dbphd
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| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. I suspect this thread finally gets to the heart of the matter: It's the fetish, not the sound. Same in the car world. Although sequential shifters are faster, more fool proof, and the standard in F1 racing, many car enthusiasts insist on manual tr... | |
| musical subwoofer recommendation for 2-ch I use a Velodyne HGS-15 with a pair of biwired KEF 102/2s crossed at 80 Hz, and they seem to blend seamlessly.db | |
| Mac Laptop & Sound Cards Ckorody,Is your statement that Macs don't use sound cards universal or particular to laptops? I have a 2 GHz Intel duo core iMac with 1 GB memory. Rbstehno,Do you use a computer as a source in your dedicated audio room, and if so what and how? Not... | |
| Mac-Mini to Home Stereo Sounds Harsh You might find Karl Schuster's article on pp 79-85 of the December 2007 issue of TAS helpful, although it seems PC oriented. He stresses the need for a sound card with appropriate jacks, and seems high on the Echo Mia MIDI. I'm not a fan of TAS, b... | |
| Replace cable box with Tivo I have TiVo HR10-250 and DirecTV Plus HD DVRs. The picture quality on both look absolutely splendid. I'm skeptical about Larry's universal pronouncement, thinking his experience might be particular.db | |
| Best used DVD Player...Not interested in Blue R... Rapogee,I have both a Sony DVP-9000ES and a DVP-N9100ES. The 9100ES has HDMI and can convert DVDs to 1080i; the 9000ES has no such capability.Both are very good for CD/SACD playback as well, but I prefer digital CD with DAC processing by my Procee... | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain Actually, Mrtennis, I find that I can multitask. So while on the computer I can listen to Pinnock's rendition of the Goldberg Variations and relish the fact that my system is able to capture the timbre of the harpsichord so well, right down to the... | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain I agree with Newbee, and hope Mrtennis is exaggerating his listening experiences. From the posts on Audiogon, I might conclude that most audiophiles don't listen to music, rather they listen to systems. They talk about reproducing audio as a hobby... | |
| Has anyone ever tried two center channel speakers? Aren't most center speakers aimed to rediate up towards the listeners, obviating the need for an above screen speaker? | |
| Has anyone ever tried two center channel speakers? Years ago as part of a project we had with the Motion Picture Academy (or whatever it was called then) I was invited backstage at the theater where they screen for the awards. The speakers were setup to fire through the screen.At least Stewart mak... | |
| whoom instead of BOOM Redwoodgarden,Your post is confusing to me. Why would you define deep bass as 8 Hz, and not the 15-20 Hz available with a big sub? What does an infra integrator do? I presume shake you, because you sure as hell can't hear 8 Hz. What woofer will on... | |
| Why are LCDs more popular than plasma? Yeah, Soundqcar, that's was exactly I was talking about: universal conclusions from particular premises.db | |
| Why are LCDs more popular than plasma? Like most absolute universal statements, Stevecham and Soundqcar, overstate the case. Some plasmas do movies better than some LCD. I doubt either is qualified to make such absolute universal judgements. In my experinece, the advantages of plasma a... | |
| Why are LCDs more popular than plasma? Only a single poster mentioned the lower power consumption of LCDs v plasma. I find that distrubing. It suggests weening folks away from SUVs will not be easy either. We may not like dependance on middle east energy, but we ain't going to do a dam... | |
| whoom instead of BOOM My Velodyne HGS-15 is crossed at 80 Hz. It blends seamlessly with my KEF 104/2s, generates that subtle vibration you feel at a pipe organ recital when a big pipe is opened, and can make you feel pressure on your chest during explosions in certain ... |