atmasphere
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| Why not horns? Weseixas, you might want to stop while you're ahead on this one. My comments was not meant to be derogatory to musicians. Worked with and for many in the past, My comments were nothing more than to differentiate the experience between audiophile a... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp,That Is The Question Mikey44, the amp is usually less convenient, but from a performance point of view that setup usually works quite well. | |
| Paid a bit too much for a Citation II... If you can find one, the Magus is often around $400. | |
| Amp for Magnepan 1.7's I know on my guitar amplifier I only have to replace preamp tubes every year or two, does the same hold true for hi-fi preamp tubes?Yes. I have seen preamp tubes under heavy use hold up as long as 5-6 years. | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Right. We were careful to not allow the amplifiers to clip during these tests. However it really did not matter which amp we used or in what combination. The higher efficiency of the speakers meant that amps were not working as hard and so were mo... | |
| Why not horns? The Better any system get's to the truth, is the less you will experience these so called un-listenable tracks.IME bad recordings bring out the worst in the system as well. So if the system allows you to listen to bad recordings without editoriali... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Hi Bob, the system I have at home uses a pair of Classic Audio Reproduction T-3s with dual 15" woofers and field coil drivers in the midrange and tweeters. They are about 97 db.When we first got them I noticed that phenomena of loudness cues: we w... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? I spend way too much on my cars and they give me a lot more trouble than my system does. So far I've got a lot more invested in the stereo, although with the addition of the EV the cars are catching up... | |
| Why not horns? Gawdbless, I philosophically disagree with you, as I don't believe it's reasonable to expect speakers to "enhance music". If a speaker accurately portrays a recording for better or worse, I think it very fair to blame the recording in some instanc... | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? Years ago we wanted a different looking amp that would be a complete departure from anything we had done at the time. I consulted with one of my employees on this, who had an art degree and now works for Bel Canto. I gave him a pretty free reign, ... | |
| How to make record albums Lesse... for a top-notch recording of Pink Floyd, find a copy of The Screaming Abdabs (this is Pink Floyd when they were off-contract) 'Rhapsody in Pink', a 2-LP set. It is recorded in the BBC studios before a Decca Stereo tree, the same kind that... | |
| mogami interconnects If you are running balanced cables, andYour balanced system (preamp) supports the 600 ohm standardthenyou will find no audible difference between the Mogami and any other balanced cable, price no object.Why?The low impedance balanced line system w... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp,That Is The Question Al, on this one all I can say is that every time I see a digital volume control, my experience with them is that by the time you are down to 85% (as opposed to 100) there is an audible loss in resolution.I get that there is an explanation for why ... | |
| How to make record albums Onhwy61, what you say is not entirely true. A lot depends on the budget and space that is available for a band to record in.An example is something called 'the Church' in Duluth, Minnesota. A good number of local Twin Cities bands travel to Duluth... | |
| Why not horns? Weseixas, if you want to quote someone, you use the brackets around the word 'quote'. Once you are done with the quote, you use the brackets again, this time around the word '/quote'I can even quote myself:like thisSometimes its difficult to see w... |