fleschler
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| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. You’re correct, I spent $6K on my CD player and $28K on my analog set-up. I won’t spend more than $20K on CD playback but I will spend up to $40K or $50K for LP playback.Until you’ve heard my system or my friends systems who have near SOTA CD play... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I had the Acoustat Xs back in the early 80s. They sounded very good with their built in high voltage amps (dangerous things). However, they looked like coffins (my late wife's terms) and had lost all its highs above the speaker height, about 4' ... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? skhkong78 Thanks about the upgrading components. Once I placed the Signature IIIs in my living room, it was mated to a voltage regulated (non-ultralinear) redesigned Dynaco ST70 with tremendous bass and original Mullard EL34 output tubes. Also,... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I agree with spatialking that mono LPs can be breathtakingly great sounding (I have many jazz LPs that prove that), I also despair at the inferior sound of many LPs, especially minor labels who cheaped out on the vinyl and/or mastering or major la... | |
| A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital.. LPs were a compromise development as well. 78s could have killed the sound quality of LPs (note the high end pressings at 45 rpm) but marketing/listening considerations won out. Edison invented a 6 minute 10" and a 10 minute 12" 78 rpm record i... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? geoffkait, d2girls, oregonpapa Rhythm/pace is numero uno. One can have music with one note repeated in a rhythm/cadence. It can be acoustically dead or alive. But music is based on time first, then frequency/harmonics and then dynamics. All the o... | |
| Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels Or Vicoustic panels or Synergistic Research HFTs for room treatment. I eliminated all my diffusing/absorbing 2X4 and other panels in a 25X20X9.5 room with 32 HFTs of various types, mostly placed as instructed. Worked great on a big room. Probab... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. ramtubes I poorly wrote that line about the EAR 912- My pre-amp has subminiature tubes rated for 100,000 hours, the EAR 912 can use 7DJ8s or 6DJ8s rated for 10,000 hours as you stated. My old EAR 864 NOS 12AX7s and 12AU7s only lasted about 3,0... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) I've only purchased speakers used. For high end after I turned 25, the Acoustat Xs, Acoustat 2&2s, Martin Logan Quests, Martin Logan Monolith IIIs and for the past 20 years, Legacy Focus and Signature IIIs. The Legacy speakers were a bargain... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Despite my rather large collection, I rarely paid more than $25 for a record, 78 or CD. Most of my collection was acquired between $1 and $10 each. I listen every day for 1 to 2 hours. That's my wealth, having the time after working, etc., to l... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification While I have a dedicated listening room I built 25 years ago, I made some major errors in construction. It is good that it has a 6" rebar reinforced slab, 8" plates with staggered 6" studs every 8". Survived a 6.9 earthquake with no damage (or t... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I use digital recording equipment now. Even the DCC recordings made in the 1990s sounded great. I still have a Tandberg 9100 and a Pioneer 1500 for playback. That Tandberg made some great recordings back in 1980s, better than early digital by a... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification The trolls have infiltrated this forum now. Too bad. It maybe shut down soon by moderators. Happens all over audiogon forums. | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I agree rauliruegas. I like both when they recorded and mastered correctly. When I record a chamber group and choirs, I use a near field technique. When I record an orchestra, I use a mid-field technique but close to row 3 through 7. I do not plac... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification georgehifi is the poster who has no technical counter argument. |