aalenik
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| Talk but not walk? Michael - First, you are correct that TJ is vastly more articulate than you are. He also doesn’t make insulting assumptions about anyone who disagrees with him. I have many years of experience in acoustics and ’room tuning’, using many techniques.... | |
| Am i missing something without a power conditioner? @tattooedtrackman - I have my power amp going directly into the wall too. Shunyata claims that their conditioners will not restrict power, but I've found that many amps sound better 'straight into the wall' than they do connected to a variety of ... | |
| Am i missing something without a power conditioner? Quick answer... YES! First, congrats for using good A/C cords. Too many skeptics don't know what they're missing. But a good power conditioner will still lower the noise-floor, revealing more detail and ambient information.I am a big Shunyata f... | |
| SACD/CD player update First, I have to add my endorsement to Dan Wright and his Modwright upgrades. I own the Modwright/Sony XA5400ES and it's one of the very best SACD I've heard at any price - better, IMHO, than the megabucks dcs 'stack'. (XA5400ES Unit + mods = $3... | |
| Speakers Bought Brand New For The Cost Of A Good Night Out, That "Kick Ass". Just a little pricier than what's been discussed, check out the Revel Concerta2 series designed by Kevin Voecks. The flagship of the line is the F36 @ $2,000/pr.But there are smaller towers, and stand-mounts for less... and they all sound MUCH be... | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! Many good suggestions above. I'm very fond of the Vandy 5A Carbon's, Legacy Aeris, Maggies & Sanders. I own Totem Mani-2's and absolutely LOVE them (though they needs lots of Watts, like Maggies).But NoNoise wins the prize. You have to go a... | |
| Talk but not walk? Michael, I know that your intent is virtuous. But some recordings simply ARE better-sounding than others. It's true that a well-tuned system will present MORE recordings well, but never ALL of them. And tuning a system to optimize a poor recordi... | |
| Speaker recomendation No offense, but it does seem like AudioTroy is "selling", rather than advising. That being said, The Legacy Focus is a very nice-sounding loudspeaker. However, it is not in the same class as the Acoustic Zen Crescendo, which is an outstanding sp... | |
| I'm not dreaming - these are great CD copies In my experience, many - but not all - CDs can be improved by being copied to CD-R. Alesis Masterlink does an excellent job, but I've had equally good results using plain old Roxio on a good PC. For CDs which were produced with great care (e.g. ... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote OK cj, since you're not a troll and your intentions are good... just one more post...I made a very general statement that cables cannot improve the signal, only degrade it. I think I said that the cable can only damage the signal or lose it. All... | |
| Have you moved from tubed amplification to solid state amplification... Why? There is no formula for good sound, but what works for me is a hybrid system - SS power amp and tubed pre-amp. That gives me the power, speed & control of SS along with the musical tonality of tubes. Using high quality components, this is mu... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote cj1965, thanks or your response. I have no interest in a 'troll war' with you. Suffice it to say that you seem to believe science is a closed issue, and we have nothing further to learn, which is extremely foolish.Science always begins with obser... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist THANK YOU, 'astewart8944' ! 'BDP24' might notice that every player I mentioned is (or was) a great artist, who plays with creativity, passion and taste. There's not a 'shredder' in the group. (And, yes, I agree that there are a zillion rock gu... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Oh, one thing I forgot...5. Pay no attention to the manufacturer's claims or explanations of their technology. It doesn't matter what they say about WHY their cables work well. JUST LISTEN & EVALUATE. | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Here's what I've found in over 40 years of listening...1. Cables (and AC cords) DEFINITELY make a difference.2. Interconnects cannot 'improve' sound. All they can do is degrade it. The best ones degrade the sound the least (i.e. they transmit i... |