cio52
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| Harbeth SHL5 I own the SHL-5's. Have no experience with Gallo. If you look through the Speaker forum you will see long threads about Harbeth Speakers that will be useful to you. You are lucky to have the opportunity to audition these speakers at home. I recomm... | |
| McIntosh C42 volume control questions. In a word -No- you dont have to crank the new versions up to 3/4 volume before you much sound out of it. More depends on the strength of the input signal. If you run a moving coil pickup through a moving magnet phono stage you won't get much volum... | |
| McIntosh C42 volume control questions. The volume control is extremely smooth and effortless. My c45 exhibits no sound (ie hum) from any source including the internal mm phono when turned to high volumes. My owners manual says that volume levels are controlled by a new Multi-Stage Prec... | |
| High End Audio and Your hearing as you get older To answer Fishboat, Anyone who rides a motorcycle without a windshield, ear covering helmet, or earplugs is getting about 110-120db at 60mph. That will definitely ruin your hearing. I have heard the phrase "listening at audiophile volume levels". ... | |
| Plugging Amp into Power Conditioner??? I would not leave my McIntosh MC352 plugged into the wall. My Chang Lightspeed HT1000 contains outlets for digital, analog, and amps and the system sounds better in all aspects rather than connecting to the wall. I have never experienced an instan... | |
| High End Audio and Your hearing as you get older I just turned 58 and have had tinitus (ringing) problems caused by influenza for about 12 years. I listen to music everyday and have learned how to listen around that frequency which occurs about 9khz. I can still hear frequencies higher than that... | |
| Are Harbeth S HL5's As Good As Reviewers Claim? This answer is not to evade or act smart it's just true. I've been listening to natural sound since birth. I am very familiar with the sound of real acoustic instruments in my own listening room. I've purchased box and panel speakers. I've gotten ... | |
| Are Harbeth S HL5's As Good As Reviewers Claim? After buying the Harbeth SHL-5 30th Anniversary speakers I put my system into the Done for Now catagory. Except for an upgrade for my SACD/CD/DAC and some wire changes I could put my system in the Done for Ever catagory. The Harbeths are that good. | |
| McIntosh 402/B&W 803D Question I have B&W Nautilus 803S's and they were rated as A- from Stereophile because of "a slight lack of bass". Have not heard the D's (but even with the the 3rd woofer) would think they are not the last word in bass extension for rock music. You ha... | |
| Hail to Mcintosh Thought it was time to revive this thread because all of the above opinions are still valid. I too grew up with the knowledge of McIntosh and other iconic American trademarks (think Harley-Davidson) and have tried to buy as many as possible. I too... | |
| The scoop on itunes artwork I've had the Duet for about a year. No artwork came through from my ripped CD's into the MySqueezebox program eventhough it was in Itunes. Also everyone of my album folders in Windows Explorer had a cover.jpg file that showed a thumbnail of the ar... | |
| Comment on Apple Lossless Hi Jpod,I'm using Apple Lossless for my Logitech Duet system and it does a great job. All our optical software readers can be affected from damaged discs and even new discs can have surface problems at a microsopic level causing jitter. I have fou... | |
| External hard drives and sound quality Hello all. Would like to offer a tweak that everyone above will find beneficial. Every piece of gear mentioned above suffers from internal vibration plus digital jitter which lowers the fidelity of your system. Putting your drives (internal or ext... | |
| Mcintosh 501 monoblocks vs. 402 I used my MC-352 & C45 combo with Maggies and loved the sound. I would find other speakers before I changed my Mac gear. |