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| Who turns center off when listening to music I use the center channel all the time for everything. I listen almost exclusively to 2 channel recordings and up-mix everything to 3 channels with simple channel summing and subtracting - no complex processing. The 3 speakers are very close togeth... | |
| Denon PMA-A110 110 Anniversary Edition I haven't heard this unit yet but I'm interested. I have listened to the less expensive Denon 900HNE integrated amp in my home and I thought it had something special going for it in the mids and highs when powering some little Sony SSCS-5 bookshel... | |
| AES/EBU cable shootout When we "hear" a difference, it means we perceive a difference. That may mean we have actually detected a difference in the air pressure modulations reaching our ears, or it may have something to do with what's going on after the sound reaches our... | |
| Interesting Power Cable Experience If you're interested enough, put the other cable back on to make sure. Take a measurement with both cables, see what the difference is in real numbers. "Too much" isn’t telling us much. Is it an extra 3dB? 6dB? At what frequencies? I noticed a sou... | |
| A Different "Analog" Question My father left me a nice Breitling self winding watch. I wear it all the time and really like the fact that it is a single function device that's sturdy as can be and doesn't care about being charged or getting updated or finding service. I didn't... | |
| I found audio nirvana.... They key to audio nirvana for me is to quit the critical listening mode and just forget about what the system sounds like when I want to groove on the music. When I want to work on the system and try to improve the sound I'll do that. It's a diffe... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... My best experience listening to a symphony orchestra was up near the front. I totally loved it. I've had some other experiences in concert halls where I'd have been happier listening to a record at home. | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? I see a lot of ultra exotica being offered these days. For instance, road bicycles in the $20,000 range are available. That prices out people like me, but it doesn't mean that really great new bikes aren't available for much less, and these are li... | |
| Making speakers “disappear”….. I find one really important issue is very accurate channel matching, and very similar overall response from each speaker at the listening position. This requires a high degree of room symmetry, at least at the speaker end of the room. Playing pink... | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN Years ago I had some Stax headphones and their matching amp. I bought some kind of expensive power cord for it. I honestly couldn't detect any change in the sound. I tried really hard to hear something but didn't get even the subtlest of impressio... | |
| Room treatment 14' x 14', hmm. I wonder if you could set up on a 45, play out of one corner of the room, opposite the dormer of course? Have you tried that? The back wave off the Magnepans wont have a flat wall behind it that way, but instead be bounced sideways... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems What we need is a system that reveals all the good characteristics of good recordings, but then detects bad recordings and "fixes them up." | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @hilde45 I'm coming around to that realization more and more, that ultimate realism isn't a realistic goal, but there are certain presentations that come across as enjoyable and appropriate, as you say they make me feel at home. I've run in to p... | |
| Law Of Diminishing Returns? I think what sets my threshold for diminishing returns lower than many other audiophiles on this forum has to do with unrealistic expectations on my part. Just to throw out a number, I’ll say that an affordable system for me will get me 65% toward... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @hilde45 Thanks for the links. The uncanny is an interesting topic. The term gets applied to CGI graphics, which can be simultaneously impressive and disappointing. I'll admit I didn't see the connection to my post at first, but the idea that so... |