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| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? The problems with measuring THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) in loudspeakers especially seem to be legion.https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/audibility-of-distortion-at-bass/total-harmonic-disto...Not the easiest of reads, my head still... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. https://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger/ampApparently you'll need 4. Just don't let them short. Colored plastic coated ones sound best, or not depending upon which cognitive bias you may be subject to.https... | |
| The future of new music....... @n80, you might find some good information here,http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/forums/music-corner.2/although sometimes you may need to wade though pages and pages.. eg the Beatles discussions have gone on for almost 2 decades (without much consens... | |
| The future of new music....... @n80, same here. I'll always love vinyl but just don't want the hassle of dealing with bad pressings, cartridge cleaning, storage etc. Almost all of my most precious musical memories were from my vinyl days, and many favourite albums never sounded... | |
| The future of new music....... Let’s face it, only a very small percentage of music is mastered for use through full range loudspeakers. Most of it seems intended for playback through small portable speakers, radios and ear buds.The majority of listeners seem to favour bass and... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? Frequencies and Sound Explained #4Harmonics and Harmonic Distortionhttps://youtu.be/FzeZbJceKZEInteresting Youtube clip on harmonics. I had to watch it a few times before it made much sense. It seems as if all sound is composed of fundamental note... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? @invictus005, I agree that ’The market is filled with anemic audiophile speakers. And they sound edgy and boring and unengaging’. This can also apply to some very expensive designs too. Also, "This is why audiophiles seek out speakers that have la... | |
| Your 3 Favorite Songs Honey Bobby GoldsboroYesterday When I was Young Roy ClarkLost in Space Lighthouse FamilyOut of at least a thousand candidates these are the 3 that currently come to mind.I don't consider myself as at all religious, but looking at this list I'm... | |
| Have you ever reversed your opinion on a piece of gear? About 15 years ago I had given away my Sony CDP something UK tuned CD player and when the planned upgrade didn’t work out I borrowed one from a friend. This was an an uber cheap Aiwa model that hadn’t seen action in years. It sounded flat and one ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @stereo5 I always loved the following line (apart from those times when working with the public brought it too close to home)."There’s someone in my head but it’s not me" | |
| Why should we think of "what microphones heard " as a standard I think it's generally accepted that both microphones and loudspeakers (mechanical transducers) are by far the weakest links in the audio chain. Both can feature differing technologies and both are still far from a desirable <1% distortion. Bu... | |
| What Characteristic Strikes You First About Un-amplified Music? Two great points, decay and imagery. I love the natural decay you often get with live sound but not often with reproduced.As for imagery, I kind of feel cheated when I'm listening to live sound, say a solo piano, and the imagery is vague and diffu... | |
| What Characteristic Strikes You First About Un-amplified Music? Live sounds sounds alive, living, breathing, unpredictable, punchy, dynamically quick, immediate, dramatic and localised to a point of origin. Timbrally, every sound, every voice is distinct from another. Reproduced sound is like a photograph of a... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @rlb61 , it’s funny how despite me feeling symbiotically linked to the Beatles, (like no doubt many, many others), I just can’t think of many lyrics that I consider great. The magic of the Beatles is a most mysterious one. It’s not exclusively in ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Or in other words, “Talent borrows. Genius Steals!” Something Dylan himself understood only too well. Talking of Bob,The guilty undertaker sighsThe lonesome organ grinder criesThe silver saxophones say I should refuse youThe cracked bells and wash... |