dgarretson
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| How do you judge your system's neutrality? The little blue pill may be a case in point regarding preference choices relating to neutrality and coloration. Of course there are more Subjectivists than Objectivists in this particular coloratura, so consensus tends to move in an upward bias to... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Mrtennis, For me the interesting aspect is deconstruction of the notion of coloration, which is often left unexamined by subjectivists focused purely on aesthetic enjoyment. Unlike a live acoustic performance, audio playback is at the intersection... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Byron replied to my last post with questions:(i) What about situations where you change a component and you get the result that SOME characteristics have improved and SOME have stayed constant. Is that an improvement in neutrality?(ii) Can you say... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Cbw723 wrote, "All that has been suggested is that components may have either more or less coloration, and that it may be possible to distinguish one of those conditions from the other."My point is not too different from yours. Movement along a co... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? The process of incremental modding leads me to the hypothesis that most of the qualitative measures of sound are linked variables depending upon the independent variable of a circuit change. When a circuit is changed in small ways according to rat... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Bryon wrote: "Admittedly, my operationalization is only a way to judge the RELATIVE level of coloration/neutrality of a system, not its ABSOLUTE level of coloration/neutrality."Maybe it's possible to move the discussion in a slightly different dir... | |
| Slagle AVC Modules & Lightspeed Attenuator I missed this review the first time around. I have been thinking about both approaches for an interstage volume control in my tube preamp. I will probably try the LDR approach first as it is so simple & inexpensive. | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Slithering into December, rather than bore oneself wondering whether Dylan's Xmas album is dark or lite, proceed directly to Ryco's retrospective of unreleased Morphine "At Your Service." Live Disc 2 "Shade" puts Mark Sandman in the ring with Jim ... | |
| VPI TNT Owners A standard TNT armboard is 3 15/16" x 10 15/16". Is yours different? | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Mekong56, Agree that AIC is among the year's best. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Livemusic, your description of Stanton dove tails with my experience of Empire 888E. My Astatic MF-100 and Andante P-76 have better control over bass and low midrange, and thus better separation and a more open soundstage. But the warm ones like E... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Consider that the choice of synthetic vs. natural materials may serve different purposes in difference applications. The natural (silk?) wrap around each filament in a Marigo cable may serve to dampen vibration, independent of the performance of t... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Department of Eagles "In Ear Park". The alter ego of Grizzly Bear has grown on me after learning that the band toured with Radiohead. Though operating on a smaller scale than Radiohead, Grizzly/DOE and RH have same ability to turn linear structure... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far That Auerbach is tasty and earns a place next to old Savoy Brown.Still need to find that Sonic Youth. A great review in NYTimes last week of The Eternal in concert. | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far "Them Crooked Vultures". Fascinating cross-currents of Cream, Zep, Foo, & QOTSA. Homme's tendency toward head-banging is kept in check and surprising flights of lyricism abound. Excellent uncompressed vinyl from Bernie Grundman Mastering. |