd try to tell some of my hi...maggielurva,<BR/>Ok boss, I'd try to tell some of my hifi history in the coming postings.<BR/><BR/>How to have a family and still play hifi? <BR/>Firstly, you must have a very tolerant wife. :-)<BR/>Secondly, you must have the 'wrong' priorities in life, like not changing car every 3-5 years, the depreciation you save would get you the pass labs amps (my current and previous cars are all 10 years old!) :-)hifikakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444327721660925774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-56344890941092081912008-04-24T09:54:00.000+08:002008-04-24T09:54:00.000+08:00Audio Research and Magnepan always create magic to...Audio Research and Magnepan always create magic together.audioexplorerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583361596613185611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-13594986501141986102008-04-24T08:55:00.000+08:002008-04-24T08:55:00.000+08:00Hi Hifikaki,Hope to get a chance to hear your syst...Hi Hifikaki,<BR/><BR/>Hope to get a chance to hear your system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-81526412238463659082008-04-23T21:09:00.000+08:002008-04-23T21:09:00.000+08:00Welcome aboard hifikaki dude!!I know what maggielu...Welcome aboard hifikaki dude!!<BR/><BR/>I know what maggielurva's secret is, but you'll have to strap me on an electric chair to get the answers. Perhaps I can give a hint?!Michael Nghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206238846939952671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-31658732154047856382008-04-23T11:07:00.000+08:002008-04-23T11:07:00.000+08:00Hifi kaki,Wow,Quite an impressive set up.I find th...Hifi kaki,<BR/>Wow,<BR/>Quite an impressive set up.<BR/>I find the Copland CD to be very musical and quite deep in the Bass.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Not a bad match IMOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-3499238329553564762008-04-23T01:29:00.000+08:002008-04-23T01:29:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.maggielurva 愛美姬https://www.blogger.com/profile/14547223575199060065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-71028043794755785492008-04-23T01:27:00.000+08:002008-04-23T01:27:00.000+08:00hifi kaki,i think the majority of the readers here...hifi kaki,<BR/>i think the majority of the readers here have had enough of me blowing my own trumpet, why don't you take over the center stage and tell us your story? like how and why you choose pass labs, eggleston etc etc? like how you have a family to take care of and still can play hifi?maggielurva 愛美姬https://www.blogger.com/profile/14547223575199060065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-29224336643232270672008-04-23T01:25:00.000+08:002008-04-23T01:25:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.2V1Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14886527261782246811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-17537534827940155212008-04-23T00:33:00.000+08:002008-04-23T00:33:00.000+08:00Thanks for all your encouragement and responses!I ...Thanks for all your encouragement and responses!<BR/><BR/>I asked maggielurva about his secret recipe that made his system sounded so good too, he said it was the synergy of all the components (aiya, standard answer lah). <BR/><BR/>Of course, his component matching must have been excellent, but I suspect jag might have a point too, that was the first time I really sat down and listened to a pair of maggies and they did blow me away.<BR/> <BR/>Another contributing factor might be the acoustic space - maggielurva's listening area was big enough for the speakers to 'breathe', and you could see that he had spent time tuning it, with curtain, carpet and some diffusor/absorbers at the corners. <BR/><BR/>My listening space in contrast is a bit too small for my system (9'x 12'), and the sound is a bit conjested (but I might get a bigger space in a few months' time, hehe)<BR/><BR/>Or maybe his secret weapon was his silver cables??!<BR/><BR/>Why doesn't maggielurva come out and tell us himself? maggielurva, over to you :-).<BR/><BR/>Hi Liow,<BR/>My system as follows:<BR/>CD: Copland CDA822<BR/>Pre: Pass Labs X2.5<BR/>Power: Pass Labs XA60<BR/>Speakers: Egglestonworks The Nine<BR/>Power conditioner: Shunyata Hydra 8 + python alpha<BR/>Interconnects: JPS Superconductor 2 and FX xlr<BR/>Speaker cable: Transparent Ultrahifikakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444327721660925774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-83188743422134242662008-04-22T22:02:00.000+08:002008-04-22T22:02:00.000+08:00Hifikaki,why don't you post up your system?Hifikaki,<BR/>why don't you post up your system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-78000146861948388762008-04-22T18:49:00.000+08:002008-04-22T18:49:00.000+08:00Hifi kaki,I think you have been enchanted by the s...Hifi kaki,<BR/><BR/>I think you have been enchanted by the sound of the speakers....It isalways like that with first time listener of maggies.....<BR/><BR/> but the beast need pure,clean power like no other speakers....that is why i had to give up on mine and move on to[regretabbly]to more forgiving horn speakers...looking at the set up[look like Audio research preamp and amp to me}you probably heard vocals reproductions at its best...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-26478725836500867852008-04-22T17:38:00.000+08:002008-04-22T17:38:00.000+08:00wah, hifikaki, your really know how to exaggerate,...wah, hifikaki, your really know how to exaggerate, you sure you weren't smoking something? ;-)<BR/><BR/>ok, now you officially get the job as av xpress' reviewer ;-)maggielurva 愛美姬https://www.blogger.com/profile/14547223575199060065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-59706505651356546802008-04-22T17:37:00.000+08:002008-04-22T17:37:00.000+08:0022.o4.08 your first review....good number!!!!you w...22.o4.08 your first review....good number!!!!you will bring a lot of luck to this blog!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-47418397605018142762008-04-22T17:33:00.000+08:002008-04-22T17:33:00.000+08:00Really that good huh?You are sur it isn't the Ecst...Really that good huh?<BR/><BR/>You are sur it isn't the Ecstasy that Maggielurva spike your drink With?Just kidding!!!<BR/><BR/> anyway good to know that whn Maggie recommend something he is not bullshitting};{Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15183108.post-47474805569309331722008-04-22T17:28:00.000+08:002008-04-22T17:28:00.000+08:00Not bad for a first review.Good luck and it is goo...Not bad for a first review.<BR/>Good luck and it is good to know that maggielurva is the person that we thought he is....<BR/><BR/> BTW what do you think make his system so good?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com