cd318
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| Headphones to keep you honest You're right, headphones can expose loudspeaker issues rather e asily. Especially those to do with transient response! However, there are certain problems with headphones. They might need a special amp. Finding one with a flat frequency re... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours CD players with such a ridiculously high output that I daren’t turn my amp volume pot much past 12 o’clock. I’ve finally ordered a set of antenuators to see if that helps - or hinders. | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio I believe I’m becoming cured of my audiophile tendencies. Recently I’ve been enjoying a couple of very rough Elvis demos from the Vic Anesini remasters. It is a real shame he didn’t cut them for real, and a few years ago I would have dismissed th... | |
| The best audio tweak is a soft bristled paint brush... I keep a couple of natural bristle brushes in my toolbox for such purposes. Once every few years I'll give my amplifier circuit board a good dusting with a gentle brush. My PC on the other hand, seems to need it once or twice a year. In particu... | |
| Evaluating your speakers Nope! I have the same preference as you, but some speakers can become transformed at a decent volume. So, it wouldn't be doing them justice to mainly play them quiet. Some of them also fall apart terribly at volume, but that's another story. L... | |
| Building TV cabinet; should I use wall speakers or bookshelf type speakers behind fabric? @elliottbnewcombjr , Well that's one way of doing it! I'm assuming the BBC, after trying a different experiment, decided to use Tygan for their legendary LS3/5s. However, there must be other sonically transparent grille materials out there. | |
| Building TV cabinet; should I use wall speakers or bookshelf type speakers behind fabric? Yes, speaker height above all else. As for ports, I've never had any issues with either front or rear. However, very small ported speakers at volume might have issues. It's a nice idea to have them behind fabric. I'd prefer not to see the spea... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? @bdp24, Smile is a fine example of one man stretching himself too far. Just like Newton and his alchemy or Einstein with his Unified Field Theory. Listening to it, for me, was a case of "if only's". Anyway, Pet Sounds is more than good enough ... | |
| Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please- I wonder if this one is well known outside the UK? | |
| DISCUSSION: "It only comes out at night". Does anyone else have this experience!? @axpert , "For most, in addition to the factors that you mention, the human body tends to go into a more relaxed state, at least for most people anyhow." Definitely true for me, but tiredness creeps up on me a little earlier nowadays. However... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? @aewarren "When Adele becomes listenable. (It hasn’t happened yet but that’s my ultimate goal)" In other words, it ain’t happening! For me : Adele = inhuman sonic Hell. It’s as if I’ve become afflicted with some terrible sonic disord... | |
| DISCUSSION: "It only comes out at night". Does anyone else have this experience!? Maybe, maybe not but I've felt for years that all of my cars were quieter, smoother and nicer to drive at night. Unfortunately, they'd usually return to being old bangers the very next day! Perhaps it's really something to do with less backgroun... | |
| What, in your opinion, should the rules be for YouTube Reviews? @fatdaddy2 "First rule: if ya don't like it, don't watch it!" A great rule, that should be timeless. However the past 50 years have seen it being gradually revoked in favour of increased censorship. Perhaps we need to ask do we really want... | |
| What, in your opinion, should the rules be for YouTube Reviews? @nonoise, Mike Lindell seems to be doing very well, thank you. Of course there’s still that small matter with Dominion and Smartatic to deal with. YouTube reviews can hardly be any different to any other reviews, can they? Bridled with both ... | |
| How to tame a bright system? Yes, change the speakers. Or spend a lot of time and money in frustration. No cable on earth can make that kind of magnitude of difference. And even, even if one could, then what would that say about the rest? For what it's worth I use Chord O... |