cwlondon
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| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained This observation is certainly true.But audiophiles prefer the discomfort and unpleasantness of ever increasing accuracy, "transparency" and "resolution" to the contentedness of being happy with their systems.Without this neurosis, they would have ... | |
| Anybody own any direct-to-disc LP's? The LPs were great - one of the things that got me into this madness, even though I was only playing them through a Technics receiver, a Sanyo turntable and Infinity Qas, circa 1979.Try Dave Grusin Discovered Again if you don't mind elevatorey, co... | |
| High Powered Wireless Network for Audio Rrog,After several hours on the phone with my ISP, I still have bad results, new, staticky intereference with my cordless phones, and not one but two modems I now have to send back, on my time and at my expense.Maybe it's just me, but one of the r... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox Touch DAC: How Good? The Squeezebox Touch sounds interesting and I would like to try one.Can someone please explain: to organize my various music files - whether ripped from EAC, ripped through iTunes, downloaded from HD tracks, or downloaded from iTunes....Does the S... | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker Ryder,In 2004, I see you described your profession as an "engineer".So you are not a Harbeth dealer? Do the images on your system link belong to Harbeth?Re not smooth, I would agree regarding Sonus Fabers, I had a pair of Cremonas once, and kept t... | |
| Replacing Nano with iPod for Best Sound I see that Stereophile has included the latest generation of "Classic" iPods in the latest list for recommended components. | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker Have any smooth seekers tried the Harbeth P3SER? | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine Further to "pace, rythmm, and timing" or PRAT, I believe the UK hi fi industry invented the term?So further to this thread and another recent one about Linn bamboozling its customers with Jedi mind tricks, American and International readers should... | |
| Replacing Nano with iPod for Best Sound TimrhuThanks but it seems you drew in the competitive bidders.It traded away for > $600, higher than I would have expected. | |
| How to Hook Up 4 Dq-10 speakers SummitavOh yes, I remember Advents too, so I would love to hear more about this - it seems many people (including Mark Levinson) also got "lucky" with Quads.I had a friend and audio mentor circa 1979 who was very lucky with KLH9s.If speakers were ... | |
| Holiday Music Pandora Cruz123Yesterday as the weather got a bit cooler in New York, I was thinking ahead to winter, Christmas and jazz holidays on Pandora.It works perfectly for this purpose. | |
| Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have Gawdbless,A good point re mileage - yes one of the criticisms of Ducati owners is that they are poseurs who never actually ride motorbikes.I suffered through more than 25,000 miles on my 1098, although tough to say how many actually, because the o... | |
| Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have Hatari and othersThis thread is overdue for an update, but on the subject of Ducatis, I finally gave up.My yellow 1098, as gorgeous as it was, spent most of its life in the shop, and I spent most of that time wanting to kill both the dealers and D... | |
| EAC - Ripping Options Can anyone explain, please, how to rip to FLAC using EAC? | |
| How to Hook Up 4 Dq-10 speakers Re If you mean "stacked"; They sounded fantastic!! I am sure they would sound fantastic today, too.So can anyone explain why no one tries to stack speakers today? |