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| cd-r music for blanks I would have seconded Taiyo Yuden/JVC, except that as far as I am aware they don't make "music CDRs," that will record in a CD recorder. Maxell and Sony, as suggested by Mofimadness, do make them, as do TDK and Mitsui/MAM-A. The latter are describ... | |
| A nice PC upgrade If using a more powerful computer results in better sonics in some or many systems than using a less powerful computer, I would not assume that the reason has anything to do with computing power in itself. The details of the designs of more powerf... | |
| How loud is loud? 08-20-14: AtmasphereThe cleaner your system is, the less loud it will seem.Very true. And I would add that the cleaner the recording is, the less loud it will seem. IMO/IME very high quality recordings can be, and will in fact tend to be, played m... | |
| Tubes at idle 08-21-14: CzariveyThey do not, although their life shortens by idle hours as well. Czarivey, did you read my post earlier in the thread? If so, what is the basis for your statement that "they do not," which I presume refers to the question in the ... | |
| Shotgun connection Here's another way to look at it:With Option 1, you are connecting two Ocellia Reference cables in parallel.With Option 2, in effect you would be connecting two cables that are no longer Ocellia References in parallel, since with the + and - condu... | |
| Shotgun connection As I indicated, if the + wires and the - wires are not physically VERY close together (and preferably twisted together, as the OP described for Option 1), inductance will increase considerably. That is the main consideration in choosing between th... | |
| Is It Ironic? I'm not quite sure what Marty (Viridian) meant, but in any event I don't see how the analogy is relevant. The recordings in question, that were referred to as "touchstones" in the OP, are widely considered by those familiar with them to be sonical... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? If you haven't already seen it, take a look at the comments about DEQX on pages 3 and 4 of the recent "Sloped Baffle" thread. (Expand the contents of all of the posts on each page if necessary, by clicking on the date of the first response on each... | |
| Shotgun connection Use option 1. Option 2 will considerably increase the inductance of the cables, which may have adverse effects at upper treble frequencies.In saying this, I'm assuming that you are not using one of the few cable types that have ultra-high capacita... | |
| Is It Ironic? Great point, Onhwy61, and yes, it certainly is ironic.There are certainly a multitude of factors that are involved. When it comes to classical music, at least, I suppose the most significant factor is not related to equipment quality per se, but t... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? I see that the link I provided in my previous post no longer goes to the post I was referring to, due to posts that were subsequently placed in that thread. The post I was referring to, regarding the claim made above that "the irrefutable tenet in... | |
| Tubes at idle Excellent post by Larry, as always.Regarding the original question, I'm pretty certain that Wolf is correct, and that there will be insignificant, if any, difference in preamp tube longevity as a function of whether or not the preamp is processing... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Good answer from ARC. As I indicated earlier, though, a number of other A'goners have reported using the particular Jensen transformer I suggested with extremely good results, in very high quality systems. Although that opinion, as might expected,... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? 08-17-14: Akg_caThe irrefutable tenet in this hobby still reigns true: you get what you pay for.To cite just one counter-example, however, this post from just yesterday describes a situation involving speakers in which the exact opposite turned ou... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Stringreen, if you read through ALL of the above posts beginning with mine on 8-12-14, I think you'll conclude that there is nothing wrong with the amp.Regards,-- Al |