berner99
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| CD sound quality: original pressings vs regular remaster vs MFSL, etc Thanks for all the advice. Re-entering high end audio after like 30 years.I just bought an oppo/modwright 105 CD player.I was going to do the streaming/save all my CDs to HD, but after some brief research it seemed like doing it well was more com... | |
| Has to be said At David, "You have to admit there is a big difference from "heard a difference" and "thought I heard a difference", with the latter being the case 99% of the time on these forums. "***And you are omniscient and know this to be true***------------... | |
| Has to be said A large number of posts on many threads boil down to: i have theory that says what you hear isn’t possible (by the stated mechanism) so you must be wrong, or deluded.Certainly people can want to believe things, and certainly their are dishonest p... | |
| Perfect Path Technologies confusion jnorris2005 "these crooks are depending on their ability to hypnotize you into thinking they have something magical"You have no real world data, only theory in your head yet you are certain. I work in (conventional) medicine yet am also aware of v... | |
| Perfect Path Technologies confusion jnorris2005 When a tiny company advertises the use of nanotechnology for an audio system usage, claiming that you just put it under any audio component or stick it inside your power input panel to achieve all manner and sort of magical audible imp... | |
| Diving into the world of tubes...help needed! FYI: PrimaLuna: i was thinking of buying one of their integrated amps and called them because my speakers have sensitivity of only 83db. A person answered the phone and they were very friendly and helpful. | |
| Brave man, McGowan... CD 318 "The last thing they seem to want is an accepted consensus (as you might see in the world of Pro Audio). Hence the endless avoidance of measurement" 1. Re: consensus It is possible that the science behind audio is more mature than other are... | |
| Why discussions generate into personal affronts... MItch2,Toward understanding why: When people hear a 5 year old say something silly/untrue about the way the world works, few get upset. OTOH when e.g. an engineer runs across people saying things about cables/interconnects that appears to contradi... | |
| Easiest way to get LP converted to CD (attn Rachmaninoff lovers) Frank,Thank you very much! | |
| Why discussions generate into personal affronts... People's understanding of audio (and in general, the world) is a part of who they are. Dissenting views threaten that understanding which can be upsetting and people can get angry. Counterpoint: In theory there is no difference between theory an... | |
| Best rock song of all times Another vote for won’t get fooled again—as relevant today as when writtenAnd the parting on the leftIs now parting on the rightAnd the beards have all grown longer overnight | |
| What is they best album out there for showing off the sound quality of your system. Famous blue Raincoat by Jennifer Warnes. Great vocals, sax, dynamic range. First heard it as demo in high end stereo rooms. Don’t remember what it has in way if deep bass. | |
| Wait- OMG! The song is really about...? The Song Closing Time by Semisonic is not about when the bars close, but about pregnancy. | |
| Is There any Consensus at all amongst Audiophiles? The comment that the original poster was referring to was said by nobel prize winning physicist Max Plank who said something to the effect that one never convinces people of new ideas, it is just that people against the new ideas die out and newer... | |
| Pittsburgh, PA Audio Club I'd be interested. While I was a member of the component of the month club decades ago, I'm just upgrading my system for the first time in several decades. Anyone interested message me. |