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| Compressed recordings? HiFi enemy 1? I think with music that has been compressed a lot, I have to put the volume really low. Even then it sounds too loud. And just bumping up the volume a hair has a big effect on volume.Sometimes I hear a song and don't really like the tune but it so... | |
| Smallest Bookshelf Speaker Worth Listening To New B&W DM600 series 3. About $300-$350. They can be mounted to a wall.http://www.bwspeakers.com | |
| Upsampling put to "THE TEST": R U ready 2 take it? Zaikesman " a degree of difference that is beyond tweaking - we're talking about fundamental character here. "That is a really interesting concept. Would make a good thread topic: "What actually can be expected from tweaks?"Would power cords, inte... | |
| Joseph Audio Speakers never show up used Marakanetz, you are exactly right about Joseph RM33's. I hate to bash a product but the RM33 would only appeal to someone who has a lot of money and no ear for stereo stuff. But sees a high price so assumes it must be good.Sorry, while the Pearl d... | |
| 3-way under 1000 new. www.gr-research.com or maybe VMPS. | |
| Fatigue Subjective??? I guess, because Meadowlark Shearwaters were incredibly fatiguing to me. But no one else has ever mentioned Meadowlark as being fatiguing.I don't get your comments on Naim having good soundstage depth. I always found it worse than pretty much anyt... | |
| Speakers for the real world. Placement problems. Polk LSI 15's are $1,200 from www.jandr.comWant more? Polk LSI 25'sI heard Polk and they are clearer than my B&W. Bass (powered sub) also stomps my B&W. They are not sweet. They are also not as well engineered or refined as B&W. But yo... | |
| Qualitative test of Auric Illuminator I heard no differences I could consistently identify.However, I can objectively say that treating CDR's before burning caused an increase in ruined CDR's. Apparently the Auric Illuminator blurrs the laser and creates problems when burning discs. S... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? Thanks for the suggestions. I'll put them on my list. | |
| Best powered mini monitors w/out sub Here are some Swans. May not fit in your suitcase.http://www.av123.com/diva_m200.shtml | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? Twl, so what is better than B&W? I agreed about the "blanket over the speaker veiling". What speakers can you recommend that are clearer but still play music, not just notes?I'm always searching, thanks for the help. | |
| Should mags review stuff not easily available Hi Unsound. I agree with your point. Without competition there is no reason for the big companies to work harder.But an example for me is a single driver speaker I found. I would like to hear it but then I get deterred from the concept when compar... | |
| Do HDCDs sound terrible on non HDCD players? HDCD is supposed to have a lower noise floor - that is what I was told. So HDCD encoding give a lower noise floor. I'm thinking they should sound better on all machines since generally they are better quality recordings to begin with. | |
| amp/preamp fit with Revel I've heard Revel with Musical Fidelity and it had a similar sound to the Levinson stuff. Very enjoyable. | |
| Speaker recommendation for Rega Mira How about B&W CDM 1 nt or DM 602 series 3? |