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| Best looking reel to reel Dokoder, & Crown used to be quite the rage. I saw RTR merely as tools. To put a ‘face’ onto them just add metal reels, or those whose appearance is not routine. | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? Speculation is one thing, skepticism arguably a prudent approach, but to wildly de cry something as snake oil or plainly invalid should be corroborated or one should leave well enough alone as it demonstrates unmistakably overt bias.Hans bakhause... | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? Willemj > MQA is just a marketing trick. Even Meridian admit they have no scientific data.@WillemjPerhaps. Bob Stewart however says he has plenty. Sure seems something is amiss as meridian is in the mix for licensing still…. And or ‘was’. See a... | |
| Best Volume Settings? Rather than saying there is ‘no correct answer’, one should likely say, ‘there are several correct answers, just not a one size fits all answer, for every scenario.Gain is the item to be corralled or administrated. Too much at each intersection, s... | |
| Worked Backwards and Would like to Hear Suggestions on Speakers HI!!Each time I entertain upgrading an area of any system I put together, I view it as an area that should be in fact, upgraded. Not, merely a side ways step.That said, I’d want to look into obtaining speakers that could be a better representatio... | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? @shadorneTremendous thanks. Much of it is over my head but I will follow up. Although from the notes it looks like the word length carries more water than bit rates.In fact, and I may well have missed it on the web page I saw the Life Songs of Kri... | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? willemjhttp://archimago.blogspot.nl/2015/12/musings-wisdom-of-simplicity-re-hi-res.htmlhttp://archimago.blogspot.nl/2015/02/measurements-bob-dylans-shadows-in.html@willemj > thank you for your efforts.OK. I had heard HD Tracks had published som... | |
| HD FILES which is best hi Bit Rates, or Hi Word lengths? shadorne > It makes no sense to restrict yourself to 16 bit if a 24 bit version is available. Blindjim > @shadorne > for this question then, merely look at the apparent Word lengths as indications of better sound quality and resolution?... | |
| Hum problem Thanks Ralph. Good to know. | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s Hi, Owning past BW I found they enjoy lot o watts. Although their specs indicate something different. Many posts here mention like Wilson’s of the past, possibly present, easing up the top end as a good idea or even a prerequisite with BW. Using t... | |
| On/Off Switch Nenon > my argument is that if a fuse makes a difference, why would not the switch make a difference too? And I am only referring to the on/off switches that are part of the voltage circuit... I would like to know why. Blindjim > short answ... | |
| Hum problem @Atmosphere > “…. capacitors in the power supply that are failing. It could also be a bad ground somewhere that relies on a mechanical connection, but at any rate it sounds like you're going to have to send it out for repairs.”Blindjim > As ... | |
| Blu-ray Audio 2.0 LPCM vs. 5.1 DTS-HD Rvpiano > I find with other record companies the sound of the options vary as to what sounds better. I thought the 5.1 was designed for a multi-speaker surround setup. Can anyone explain what’s going on?Blindjim > spacial cues designed for s... | |
| Switching from solid state to tubes Good advice here on testing to see how much power is needed, and as well, alternatively keeping Flicks and mucic separate if a tube amp for the mains is desired.Based purely on content of the two formats, music and films, my question on this man... | |
| Looking for suggestions for a new (to me) pair of high efficiency monitors Sorry to hear of the hearing deficit.Do I understand your amp pushes out 120wpc? At 4 ohms, or at 8 ohms?Folks might want to know about the power bit, as well , are you looking for only stand mounts, and what’s the price range for these next spea... |