chayro
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| Omega single driver speakers Not about Omega particularly, but I think single-driver speakers are more about what you don't get. You don't get amplifier clipping, crossover distortion and time smear and stuff like that. I think it's something you either appreciate or you do... | |
| Thoughts on the most difficult instruments for speakers to reproduce? I don't think any one instrument is that difficult compared to complex orchestral pieces. That's why you will rarely, if ever, hear orchestral music played at shows. It's always something simple like Bach cello suites, Musica Nuda, some "girl a... | |
| VPI ADS Versus SDS That is too bad. I have a Falcon and a Walker and I ended up using the Falcon. | |
| Just Got My Oppo 205! So - I've had the Oppo for about 10 days and I really haven't done any vigorous burn in on it. Ran the Purist disc through a few times and let some SACDs play just to break in whatever parts play the SACDs that may be separate from CD. I have to... | |
| Verities of Time Ah yes. Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Time passes more slowly when you're with your relatives. Sad but true. | |
| Just Got My Oppo 205! @ptss - no, I didn't buy the 205 as an audio upgrade. After my Oppo 981 broke, I was using a $30 DVD player someone gave me and I needed a decent player. Plus, I wanted very much to play my SACDs and DADs, which I couldn't do on the Acute. Tell... | |
| Just Got My Oppo 205! I wouldn't say intimately familiar, but I'm pretty experienced with this stuff. I know there is a dynamic range compression feature, which I know I turned off. I really think it needs some break in. As I said, I just put this up due to the rece... | |
| Tube test numbers - what exactly do they mean I know there are other tests that can be run and I think they were trying to simplify things for me. I originally wanted Andy at Vintage Tube Services to test them, but he never got back to me. I'm not going to take this any further. The tubes ... | |
| Just Got My Oppo 205! I absolutely agree with the fact that burn in may well improve things significantly. Just giving my first impressions. But I remember my Esoteric X-05 experience. I kept it 6 months and it never really improved. So we'll see. But I think it's... | |
| Totem Speaker Wiring Just means you should try connecting the speaker wire to the top 2 terminals OR the bottom 2 terminals OR one top-one bottom terminal to see which yields the best result. Just don't forget that when single wiring you need to use the jumpers betw... | |
| Tube test numbers - what exactly do they mean So Tube Depot answered me and said that 70 is the plate current and 200 is the transconductance. They said that this means that the tubes have 70% of their lifespan left. Those 845s really last, don't they?I don't listen all that much, but those... | |
| Are We Different? The audio obsession is a complex psychological thing that can, like alcoholism, gambling and other things, become very ugly when taken too far. I've seen people so obsessed by the equipment that they cannot sit still long enough to listen to one ... | |
| Trouble in Fleetwood Mac....... I saw Fleetwood before they had Lindsey and Stevie. They were an opening act at the Fillmore East. Can't remember who the headliner was. So many greats - Who, BS&T, Mothers. | |
| where are Primare products manufactured? Any product that mentions Sweden and Scandinavia that much is probably not built in Scandinavia. If it were, they would say - "Designed and manufactured in Sweden." But it really doesn't matter if it sounds good. I don't know. Just sayin'. | |
| I have been using the Cambridge 851 CD player for a few years and want more. Try a Doge6, available directly from the company. An amazingly good piece. You virtually never see one up for sale. I sold mine to finance an Esoteric X05 and I was very sorry. |