french_fries
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| The Ten Rules of high-end audio rules are nice, but until you audition several systems that sound like live music, regardless of price, you won't have a "ruler" in your head to make comparisons. so i don't regret having heard the "state of the art" early on, even if i couldn't a... | |
| Difference between today and yesterday. i have wondered with great interest the reviews that the older B&W matrix speakers have received, especially during the time when digital audio was still in its early stages of developement. these speakers were designed as studio monitors, and... | |
| Classical Record Labels and Recording Engineers... my personal favorite are the columbia-360 grey/blue labeled recordings- Berstein and the NYP/Columbia Symphony O. as well as eugene ormandy and the philidelphia orch. are very dynamic with very low noise levels and quiet pressings. the bernstein r... | |
| OK, I'm dumb. Does it ever end? 1st of all i recommend that you buy some vintage rowland components and save money. BUT usually it is advisable to splurge on speakers 1st- buy as far above your price/expectation level as you can without committing a felony. btw, rowland has neve... | |
| Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8 i still would like to know after all of this sophisticated verbage and back and forth if one (or both) of these very expensive speaker systems sound like real pianos, violins, guitars, voices, etc. in a moderately (or a bit larger sized) room with... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed the vpi scout is supposedly a well-designed turntable and more than a few professional reviewers seem to think it performs well above its price level. perhaps even throwing a blanket over the front of the cabinet to shield the turntable from air-b... | |
| Tivoli Model 1 vs. Model 2 the "clock" in the model-3 isn't that great, but the "3" has more features than any other model- namely, an external power supply, and a stereo/mono switch in case you need to clean up the reception and don't have a sophisticated antenna. the mode... | |
| Review: Pass Labs Aleph 3 Amplifier i love the sound of the aleph 3 as well as a friend's 1.2 monoblocks, but i HATE the ergonomic placing of the power switch on the BACK right next to the speaker terminals. if someone could explain to me why nelson pass HAD to design the amp this w... | |
| Are tube watts equal to solid state watts? all-tube guitar amplifiers are a good example of two principles- ONE- capturing tonal details that bring out the "woodiness" of the instrument, and TWO- being able to accurately reproduce the wide dynamic range of the instrument- i.e.- going from ... | |
| preamp for dartzeel amp? please notice my disclaimer that i AM quite opinionated, and must concede that the performance of the dart preamp is probably as good as people say it is. unfortunately, I am limited to the time i heard an older rowland system with avalon ascent-... | |
| Replace my B&W 802's? i personally had the 801s3's with sound anchors/tip toes and a maughn box. sound anchor makes an excellent stand and mechanically grounds the speaker which tighten's up the bass.without good stands or at least the manufacturer's supplied spikes th... | |
| The power of music maybe instead of prayers only starting "our father who art in heaven" every day, we should simply repeat "we're all made the same" 10 times (and yet it's still so difficult for us to really believe this simple fact). i often find myself in the mid... | |
| Wilson Maxx2 or Aerial 20T if the aerials are "refined" enough for you at this point, as far as reaching deep enough into recordings and extracting the heart of the music, the extra bass and throwing a better stage are not great reasons for upgrading. however, if you feel t... | |
| Reel 2 Reel dear jsman, i compared the transports on the otari 5050 and the otari mx-55n, and there is no comparison. the mx55 ff- rew- and plays and comes to a gentle stop "on a dime". the 5050 i saw had jerky starts and stops. not bad enough to cause any pr... | |
| Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8 while i am not a wilson fan, the w/p tweeter is not at all grainy or harsh. a violin's sound, however, WILL be sharply defined. to some people it sounds "etched", to others it is refreshingly free of distortion. as i said earlier, WITH the right r... |