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| Which headphones?? I haven't heard the T70s, but based on the graphs at Headroom and some reviews I've read, they and the Sennheisers could be wildly different sounding. I have heard the HD650, and they're very full and rich sounding, with emphasized bass and a soft... | |
| Which headphones?? Step up to the HD580/600 and you'll probably be much happier long-term, as they're much more sonically refined than the lower-tier Sennheiser models. You can pick up a used pair of HD580 (which I own now) for under $150 and the HD600 (which I used... | |
| 1st post- New 2 vinyl. Pro-Ject Debut III question Nothing I've read about the Debut III mentions a built-in phono stage, including Pro-Ject's website, and I've never seen one with an included phono stage either. The current Debut Carbon Phono USB has a built-in phono stage, and maybe an older USB... | |
| Jolida components: Seems to be many for sale ? Oh--it's also possible that the number of used Jolidas has more to do with an internet retailer's lack of a return policy than anything else. Folks who buy and find an amp doesn't work in their system have no choice but to resell it themselves. De... | |
| Jolida components: Seems to be many for sale ? I owned the 1501, which sounded fantastic with a set of NOS GE 5751 in the preamp section. The build was solid and the sound glorious. I wish I'd kept it. Instead I "upgraded" to a 1501RC from an official Jolida internet retailer. The 1501RC had a... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? One more idea: your hearing might be exceptionally good. The PSB Synchrony models have an unusually low spike at the tweeter's resonant frequency, around 16-18 kHz (or maybe this is simply a spike in the treble apart from the resonant frequency). ... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Beating my own dead horse here, but I suggested it 200 or so postings ago and it could still be a piece of the puzzle. It goes with what Jjrenman said above about listening fatigue. This problem (especially if the OP's system sounds at all fatigui... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Agree with Newbee on using an SPL meter and LF test tones to gather data. | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Fishing716, it could definitely be the amp or electricity as others have said, but with all respect the loss of bass weight and "flatness" you describe does correspond very well to the changes in hearing that come with the acoustic reflex. I'm not... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Although you don't listen loud, it could still be the acoustic reflex changing how your ears perceive sound--the net effect when our ears involuntarily "tighten up" is a loss of sensitivity to low frequencies and a perceived emphasis of treble fre... | |
| Simple & Cheap Way to Cut Turntable Vibrations Lewm, all apologies, but I just choked on my drink reading that posting on Herbie's balls! Oh, what a little innuendo can do... | |
| Simple & Cheap Way to Cut Turntable Vibrations My balls squashed completely. I had a dozen or so under each of two concrete paving slabs, one for the TT and one for the CD player, and the weight was too much for them. (Insert joke of choice here.) The squash balls now look a bit like big red b... | |
| Too Good Not to Share Thanks, Corazon. I love the bit about his daughter and her friends discovering his vinyl... | |
| Vandersteen Amp? Agreed that the new 1Ci is a great speaker and a great value. Vandersteen keeps trickling down its technology. I'm probably the only person in history to have stepped down from the 2CE Sig II to the 1Ci (I prefer the better off-axis coherence of t... | |
| Best 5 engineered rock albums? Some indie favorites: Wilco: Yankee Hotel FoxtrotNeko Case: Middle CycloneMy Morning Jacket: ZBeck: Sea Change (MoFi or not)Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga GaAlso, though a bit less indie:Phish: HoistCounting Crows: August and Everything After |