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| full-scale orchestral music—best test of speakers’ potential? No, I’d argue it’s the human voice. Especially a familiar one. Harbeth have long advocated using the voice as a reference, and who am I to argue?Of course piano and violin are great tests too but there’s almost something spooky about hearing a wel... | |
| Is the grass greener on the other side? After the LCD-3s and B&W 704's I suspect not a lot better. Your next improvement will probably be your last. After that it becomes purely a matter of taste. There is no clear best loudspeaker in the world, and apparently they all suffer gross ... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? What matters most? Here's Peter Aczel's take -2.The principal determinants of sound quality in a recording produced in the last 60 years or so are the recording venue and the microphones, not the downstream technology. The size and acoustics of th... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? Some of the issues with digital releases have just recently been highlighted with the much anticipated release of the Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society super deluxe box. Some fans were hoping to finally get a digital version that at... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Yes who are all these characters, Rich Timbre, Impedance and THD? What is their relationship with reproduced sound quality?It's funny how so many simple things aren't really very simple at all once you start to have a closer look. | |
| Did anyone see the Adele concert from N.Y.C tonight For one of the worst singers ever recorded she has been amazingly successful. An aural masochists dream. I'm with billybob7088 and rpeluso on this. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Idiot windBlowing through the buttons of our coatsBlowing through the letters that we wroteIdiot windBlowing through the dust upon our shelvesWe're idiots, babeIt's a wonder we can even feed ourselves"Dylan's final verse always comes to mind each... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @russbutton , thanks for your feedback on the Linkwitz speakers. I'm totally in agreement with you that the Orion is by far the more elegant looking speaker. The LX521 might be one of the best loudspeakers ever built, it sure has a huge amount of ... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @russbutton Just how good, in comparison to other high end designs, is the Linkwitz Orion in your estimation? As for the LX521, I've never heard anyone mention anything sounding better. | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? From a practical point of view it can be useful to know which albums sound better on which format, especially if those are your favourites. But surely even the most diehard vinyl aficionado (Michael Fremer excepted) wouldn't argue that vinyl alway... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? @ieales, great information there. To compound matters there was also the widespread switch to Ampex recording tape which had unforseen implications for the whole industry. "In the mid 1970s, Underwood says, most tape manufacturers adopted polyure... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? @tooblue I'd agree as far as anything pre 90s goes. Just as the studios started getting the hang of transferring analogue to digital transfers some smart person realised they could employ digital compression to make CD sound 'louder'. Bang went d... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Two from the Queen of Folk - so much talent in one person. Sometimes I wish she’d taken the road of success rather than activism. Still, I think most of what she sought came to be. I certainly hope so. "Like these flowers at your door and scribble... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? prof, I think you're right about the underdamping of the speaker. I recall getting a wonderfully unrestricted breathing bass from a pair of Rega bookshelves when driven by a cheap 7 watt amp. The sheer unfettered free sound coming from those small... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? I'm all for sharing experiences and knowledge of all things audio online. In fact, forums like this are probably the best way to get impartial knowledge as we know what magazines are all about. Sure there are plenty of attempts to promote dubious ... |