clearthinker
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| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl Hi mijoAnother thing about Yellow Shark is the brilliantly tight sound quality on a stock CD. Utter pleasure to listen.Those guys played because they were paid. But I do hope they enjoyed the sessions.Frank's orchestral music was modern but it i... | |
| Audiophile Loudness Wars—Too Much again!? If you think this is a problem, just buy less efficient speakers. | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? Miller again: "Putting the component on springs does not prevent anything from vibrating..." Boing boingPrecisely. Putting loudspeakers on springs positively ENCOURAGES them to vibrate. Under Newton's Third Law, the moving parts in a s... | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? The Beach Boys | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl Clearthinker - most people have no idea who Sandy Denny was talking about tragic. My favorite work with her at the helm would be Liege and Lief. After about 1/2 hour of Shut Up my eyes start to cross. I guess I prefer Zappa's solos in the contex... | |
| WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST? OP: 'touches your heart'.Many people see The Carpenters as pretty much pulp, but Karen's plaintive but confident aspiration in 'We've Only Just Begun' is cast into harsh focus with her death just a few years later from anorexia.That is an extrem... | |
| WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST? hi penguin67 With leather? | |
| Noise floors Ambient noise only becomes an issue above a certain level, although some noise is more invasive than other.If you have an ambient noise problem arising either from your home or from outside, first big steer is to listen at night when noise is way ... | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl [in alphabetical order]If I Could only Remember my Name David Crosby The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy DennyBlonde on Blonde Bob Dylan Sibelius The Symphonies Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Vanska Shut up ... | |
| Fear of volume control @tablejockey "2-3:00 o'clock-okay for few cuts, but just not healthy for long term hearing, particularly those among us with confirmed damage."Not a very bright statement. 2-3.00 o'clock is different on each set up. What it pushes out is a func... | |
| Considerations prior to your next purchase @GHD "I thought the definition of an audiophile was someone with an audio system of greater value than their automobile."No. Its someone with an audio system of greater COST than their automobile. | |
| Is it worth replacing an old amp? Simple answer. Audition in your system a 'better amp' you may wish to purchase. Any dealer worth his salt will allow you to do that.If he doesn't, walk away.If you think the sound quality is better enough to buy it, then buy it.From the dealer.... | |
| Where do you put your money? Room treatment 99.85%Transistor radio 0.15%Music 0%The radio sounds great in the new room.Just pointing out that OP's split is extreme. | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Suppose I place my monobloc power amps immediately behind the speakers and turn them around and locate with adjustable stands so the output terminals are immediately adjacent to the input terminals on the speakers.I then weld the amp terminals dir... | |
| As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly? Krell KSA50. Changed amplifiers up two gears back in 1983. Still have it in my system #2. |