dynacohum
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| Audioquest speaker cables Auxinput is right on the main point...better to go with single wire WT and upgraded jumpers than RH Combo, but wrong on the detail about how AQ works in the Folk Heros range...the Combo is in fact a pair of Zeros and a pair of Bass in parallel. T... | |
| Why do all Mahler recordings seem too bright? Listen to the Ben Zander/ Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra recordings of the 6th and the 9th. Recorded live in Boston Symphony Hall, with, to my ears, no EQ or compression. Multi miked but mixed to a very naturalistic stereo. Sounds great on... | |
| Best light weight full range speaker recommendation. What I'd like to know is what is the reason the OP wants a light weight? If by full range he means no sub needed, that's a tough nut to crack. Inert cabinets with large or multiple woofers tend to be quite hefty. One brand that gets low colorati... | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band w/Mike BloomfieldBob Dylan in the Folk City & 'Blonde on Blonde' time frameJoni w/Jaco+1 Stones w/Brian Jones Yardbirds w/Clapton, w/Beck, w/Beck & PageEarly Fleetwood Mac w/GreenieLed Zep early onAllmans w/... | |
| Great song to test bass Boomer favorites:Little Feat; 'Long Distance Love', Last Record AlbumHendrix: 'Hey Baby', Rainbow BridgeMahavishnu Orch: 'Vision is a Naked Sword', ApocalypseLoggins and Messina; 'Pathway to Glory', Full SailStravinsky; 'Le Sacre du Printemps' Val... | |
| Is pre-out the same ? Since you haven’t mentioned the make and model integrated you have all we can go on are general rules of thumb, like the 10:1 ratio. If there is a mismatch the specific result is a roll off of bass response, but even integrated amps’ pre-outs if t... | |
| What song have you played the most? I turn 70 this month, and I’ve probably played ‘Uncle John’s Band’ more than any other individual song, but Little Feat ‘All That You Dream’, and Hendrix ‘Hey Baby’ come close. So does ‘Cut Across Shorty’ by Rod Stewart. | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl The OP is experiencing an undamped medium mass arm with a too-compliant cartridge in combination with vented speakers. A stiffer suspension cart, sealed box speakers, a viscous damped arm…any will stop excess sub-bass from causing woofer oscillati... | |
| Whether to do anything about the limitations of our ears As a young person with healthy, maybe above average hearing acuity I would encounter older folks with declining acuity and thought that whatever their hearing filter was, they perceived live music through it and reproduced music through it too, so... | |
| Two Cables From One? I think your best bet is to start from scratch with an all DIY cable building project. There are plenty of sources for materials and construction methods out there. Once you've created your perfect length set, no one can tell you it isn't great ... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? I have no skin in this game, but I always loved the F back in the day. I didn’t work for TechHiFi but against them…or I would certainly have gotten a pair! The current Ohms are different in design than Fs, with batting on 90 degrees to make them ... | |
| Magnepan service shut down Their production manager quit and they are struggling to pick up the slack. Their business model is not sustainable. LRSs are so underpriced it creates artificially elevated demand and upsets the whole operation. Nothing that can’t be solved if th... | |
| HiFi vs MidFi As an industry lifer since 1973 with more experience in "mid-fi" than I care to admit, I define the term by recognizing the following: Mid-Fi is not made by a brilliant but misunderstood savant designer...it's made by an industrial manufacturer w... | |
| what's going on with specs? If you’re discussing Watts, the room size, its acoustic liveness, and most importantly YOU and your musical choices and volume demands all matter in determining how much amp you want. SS amps generally have low output impedance and ones on your li... | |
| Why do amplifiers sound different? OP has a depth of understanding comparable to that of Julian Hirsch in 1970. Since then a lot has arisen to pique the curiosity of both listeners and amp designers. The effect of global feedback was illustrated by Matti Ottala. Richard Marsh publ... |