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| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? 1969Kenwood KR-77 receiver. 24/wpc @ 8 ohms, solid stateAllied Radio Horn speakers w/12 inch acoustic suspension wooferGerrard SL-95B turntable w/Pickering or Shure cartLed Zeppelin I & IIYabba-Dabba-Doo | |
| Just wanted to introduce myself. Kentucky? | |
| My music sounds brighter Do you have any Stereophile test CDs? They go thru all frequency ranges. Pay attention to the bass and lower frequencies for deficiencies. Lack of bass makes it sound like your speakers are "top-heavy" when they are actually bass shy. | |
| Another amateur in need of advice Tannoy has been making speakers (in England) since the 30's. The English use "Tannoy" for speakers like we use "Kleenex" for tissue paper (or Band-aid for self-stick bandage). | |
| Accuracy vs. Enjoyment Short answer? Two systems... | |
| Just wanted to introduce myself. Used a Techniques 1500 (may have been a 1700) around 1980 in a Hollywood duplication studio (made duplicates of radio commercial tapes for national/local distribution). Very nice machine! Didn’t they make R2R decks which recorded at 30 ips way-bac... | |
| Oppo UDP-205 Firmware Update Yes, the player shows the version number but not the release date. My player is up-to-speed, thanks | |
| Oppo UDP-205 Firmware Update Mind posting the version number or is this displayed by the player? | |
| Another amateur in need of advice Buying quality speakers up-front means they only sound better as your system improves. Sound advice. | |
| My music sounds brighter Look in your Yamaha manual for "Return to factory settings". You may have had some "alien A/C" that screwed with your chip. Start at the beginning. Also, remove the dbx from the system and see how it sounds. Finally, is your wire shielded or unshi... | |
| "The End of The Road" I'll stick with my B&W 804 D3 (for two channel). I've been sniffing around some Klipsch Forte III for HT, but then I learned about the Klipsch Cornwall! Will it never end?! | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Is she talking about audiophiles?"only the best allows you to rest"Sarah Jarosz, Song: "Take another Turn" Album: Undercurrent | |
| Speaker Wire question You can't (or, at least, shouldn't) judge the quality of a new component after a brief audition. You are probably going to get 90% of what all wire will give you. It usually takes months of listening for me to appreciate the changes the new compon... | |
| Not enough power what does it sound like? Music is uninvolving, two dimensional, homogenized, textureless, etc. | |
| Bi wire and powered woofers Is it possible to disable their amps and run on something external? |