frogman
Responses from frogman
| Speakers vs. headphones rv, since circumstances require that you use headphones at certain times, you owe it to yourself to try a really good headphones set up. Two very different experiences, headphones/speakers. Overall, I prefer listening on my speakers, but those tim... | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? Me too. Have always disliked the label “audiophile” ‘though. “Enthusiast” works much better for me…..soon to be (more) “relaxed” 😊 | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? mijostin, my most ambitious mod was a complete rebuild of the crossovers (internal and external) and all wiring in a pair of Magnepan MGIIIA’s with high quality and bypassed caps and air core inductor coils; some of the best available at the time.... | |
| Transmission line speakers! My main speakers are the Stax F-81 electrostatics. Difficult load and brutally inefficient, but with the most refined and realistic midrange that I have ever heard in a beautifully stable and realistic, but small scale soundstage presentation. Lov... | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? Too many typos. Too many solder flux fumes? 😱 | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? There’s no question that it is much more practical to have a tonearm with a detachable head shell. There is also no question in my mind that, everything else being equal, having a fixed head shell has sonic advantages. Whether those sonic advantag... | |
| Loose wire? Funny, but I’d rather listen to the loose wire joke than to the music 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados I know what you mean, but don’t under estimate the influence (power) of the record labels and “the market”. Even serious artists feel the pressure and only the most uncompromising hold their ground when it comes to that sort of thing. | |
| Jazz for aficionados 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, it’s an attempt at mimicking the way that those words might be pronounced by a hipster or Jazz “cat”. I’ve often wondered if it was actually the composers of those tunes that spelled those words that way and not some producer who changed the ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados pryso, missed your question; sorry about that. You are exactly right; so that not all the stands of (in this case) violins have to turn the page at the same time. Notice that the violins with pages 1&2 of the music showing are also on the ou... | |
| Where/what is the best place to sell used components Reading between the lines, it seems that you are still interested in audio (“my B&W’s”). So, if that is the case and since you are brand new to this site, the answer to your question is HERE, of course. What I would do is go to eBay and look a... | |
| Evaluating Classical Music Albums rcprince is exactly right. Practically no orchestral recordings are made in actual recording studios; that was the main point of my comment. My personal experience is certainly not the final word, but I would also say that of the recordings that I... | |
| bose 901 active equalizer **** i still get great sound. **** Don’t worry about it. Burned out LED whose only function is to tell you power is on. Some here will tell you that it probably sounds BETTER without the LED on 😊. Enjoy your speakers! | |
| The Audiophile's Wife ….because you are “a man with exceptional EQ”. 😊 |