cd318
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| Does Anyone Use Pro Audio Speakers as their Main? @engineears All in all my experience is tremendously positive. Studio monitors are cheap, they take insane amounts of EQ without batting an eyelash, have fantastic off axis response, are amazingly detailed. I’ve stuck with this system for 20 yea... | |
| How rare is an audiophile @searoll923 main problem I've seen with my generation: they prioritize convenience over quality. Unfortunately, as the pace of modern life increases our ability to evolve with it doesn't keep up. With so many increasing demands upon people toda... | |
| How rare is an audiophile @dweller Hasn't music appreciation been removed from Grammer, Middle and (except for Band) High School? The communists know, you have to get to kids when they are young else they are lost. This goes for music as well. In Catholic school second... | |
| RIP Andy Rourke Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce both came across as nice guys and their contribution to the Smiths was important. They were an integral part of the band and never glorified session musicians. Morrissey himself seems to have forgiven Rourke, if any fo... | |
| 45 Singles You Just Had to Buy I was never big on singles because back then turntables like my Rega and Linn made playing 45s a real pain so I stopped buying 45s by the mid 1980s. Lifting the platter on the Rega to swap the belt to the 45rpm pulley was bad enough but far far w... | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? I cannot see myself ever paying more than $500/ £500 on an amp or CD player. I have done in the past but I'm no longer convinced it was money well spent. On the other hand I used to think that $5k would be my limit for speakers but I'm no longer ... | |
| How can you evaluate a system with highly processed music? @onhwy61 If you are looking to evaluate a system you can do it quicker with test tones. That sounds incredibly nerdy but it might just be the most practical way of testing. A guaranteed point of reference. Are there any recommended test d... | |
| How can you evaluate a system with highly processed music? You can’t. Not for 99% of recorded music which is an artificial construction of a sound a particular record company/artist/producer/engineer wanted. There was no actual real time performance. Even worse, since most music is made for commercial ... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities @bdp24 Most loudspeakers sound comically "small" to me, the image of a grand piano, for example, being reduced to a miniature of it’s actual size. Good point. I guess we don't expect lifesize image from HiFi because 99% of the systems we hav... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities @skchun Me too. For me instrumental tone/ timbre/ textures is both 1 and 2. Everything else ie dynamic range, transient speed, lack of sibilance, lack of overhang, full range bandwidth, image depth are all of far lesser importance. That's why... | |
| Recent discoveries or lesser known. This caught my attention over the car radio recently but I had no idea who the vocalists were. Then I remembered I had the Shazam app on my phone. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - 1. Stabat Mater · Barbara Bonney · Andreas Scholl · Les Talens Lyriqu... | |
| Songs with excellent advice? Only People by John Lennon (Mind Games 1973) And we can't be denied with woman and man side by side Make no mistake it's our future we're making Bake the cake and eat it too We don't want no big brother scene | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @mitch2 Can speakers that are great at dynamics and drive also excel at detail and nuance? That's an interesting question and one which even after some 30 years of experience in Hi-Fi, I'm not too sure of the answer. I've certainly heard some... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? @asvjerry Anyone who could remember the 'sound, the qualities' of even most of the various speakers and/or the equipment would be considered to be a savant of sorts.... I guess not, but at the least you should be aware of the strengths of va... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus @jl1ny I went to war with cancer in 2020 and learned that keeping a positive mindset wins half the battle. Absolutely. You cannot separate the mind and the body. Particularly the unconscious mind/mood and the body. Best of luck to you. |