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| Unbelievable bikerbw,Yes, tone and decay are one reason what makes old guitars and violins so sought after. You sometimes see guitars used which have had most of their lacquer scratched off. In a loudspeaker, the cabinet also contributes to tone and decay - de... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life wolf_garcia,"To live the "audiophile life" you must own a smoking jacket and those Gucci loafers, at least two sporty cars, a stash of various whiskeys, and be prepared to spend hours alone admiring your belongings and understanding what Estoril B... | |
| Vintage Tannoy Gold vs Harbeth 30.1 gte357s,They look passive to me.Yes, the crossover and the controls for the bass and treble have been removed from the original cabinet but that’s totally different from running them active.It was a feature of many vintage designs, and one coming ... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life I was introduced to separates by a friend at university.Later I read the UK domestic audio press which mislead me for decades.I would have done better reading the pro audio press but stupidly kept believing that domestic audio was superior.One day... | |
| Unbelievable glupson,Those Sony's look like dream loudspeakers. One version of the SOTA.Yes, I'd say cabinet wood matters. It shouldn't do, but it always will, as long as cabinet resonances remain audible.The sound of those resonances will be affected to some ... | |
| Vintage Tannoy Gold vs Harbeth 30.1 gte357s,The vintage Tannoys (pre 1980s) were not active.Later iterations and models were sometimes also labelled Golds, hence the confusion, but they were a totally different speaker. Tannoy also made studio monitors but these are not what audioph... | |
| Is it a gender disorder? Yes, audiophiles are largely a male only tribe. What this means is not clear.When you consider all the time, money and energy we put into our hobby, endlessly hunting for something we can't quite define and often without any satisfactory conclusio... | |
| Vintage Tannoy Gold vs Harbeth 30.1 Some say that vintage 1960s Tannoy Gold drivers with their alnico magnet drivers are superior to those models such as my late 1970s HP385 Berkeley's, which also feature alnico drivers. Some argue differently.The usual reasons given in their favour... | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? bigwave1,"I had a Nak Dragon until about 7 years ago. One of its claim to fame was that is would automatically align the tape heads to any cassette made from any machine so it would play as well as the machine it was made on on. No comparison to L... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science stibi,"I have a Bose SoundTouch 30 in my second living room and it is not less enjoyable for everyday use (of course not for a serious listening), than my main 200K+ system."What is this? Extreme high praise or an act of the highest audiophile her... | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? hypoman, The Elcaset / L-cassette was sadly another one of those failed attempts to bring high quality playback to the masses.To be honest I only heard of it mentioned in asides much later on. Yet in pure sonic terms it made great sense, twice the... | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? jmforge,"Prerecorded sets were crap."I found pre-recorded tapes to be listenable, but little more. The industry tended to only use the cheapest ferric tapes. Home recordings on the vastly superior chrome Cr02 formula, with increased dynamics and b... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science Out of the 4 different approaches towards the use of science as a tool, which it has long been for everyone but the complete charlatan, I’d say Floyd Toole’s (Harman) approach is the closest towards finding an objective truth. Anyone doubting that... | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? Vinyl, FM radio and chrome tapes. No Dolby.Sounded excellent but the tapes could get jammed and tended to get warped when used in overheating car stereos.Necessary skills included the occasional editing/splicing of broken tape, manually adjusting ... | |
| What Are Your Experiences with Decoupling Products and Your Recommendations? geoffkait,Up to your usual misuse of scientific terminology?Measuring gravitational waves via an interferometer has very little in comparison to supporting a loudspeaker with a moving bass driver playing Led Zeppelin at decent volume. Remember New... |