billstevenson
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| Why not the piano as a reference for bass What synthesizer can we hear, preferably on record, that can compare and exceed the rich harmonics of a pipe organ? Why is fast attack preferrable to slow? Does something that is below the threshold of human hearing add to the enjoyment of the m... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass Well timstella, I would never presume to tell you or anyone else what you can hear. I can tell you that in one iteration of my life I was in fact a professional musician. Although I joke about it: How many musicians are there in a 15 piece band... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass While I can agree that no speaker system can fully capture the sound of an acoustic piano, at least within the context of what I have heard from sound systems, Yamaha has carved out something different with their top level Clavinova instruments. ... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass This is a most interesting discussion. Ruminating further about past experiences is pertinent. First a disclaimer. I can hear the difference between any two pianos. Let me explain. When I have gone to the Steinway studio, something I have don... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass All I can tell you is what my ears tell me. For reference in my own listening room I have recently replaced a Yamaha C7 with a Clavinova. I did this because to my ears the difference when the C7 is in tune was indistinguishable from the Clavinov... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass A few years ago the local Yamaha piano dealer rented our local concert hall, The Kravits Center, in West Palm Beach, for an entire weekend to promote pianos. A concert pianist was hired to demonstrate and compare the entire range of instruments f... | |
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? In my youth I went to Berkley then played in the Navy Band, then went to college and became an engineer. I still have a set of drums and a piano in my music room along with a six figure sound system. I consider myself neither a practicing musici... | |
| How reliable is PS audio equipment? I have been happy with their P10, P20 and Stellar Phono Stage no problems of any kind. Before that I had an integrated on loan for a while that was several years old at the time. It worked fine too. Maybe all of this stuff had the 20 year switc... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables For many years VPI sponsored an active and excellent forum. A strong consensus formed that Audio Sensibility made great interconnects and cables at very fair prices. I settled on their Statement series and use them for all needs including speake... | |
| Your advice appreciated: Bookshelf Speakers for my Conrad Johnson CAV45-S2 That C-J amp is way too nice to use with a pair of mediocre speakers. See if you can find a pair of used BBC LS5/3As. They won't shake the rafters, but the sound quality will be 5 star. | |
| Chair In a 1978 cycling accident I suffered an spinal injury known as sponodylothesis at L5. It is inoperable. For years I had an Eames Chair, which I recently had refurbished and then gave to my son in-law. It was OK, but never great for me, but it ... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass The late great Oscar Peterson was gifted a Bosendorfer late in life and he used that low register a lot. If you can find recordings by Telarc you might hear it. Also the series "Exclusively For My Friends" originally recorded on BASF in the Blac... | |
| Phono cartridge choice I agree with lewm. Take a look at SoundSmith for example or Grado. I also like the high end Ortofon MM line like the 2M series. | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? Whether to plug your amps directly into the wall or into a power regenerator or power conditioner is situational dependent. Hence the variety of opinions and experiences shared in this thread. Each audiophile must start by assessing the conditio... | |
| Compact Disc and Vinyl Habits Streaming for me is like a kiss on the telephone, I can’t feel it. I still have the first LP I ever purchased with my own paper route money in 1963. I now have about 12,000 of them. But vinyl prices have gotten stupid, so for the past year or m... |