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| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Axel, you have certainly set out on a difficult path and will certainly meet with a lot of denial. Come to think of it, there are only a few speakers around, which will meet up to the standards you set forward. You're right about phase shift also.... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Axel I agree what you say about the so called "highly resolving systems". I won't mention names here, but amongst them is gear highly revered by audiophiles who've never seen a concert hall from the inside and have their pockets emptied by gear wh... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Again, the deepest register of an organ for example, which is at 16 hz will cause the sensation of fear in you. It is first and foremost a physiological thing, the psychological reaction coming second. You will have the same sensation of unease li... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? Who said the VTLs rolled from the top?Don't make me laugh...... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Music has to do with emotion and many composers of classical music put "scary passages" into their music quite purposefully. R. Strauss does, Mahler does, Sibelius, Mozart in Don Govanni, Schnittke, Shostakovits, Berlioz, just to mention a few A g... | |
| Tube Coolers pros and cons Don't really know if they have any influence on the life of a tube, but they do help to reduce microphonics. Except for the cost, I've never experienced any drawbacks. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? "I think "getting off the merrygoround" is deliberately pejorative. Most don't want to get off, but often do have to cutback"ExactlyHappy listening and as Phd so rightly says, we WILL enjoy our music. Perhaps even more intensely and deeply during ... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Yes Tvad, LOL. Getting lots of inspiration from the "real" but how to implement at home with ones limited means pocketbook- and technologywise.....still it is possible to a certain degree, though not in the state of addiction, speak carousel- or t... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Actually, come to think of it, in my opinion the merry go round is not a good metaphore for what we are doing. Going round and round implies no progress. You may change your position within that given circle but you get no further. I find this too... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Get yourself this or that gear is not the point. Our tastes are too varied and the one man's heaven is the other man's hell..and as Tbg so rightly says, why get off at all. This IS our hobby and our passion and that's all there is to it. What most... | |
| Daria Rabotkina Pianist Thanks Gawdbless for pointing this promising your artist out to us. You are right, she's worth looking out for in the future. Her technical skills are excellent, regarding her grasp of the emotional content of her choices, she still has to learn, ... | |
| Two questions about....? Entrope and Learsfool are right as far as I am concerned. You will not improve a mediocre system with even the most highly acclaimed wiring. In a really state of the art system however, cables do matter much more than one might think. They can mak... | |
| are all amps equal Yes, Tvad is right. | |
| Outstanding brands? Good reasoning Mapmann, but allow me to remain sceptical. "Outstanding" is a subjective value statement, not an objectified label. I don't doubt that many people will find the MBLs outstanding as you find your OHMs. For me, I have some suspicion t... | |
| Jadis JA 80 or DA88S -'to be or not to be' Microstrip is quite right! I had forgotten, but I had used the XLO signatures with Jadis with very good effect. Highly recommended. In fact they were only bettered by Purist much later, which again even more later I exchanged for Stealth with diff... |