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| How to tame brightness the Epos tend to get sharp/edgy/hazy/shrillThis is a characteristic with Epos. Been through this with B&W. While I tried all reasonable solutions (including covering all the walls with blankets), in the end I found no good solution in adding o... | |
| what percentage of us really knows sound So please tell us what this REAL system you own is. The suspense is killing me. | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System Or if the amp designer "tweaks" the sound away from just pure amplification. Has made big bucks for Naim. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Thanks Almarg. This was from Sam Tellig's column on the Halcyon passive pre.He recommended .5m max from the source to pre and 1m max from pre to power amp. Then again I don't understand why you would store e and electronic component in a wine cell... | |
| What is "critical listening"? AES PAPER EXCERPTCopyright Jon M. Risch, 1991, 2000. All rights reserved.Don't try to do too many listening trials at one sitting.Listen to the same section of music, no longer than a minute,preferably about 45 seconds long, no shorter than 30 sec... | |
| Select Your Less Than Ideal System E.Excellent sourceModerate amplificationModerate cablingExcellent speakers I think you missed an important choice.From the Audio Critic:As I used to state over and over again in the print version of The Audio Critic, all amplifiershaving high inpu... | |
| Ideal Complete System for $5000 Snell is great for HT and also music. Try the Snell C7 | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Why does the I/C from the source to passive pre have to be as short as possible while from the passive pre to power amp can be longer? | |
| What is "critical listening"? Here's a philosophical question. To get a good stereo you have to listen critically. After purchasing, the experts give the advise to "turn off" the critical listening and just sit back and enjoy the music.Bit if you have picked a system by the me... | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? Nope, you just have to outsmart them. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? I have a P-L-P (pathetic little preamp) which is a 25k TDK motorized pot. At the risk of being called tin ears, or worse, my Adcom GFP-750 could switch between active and passive and the differences were virtually inaudible. Maybe becasue I listen... | |
| sand versus shot in speaker stands Wells here is a bunch of click on "Abrasive Blasting Media & Ultrasonic Cleaners 2703" including steel. Lots to choose from. "Black Beauty Grit" looks pretty good too. | |
| sand versus shot in speaker stands How about Non-silica Smoking sand?I read you want non-silica for some (hazard?) reason. | |
| Hi-quality transport Thanks | |
| Low-cost I/C's Anti Cables look nice but aren't I/C's supposed to be shielded? |