eldartford
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| Any New Magnepans In The Future?? A push-pull magnet structure is theoretically a good idea. However, I wonder how much the field strength of the single-ended structure really varies over the very small distance that the membrane moves, and having magnets "in the way" must have so... | |
| Home theater center channel decision to make. Mattkimb96...Your suggestion for a listening test is certainly appropriate, but I think it needs to be a bit more extensive, using a range of program material. Depending on how the program was mixed the role of the center channel varies significan... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? I think that DBT is a way of validating (or invalidating) "decidedly subjective" opinions about sonic quality. If you can't reliably tell which is which, your opinion about which is better must be taken with a big grain of salt. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Lousyreeds1...Vocal cords are sometimes called "reeds", particularly in a derogatory sense. So I guess it must be the clarinet. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Lousyreeds1...On a different subject..I am curious, about your user name. Does it mean you can't sing, or do you have problems with your clarinet? | |
| buyer beware of late "unbelievable" low price can simply be the result of ignorance on the part of the seller. When a nearby high end store went under the bank held an auction. After selling off all the speakers and amps, and after the auction was officially over the ... | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Marakanetz... I like "Peter and the Wolf". Maybe that's a start :-) But that piece has lots of melodies that I can hum.Your comparison of music to language does not advance your point of view. Languages are very structured, with a few irregular ve... | |
| Another sign SACD is dying Tvad...Good idea, but why not cut out the middle man, and have orchestras or individuals put up their own stuff, as is happening in the pop music field. For example: the Boston Symphony Orchestra could offer downloads of its live performances for ... | |
| New Digital Switching Amplifiers Unsound...The answer to your rhetorical question is that any digital-to-digital conversion can be done EXACTLY within the resolution of the digital data. Even Fractional bits, resulting from the conversion, can be represented by oversampling. | |
| New Digital Switching Amplifiers Unsound...Not all digital amps accept digital input...yet. | |
| Magnepans vs Quad 22L's.. I am a Maggie user, and I think that the MG1.6 is the best choice of Maggies for most people. It has later technology than the 1.2. Of course the MG3.6 with ribbon tweeter is supposed to be better, but costs a lot more, and may have reliability pr... | |
| New Digital Switching Amplifiers golix@macunlimited.net...The switching frequency is not fixed in Tripath-based amps, and some others. Your understanding of digital amps is dated in other respects too. As to their advantages, light weight is not important for home audio, but low ... | |
| Tremendous RF problem -- phono stage is a radio The various suggestions that have been made are worth a try. However, let me note that low impedance/high current circuits, which means a MC pickup and solid state amplification, are less likely to have your problem. | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Marakanetz...I don't claim extensive knowledge about musical structure, but I do know that rule sets provide a framework for composition. There are different rule sets...for example not all music uses an 8-note scale. For most people, the most obv... | |
| Tremendous RF problem -- phono stage is a radio Rives...For many years I used shielded 300 ohm twinlead for FM signal. I am in a weak signal area, and noise from autos on the nearby road was a problem. It worked very well, but the surprising thing was that the shield was, by design, not tied to... |