almarg
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| Bands with great second albums I would add to the good suggestions above "Projections," the second album of The Blues Project. While most of my listening is to classical music, this is one of my all-time favorite rock albums.Regards,-- Al | |
| A song murdered by someone. Great point, @Larryi, about the legitimacy and appropriateness of disparate interpretations of great songs. And the version of "Unchained Melody" by Sam Cooke is indeed very nice IMO.FWIW, while I recognize and respect the fact that the version by... | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 @JCarcopo, I took a look at the manual for the 3400, and here are some things that appear to me may be worth trying:1) There is a limiter function that can be engaged via the menus. Try that, if you already haven’t.2) The section in the manual on ... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW Switching from RCA to XLR is only worththe extra time and money is if, you have a True differential balanced from input to output for each channel . While a lot of audiophiles believe what Audioman58 has stated above, I would respectfully but emph... | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 Shadorne 9-20-2018 I will add that digital room correction is a mixed bag. If the software is trying to heavily boost a null in the bass then it could easily cause your amplifier to clip in the bass even at modest volume levels. +1. My thoughts ex... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW Does this mean that its output is not a true balanced design? No. I took a look at the manual and the specs for your DSPeaker, and the fact that the maximum output voltages are specified as being approximately twice as great for the XLR outputs as... | |
| Bordering on criminal, I know… It would be very surprising if bridging that amp would work ok with those speakers, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the result would be that the amp goes into a self-protective shutdown mode, or perhaps even damage. A bridged amplifier sees a load ... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW Thanks for the mention, Spencer (SBank1). Yes, there will often be 6 db more volume for a given volume control setting when balanced interconnections are used, compared to unbalanced interconnections. That isn’t always the case, though, and it dep... | |
| Please someone help trying to run one mic to play into two headphones I’m not sure I understand the question. Most and probably almost all microphones can’t drive headphones directly, regardless of whether there is one headphone or two. They require a microphone amplifier, or a mixer that contains a microphone ampli... | |
| A song murdered by someone. Larry, in general I too dislike operatic covers of popular songs, and like you I don't think I've listened to the couple of Dame Kiri's crossover albums I have more than once or twice. There are exceptions, though. One that I'd particularly reco... | |
| RCA to XLR vs XLR to RCA... Converting Input or Output - Does It Matter?? @sbank, I have no reason to doubt Ralph’s good comments. And especially given that the Nagra is battery-powered, which eliminates any possibility of ground loop issues with the Nagra/BAT combination, that a Jensen transformer would be able to reso... | |
| A song murdered by someone. P.S: The Yardbirds' recording of "Stroll On":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adbGT8Rg9OEBest regards,-- Al | |
| A song murdered by someone. Eric (bdp24), as we’ve discussed in past threads I too very much like the Rock and Roll Trio/Johnny Burnette Trio’s version of "Train Kept A-Rollin’," and thanks for calling it to our attention here in the past.Regarding the Yardbirds’ version, I ... | |
| A song murdered by someone. That’s an easy one for me. I would have to say that the worst cover, and one of the worst recordings I have ever heard, was the 1963 cover by the one hit non-wonder Vito & The Salutations which utterly destroyed the beautiful song "Unchained M... | |
| RCA to XLR vs XLR to RCA... Converting Input or Output - Does It Matter?? Bob, to be sure it’s clear, while Spencer wants to convert RCA inputs to the transformer to XLR outputs from the transformer the PC-2XR will do the opposite. Spencer, the PI2-RX would be suitable. You can find it at the following link at a slightl... |