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| what is it in audio that you dislike most? The Loudness Wars, i.e., heavily limited (compressed) recordings. It just pisses me off to put on a CD that sounds like it was probably a nice recording but I have to turn down the volume to "2" because they smashed it all to hell and it just blar... | |
| Selling my dads top of the line system Good advise so far. I'll add a few tips that will be critical due to your lack of feedback in selling gear. I don't know about other buyers but when I see a first time seller with super high end equipment I think "scam."1. Take lots of pictures. M... | |
| What Sonically is the Difference between a $1,500 CD Player and a $10K-$25K One? I can give you feedback on my direct experience with this question. The price range isn't as big as you would like but I've spent a number of hours trying to answer the question you raise.Currently I own two CD players, one transport, and two DACs... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? Several comments in this thread seem to lament a supposed decline in high end audio but nothing could be further from the truth. The irony here is that in spite of a declining dealer base the luxury stereo business is booming. There are new brands... | |
| Other forums? There are also brand specific forums on manufacturer websites. Another option is Facebook groups relating to audio or specific types of gear. | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? @viridian The Krell you refer to (KSA 250) is an older model. The KSA 300S was the next series that were designed precisely to run completely Class A unless the amp gets very hot. Here's the article that explains the difference: https://www.stere... | |
| Theoretical question about how CD's work Since we've already gone pretty far down the rabbit hole I've got a related question. @almarg mentions EAC and FLAC. When I rip a CD to FLAC using db Poweramp what does the data on the FLAC file look like. Since it can be compared to a perfectly a... | |
| Blind fold hearing test I realize that this is somewhat off topic but I have to relate a story about identifying different brands of a product, in this case beer. I used to work in the malting industry (malt is the main ingredient in beer). I attended a conference of bre... | |
| Blind fold hearing test The history of blind listening is pretty consistent. Everybody, including golden ear reviewers, can't hear differences when they can't see the component (this doesn't apply to speakers). @firstnot - you will never see a major magazine do such a te... | |
| Speakers better than Revel Salon 2 I really like the Salon 2's and if/when I can do a serious upgrade I think they will probably be my choice. Here are some alternatives I've heard at audio shows that stood out.Same Ballpark (or cheaper)Dynaudio Contour 60 ($10K).Golden Ear Triton ... | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste I've read TAS for years and I get their email newsletter. The newest one just came today. The headline reads " Reviews: KEF, Triangle, Nordost, Muraudio | Joe Lovano". The Nordost refers to the USB cable.It doesn't look like this is a mistake and... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? @viridian4, The Krell KSA amps are true Class A. They have a feature called "Sustained Plateau Biasing." where they have a sliding bias feature that anticipates the loudest signal and then biases the amp into more Class A wattage before the signal... | |
| As good as it gets? I think that this may indicate that it's getting harder to improve on the current state of the art in sealed box, cone driver speakers. I'm not sure how much better you can get than the Blade or the Solon 2. | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? The class of the amp is only one criteria on which to make a buying decision. I have a mid 90's Krell KSA 300S that I dearly love but the Class A feature has its downsides. It weighs 185 lbs. and it runs so hot when I play it loud that I can't tou... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! The term "tone" gets close to the point for me but I use the word, "coherence." Some speakers give me the feeling of presenting the music as a whole and others seem to break the music down to its component parts. I've listened to several pairs of ... |