fleschler
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| Amps I Like I compared multiple pre-amps at a store set up with identical equipment. The SP-10 (unknown which of the 7 versions) was the biggest (wide and deep soundstage), most detailed and large sounding. The SP-8 was about 60-70% of that sound. The top ... | |
| Amps I Like My favorite ARC equipment was the SP10 preamp and the Classic 60 amps (the latter I owned). They are sweet sounding, colored for today's sound but soooo musical sounding. Then came the sterile sounding equipment for about 20 years. I still pref... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? I hope that the Muse Erato II is vastly superior to an earlier CD player Muse built, the Signature 9. I purchased that junk for $2300 back in the 90s. It cut off the beginning and ending of a note, round, bloated sound. Yuk! My old Kyocera 310... | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? I have a very expensive customized listening room so acoustics are not an issue (it’s always been the speaker which limited my imaging/soundstage equipmentwise). I note that the 50’s/60’s small jazz recordings were commonly left, right track recor... | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? don_c55 That is one of the three reasons I stopped using stats after more than 20+ years. My wife couldn't enjoy (or me) the sound to the sides. I purchased big dynamic speakers instead. The Von Schweikert Ultra 9 and 11 speakers are so specia... | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? I agree that since 1995, compression is one of the three greatest causes of bad/poor quality recorded music. However, in the 1970s-1980s, pop/rock was often compressed on the finished product. I have plenty of examples where the Pink Island Britis... | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? mr_m1 Exactly true. Engineering for car speakers, not audiophiles (sometimes known as music lovers). | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? geoffkait wrote " Sorry, not buyin’ it. Digital is a pale facsimile of what it should be. I don’t even have to compare it to analog. Unless you’re extremely motivated and pugnacious you simply can’t extract all of the data on the CD. No way, Jose... | |
| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? I’ll chime in. The best early CD player which sounded analog-like was a Kyocera 410 from 1984. After that, it took me until 2006 to achieve analog-like sound (sometimes the CD is better, sometimes the LP) and that was the first version of the EAR ... | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl I've read through most of the posts. The extremists either hate or love digital or vinyl (or R2R). I have heard many systems where the sound detracts from the recording/performance. This is the problem. I have higher end electronics which prov... | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers Oops! I meant that I replaced the ML Monolith IIIs with Legacy Focus speakers which do not sound good in too small a room. | |
| Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers Yes, Martin Logans were considered BORING by my wife 20+ years ago (Monolith IIIs and reQuests). She complained about the lack of dynamics and bass. She said pop music sounded emasculated. I replaced them with Focus Signatures. They play every... | |
| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? jssmith +1 It's all about the sound/musical recorded event. With so many single format, limited edition recordings on 78s, LPs and CDs, I'm not going to go streaming. Plus, the sound of each format's recordings when mastered or remastered to a h... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad My friend has an old 27" tube TV 2’ behind between his two way stand mounted monitors. His room is a mess. However, the sound is exquisite. Superb imaging and sound from his custom built tube system (he is a cable manufacturer). I am happy to know... | |
| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? I'll start off with my selling of 18,000 records, mostly 78s over the past several decades. I have a rule that if I don't potentially want to listen to a record 3 times annually, out it goes. I still have 25,000 LPs, 7,000 78s and 7,000 CDs. I ... |