bdp24
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| Do audiophiles hate large subwoofers? Rythmik Audio designer/owner Brian Ding has stated that his 15" woofer is no less nimble than is his 12". He also offers subs containing 8" and 18" drivers, and states that his different size subs vary in their maximum SPL capabilities at the lowe... | |
| The music’s the thing but.... SO agree @schubert. There are a lot of parallels between the "original instrument"/"historically informed" movement in the field of Baroque music performance and Bluegrass music. Both are very well written---great chord structures, melodies, harmo... | |
| Stereophile Profiles Carpets and Curtains again .... Did you last longer than she? ;-) | |
| Magnepan Mods A fair number of the guys over at the Planar Speaker Asylum, some long-time Maggie owners, have removed the fuses from the signal path of their speakers. An easy upgrade to the speaker I have performed is to replace the stock speaker cable termina... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation for VPI Prime There is a lot of discussion about this subject on the VPI Forum, too which a Google search will lead you. | |
| Importance of power cable for Turntable? @nyev, remember, the difference heard between two power cords (or any other component) is highly dependent on the resolving power and transparency of the entire system. Folkfreak's comments should be considered in light of the fact that his system... | |
| Need your LP purchase assistance @tomic601, I have to warn you that though the ARK recordings are very special (the inner detail---you can distinctly hear each voice in the choir---and transparency captured by Fulton, along with the sound of the church pipe organs, is stunning), ... | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? Ay carumba! Does it really need to be stated that a, say, CD player (or amplifier) does NOT make sound by "vibrating"? Sure, like a turntable, it has a mechanical component (the CD spinner), followed by lots of electronics. If those electronic cir... | |
| Need your LP purchase assistance IMO the first LP anyone should buy is any ol’ direct-to-disk. Not for the musical content (many of them are not good in that regard), but because of their INCREDIBLE sound quality! On the other hand, doing so will set the bar so high that most oth... | |
| Best mid-range for $3K Oops, the MG3.7 is actually 24" wide, not 18". | |
| Best mid-range for $3K Though not a very well known and/or popular/trendy loudspeaker (few dealers and fewer reviews, though there was a rave by Robert Greene in TAS a couple of years back and Harry Weisfeld enthusiastically recommended them to the readers of his VPI Fo... | |
| Vinyl vs high def audio i.e. 24bit / 96 or 192khz Raul, I was not addressing the issue of which format is superior, but rather those of who is buying LP's and if they really are being bought more than are CD's. If Music Millennium is any indicator, the answers are all age groups and yes. | |
| Vinyl vs high def audio i.e. 24bit / 96 or 192khz In line waiting to get into Music Millennium on Record Store Day, I saw all age groups represented, from the man-bun (what a hideous "look" ;-) and bearded 20-something year old dudes (they’re everywhere in Portland), lots of girls and women, midd... | |
| How many audiophiles do you need to change a lightbulb? You old HEA losers are living in the past, man. The New Paradigm hipster knows the lighting industry took a wrong turn in the early-90’s, and that one’s lighting fixtures---and the Class D bulbs that are installed in them---must now be the new low... | |
| Great guitar 'breaks" (as opposed to solos). @dweller, oh man, Jerry Douglas is one of my favorite musicians, ever! I've seen him with Alison Krauss (the two made a baby together ;-), and went to see him last time he came through Portland. Fantastic!@whart, I first saw Kirchen live when Comm... |