eldartford
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| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri...Of course you are entitled to your opinions (all of them). Just don't confuse them with fact. | |
| SACD Source recording "SACD croud"...I really didn't want to get another SACD vs DVD-A contest going. If you think SACD sounds better that's your opinion. In my opinion the differences are mainly due to how the particular discs were made, and your discs may very well f... | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Muralman1...Ok. I guess that's right. It just seemed to me that everyone was getting a bit carried away about how great their speakers are, and I though that a dose of humility was needed. We still have a way to go IMHO. | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri...Of course "close" is subjective. We disagree:) | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Sorry to rain on the parade, but I sometimes listen to a real piano played automatically by a floppy disc program. The sad truth is that no loudspeaker comes close to the sound of the real thing (yet), and the modern computer-controlled player pia... | |
| Piano that sounds like a piano Sugarbrie...Exactly the point. Piano is an excellent test, but you must have a superb recording to start with. | |
| Question regarding metal-bias cassette tapes. No magnetic tape can be completely erased, even in a bulk erasing machine that you put the cassette into. (This is why data tapes that contain classified information cannot be declassified except by physically grinding them up). However, the resid... | |
| Telarc recording quality Some recent Telarc releases have been a disapointment. | |
| Best Digital Amps Marakanetz...My experience suggests that digital equipment tends to be much more reliable than analog. The Carver executes an automatic self-test every time it turns on, and has various other self-protection features. On top of this, the Warantee ... | |
| Best Digital Amps Does "best" take price into account?Can anyone provide a list of "steet" prices for the units in question. I paid $840 for my Carver 1600s. | |
| SACD my thoughts at this time..................... Metralla...Not finalized, but inevitable. I hear that disc thickness in a few existing players is the only hang up. | |
| SACD my thoughts at this time..................... Ears...If you insist on only two channels, DVD-A gives you that via a mixdown. Remember that the "stereo" CD is also a mixdown from a dozen or more channels. Audiowise, such a 2-channel DVD-A signal is exactly like a CD except that there are 24 bi... | |
| Carver Pro ZR1600 I was wishing for the Spectron amp, but the price tag for 6 channels is a bit steep. Three stereo Carvers cost about 1/3 of the cost of the 6-channel Spectron, and having the amps in three units is more convenient for me.The Carver and the Bel Can... | |
| SACD my thoughts at this time..................... Ears... I guess we buy different DVD discs. Most of mine are "audiophile" labels from Europe purchased via internet, and they have small cases (and large price tags). Apart from the larger size, which may mean new storage facilities, don't you agr... | |
| SACD my thoughts at this time..................... Ears...Two minor factual corrections. 1. Most DVD-A (the ones I buy anyway) come in cases that are the same size as CD's. The larger ones that a few discs came in were really much better, but the manufacturers must have heard a lot of complaints a... |