cd318
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| What + experience have you had with an indoor FM antenna? Pretty awful, even up in the loft, but this was 30 years ago.Apparently the best way to go was to fit an outdoor roof mounted rotating unit back then. One for the real afficinados I think.Strangely enough I got some decent results experimenting wi... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. @chrisohea,"Errr....stop reading the reviews of writers who cannot write/communicate clearly...This problem is everywhere, an epidemic in the 21st century."There is always that. You know the old saying, follow the money? Well it seems as if we are... | |
| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. @sumaato ,"Audio friends, I’ve got to wonder, reading the posts in this thread, if any listeners have purchased a record since about 1980!"My record buying (current music) began to seriously tail off by the late 1990s. Afterwards it’s mostly been ... | |
| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. @fyn,Good review, it might be worth checking.Seems like a lot of care was taken in the recording to maximize fidelity and not commerciality.Not my favourite genre but I'll give some of the more upbeat numbers a listen later."One more word about th... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. @bruce19,Have you heard his podcast on snake oil?Squirm City Arizona.Nothing libellous about having an opinion. I couldn't care less about his butthurt.Is there really any surprise that he blocks comments even on his own rather slimy channel?https... | |
| quiet classical music tj5844,Good suggestion. I might give that a try depending on the material.Sometimes certain albums go well with certain genres.For example if I'm reading superhero comics eg Frank Miller, 60s/70s Marvel etc then something like Simon and Garfunkel'... | |
| quiet classical music @hilde45,'I like Mike's suggestions for listening above, but for me 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos and Beethoven and Mahler symphony recordings would never remain "in the background." '@chayro,'If you're just going to read, might as well put on one o... | |
| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. @shooter41,"Several mentions of Dire Straits but solo Mark Knopfler is a better bet for recording quality. "Sailing To Philadelphia", "Shangri-La", and "Get Lucky" are all really good."For sure. Mark Knopfler is a great musician who consistently p... | |
| Is there a point of diminished returns with amps and Harbeth 30.1s? @whipsaw,Perhaps I should have been clearer in stating that no one has been able to consistently identify sonic differences between 2 level matched solid state (sand) amps. With valve amps all bets are off, though even there it's been noticed that... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. @gents,"Sometimes, you have to go with the flow. If it's not for you, it's not for you, but, it's not like we're turning out flexible, well read readers (or listeners) anymore. I'm guessing that in the not too distant future, 'tweets' and Instagra... | |
| Is there a point of diminished returns with amps and Harbeth 30.1s? @jjss49 ,I was referring of course to published tests, ones that could be verified.If you could successfully repeat your experiment I'm sure there would be an awful lot of interested parties willing to assist you in your groundbreaking demonstrati... | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? @clearthinker,"Properly derived science contains only provable conclusions that are bedrock.All the rest is conjecture - interesting but not the basis for anything solid.The problem is bad science. This is in the ascendency. One reads the most obv... | |
| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance 15 years ago I would have said yes.Today I would say no. Trying to move a heavy object like a Magnepan 3.7 by sheer movement of the panels is impossible. Unless they were stood on an a sheet of glass covered in oil maybe. In fact the wheels could ... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. Most reviews are for advertising purposes only. Some might try to entertain as well.I can’t say I struggle to read any of them, not even the frankly unpleasantly dishonest Darko, but most are as dull as ditchwater. Kennedy seems to be one of those... | |
| Is there a point of diminished returns with amps and Harbeth 30.1s? @whipsaw,As far as I know there has not been a single example of a blind listening test where differences between cables, digital sources or even amplifiers were identified.Even in the best case scenario, subjectivists et al might want to acknowle... |