brianlucey
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| Who says cables don't make a difference? Cables, Capacitors, Diodes, Solder ... it all has a sound. Can we hear it in our room? Can we justify the expense? Maybe, maybe not. It's no matter ... the main listening tool is ME. Upgrade yourself first and always.There are a lot of people w... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? Bizarre, and long, postAudiophiles are people who love music, and go beyond the norm to enjoy listening to music.Simple | |
| Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time? Instead of projecting or guessing how they feel ... best move is to make an appointment with a manager, or ask for the mgr in store on a slow day.Let them know your ethical compass and your feelings and see how they respond. | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers Not a fan of the line. | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? cleedsLet me clarify, as you are mistaken. (please check my website, this is what I do daily for a living)--In actual practice, the level of vinyl is moderated by the medium. The length of a side and the low end needs of a side, etc. Decades of vi... | |
| is the sound of vinyl due to the physical process of the turntable? 3 things ... We have to look at the whole recording process. And we have to look at the limitations of vinyl that give it an advantage, and then finally the distortions of vinyl vs digital.1. The recording process of vinyl era records is usually g... | |
| Does altitude change the sound of speakers?? Humidity also a factor. | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl Sound "like"? Yes. Sound exactly like? NoCan top top solid state sound "like" a great tube amp? Yes. Sound exactly like? NoBrian Lucey - Mastering Engineerwww.magicgardenmastering.com | |
| Ayre VX-5 vs. darTZeel NHB-108 It's a very cool amp, not better than my tube amps in my system however as I had hoped. It has a very unique combo sound, partly tube and partly SS. It made everything sound great, yet a little more so than what I have now ... Cary 211FE with a ... | |
| Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions? I’m happy to read so many come to the truth 1. Mastering and production are most of it. You’re playing in the margins for subjective enjoyment NOT for better quality with SRC 2. Modest to high end DAs are all very good. Flavors of good to great.... | |
| MQA is Legit! This is all such a lie. Meridian is dead and they need $. "MQA reveals every detail of the original recording." (actually it is blurry)"MQA captures 100% of the original studio performance. It then cleverly adapts to deliver the highest quality pl... | |
| How many of you believe in MQA? The narcissism in many listeners here is disappointing I’m a full time, credential, music Mastering Engineer. MQA is an intrusion on artist approved work to make ex Meridan DVD staff money and it’s running a 50 million GBP debt per the last publi... | |
| MQA? As a professional, credentialed, full time mastering engineer ... MQA has no credibility, no honor, as they have bulk processed thousands of titles to create a market, where audiophiles can get their 2 cents in to vote and to buy or not. MQA adds ... | |
| Tidal vs Hi Res Files vs CD vs “Netflix”. My test. Incredible! Nicely done. Please keep in mind there is absolutely and unequivocally nothing that can actually improve on digital audio source material ... if we are talking about higher sample rates, or MQA, etc. The BEST quality is the NATIVE sample rate of t... | |
| I woke up with cold ears As a mastering engineer full time, meaning almost 7 days a week, this is a topic I know well ! When we sleep, out hearing recovers and in the morning things will sound different than they did at night. I think of my hearing like an hourglass full ... |