 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
||
|
Side 2 Track 1 Sound by Singer JM Lab, BAT, *Shunyata, *Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) * Carried by Audio Federation |
 |
 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
JM Labs and BAT amplifiers |
|
|
It seems like a lot of people and dealers who setup JM Lab systems are
going for that "Ultimate HiFi Sound". By this we mean that all the
important frequencies are taken care of, the bass and midrange is tipped
up some, there is good dynamics (at least in the bass) and they can play
loud. Makes sense, this is what sells well, especially to people who
either have not heard what a superlative hi-fi system can do or, more than
likely, just do not care to have their hi-fi do a heckuva lot more than
this and blame any listening boredom and uneasiness on 'just getting too
old for this type of music' or whatever. Transparency, realism, emotion, intentionalism, PRaT, and so on are just not real big concerns of a system like this. Well, that is being too polite - they are not concerns at all. For all that, this system did the big hi-fi system thing pretty well. Not as good as a big Wilson speaker-based system, perhaps, but Wilsons are more resolving and pickier about upstream components than the more forgiving JM Lab. So one could get a big Wilson to sound better, but it would take a lot more work. And who is going to tell the consumer that the rewards are commensurate with the effort put in? So this is why I think JM Labs sell well and may be a threat to Wilson. Oh yeah, they look pretty darn cool too. The side bar area system, pictured down below, sounded like a modest priced hi-fi. |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
JM Labs and BAT amplifiers |
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bat monoblock amplifiers |
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Front view of HRS rack and goodies |
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Side view of HRS rack |
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
SIDE BAR AREA
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Copyright © Audio Federation, Inc.. All rights reserved.
