chrisr
Responses from chrisr
| CD players = dead? It does not matter if it's CD, streamer, blu-ray, sacd, tape, or vinyl, same rule applies to all: garbage in garbage out. It's all in the mastering. Most sound engineers now mix recordings so that they sound loud at low volumes. The reason why ... | |
| $500 (or less) CD players to mate w/ Marantz PM8004 & Vandersteen 2C Dekay, jsbach, what would the creek offer over the marantz pm8? | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil There's no easy answer to that but one thing for sure lifting them off the floor may not be enough.... it might in effect be better to ensure that they are positioned at equi-distance between the ceiling and the floor. | |
| Integrated Amplifier with the Good Bass and Extended Highs The new Yamaha as1000? | |
| If bi-amping is so great, why do some high end speakers not support it? Because bi-amping is not as good as two big monoblocks. | |
| Who listens primarily to Redbook CD? I do listen to CDs, SACDs and blu-ray. I discover music through Pandora and Spotify, and I buy a copy of what I feel is worth listening in higher resolution.When high capacity SSD becomes affordable, I will start to build a hi-res library, downloa... | |
| Speaker jumpers You can always use audioquest silver links. it is 16awg solid core wire and it provides good contact area in the binding post. $25. I do not believe a second that upgrading such a short connection (minuscule resitance) can make a difference, bu... | |
| Small living room speaker options.. Totem Arro? mdr, thx for sharing your experience... So you would say that the current focal chorus line is up there with totem ? | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? Directionality, narrow sweetspot. They are a one-listener speaker.Require lots of power to sound dynamic. | |
| Speaker Cable Suggestions Sabai, can you develop on the silver wire? Source and configuration? Thx | |
| Floorstanding towers If you can audition, totem hawk or staaf. They are in your price range - they sound bigger than they look, offer exceptional details and imaging without sounding analytical or dry. Bass develops really well with both;. The hawk has the edge in ... | |
| John Dunlavy On "Cable Nonsense" There's an interesting read on the QED website. At the bottom of the homepage, choose QED ACADEMY at the bottom of the page. You will find the genesis report, part 1 and 2. | |
| Small living room speaker options.. Totem Arro? I agree with 213runnin, Totem has increased their prices considerably on designs that are nearly 20 years old. Performance-wise, they are really good though, transparent, detailed with extended and rich tonalities. I consider my totem hawks the... | |
| Old NAD v New Marantz I do not know how marantz does with HT, but i can testify about the marantz quality. I have had a stereo integrated marantz 8400 (w/ toroidal power tranformer) ON for 7 years 24/7, and it sounds really good. Not a crack, as smooth as on day one... | |
| Tracks worth for a 1 Million system Ennio Morricone by yoyoma. |