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| where can I find record LP guide? class& Jazz Most published guides concentrate on recordings currently in print--meaning CDs only. But the allmusic website lists almost everything a given artist has ever put out, so there's plenty there that never made it onto digital. I've found a number of... | |
| CD vs DVD audio?? First, neither CD nor DVD/A is compressed. CD has a fixed word length and sampling rate: 16/44.1. DVD/A 's offer much higher resolution (although keep in mind that they don't have to--a recording could use all that storage space to increase playin... | |
| 7500 for USED cables? Are they joking? Lmb: I'm not sure who your "pro audio members" are, but I know of no one who believes that all cables sound the same. On the other hand, I think John Dunlavy would admit that his i/c's and cables are, for most applications, audibly indistinguishab... | |
| Consumer SACD/DVD-A worth it? I looked at this and decided not to make the jump just yet. As of now, anyone who buys into either DVD/A or SACD is still an early adopter. If you want to experiment with the newest thing, go for it. But don't hold your breath waiting for the day ... | |
| Are You An Audiophile Or A Music Lover? Gthrushl seems to think he can play games with the Devil. His soul is toast.Your question's too easy: An audio system is useless without music, and one record is functionally equivalent to no records. So I suspect everyone will say they'd keep the... | |
| Tone controls to get bass from small speakers? If I recall correctly, in the old days Radio Shack sold an Optimus(?) line of amp-speaker systems that were designed in just this way, with the amp compensating for the speakers' weaknesses. The current NAD all-in-one system also has a bass boost ... | |
| cable cooker, do they work? Sean, I think you're trying to disprove something I never said. At any rate, I don't want to engage in a long discussion of the physics of cables. Anyone who wants to get deeper into this will have to do a little reading on his own.But you keep sa... | |
| cable cooker, do they work? Cornfed: This is your response? If you think it's a syllogism, you should go back and read it again. Or maybe your understanding of the word "syllogism" is as weak as your grasp of the post-hoc fallacy.Obviously, this is not a complete empirical d... | |
| cable cooker, do they work? Gallaine: An appeal to reason? How dare you! Actually, you've asked a more complex question than you imagine. There have been published ABX tests of cables. I recall one in Stereo Review a few decades ago comparing 24 AWG and 16 AWG zipcord and 16... | |
| cable cooker, do they work? Tell 'em the truth, Doc: Being able to hover above water is a very expensive proposition. Those of you whose souls aren't good enough can't appreciate what we do, but be grateful for that. Enjoy your mid-fi selves, and think of all the money you'r... | |
| cable cooker, do they work? You talkin' to me, Sean? First, I'd point out that I did not deny that cookers work. (I do, but I didn't in my post.) What I said was that whatever they do can be done without going to any expense at all. That's only negative if you happen to be i... | |
| If You Could Only Keep 3-CD's LP's , Which Ones? My wife recent asked me for 10, and had to stop me when I reached 15, but here goes:1. John Williams: Bach's Lute Music. To remind me of the instrument I used to play, and because it's Bach.2. Kind of Blue. Yeah, too easy, but the combination of D... | |
| better gear, worse recordings I suspect that what you're experiencing isn't a function of getting better equipment, so much as the fact that, over time, you've become more discerning, and more conscious of the fact that a lot of recordings really aren't very good, from a techn... | |
| cable cooker, do they work? Don't waste your money. Burn-in, whatever it is, is best achieved by just using your equipment--which is more fun anyway, because you get to listen to music while you do it! | |
| Does Avergae CD Player + DAC = Average Sound? Depends. If there's something wrong with the sound of the Technics, the DAC may well help. (Of course, it's also possible that there are some bad DACs out there.) At the same time, using an outboard DAC introduces the risk of jitter, which is unli... |