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| Why does the copy sound better than the original Good question, and I'm no expert on that one!It would seem the practical course of action is to email either Peter McGrath or Robert Harley, and find out if there's been an exploration of why this happens, along with whatever limitations (exclusio... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? I have found the room to be the biggest contributor to sound, Sabai. Even an untreated 13 x 27' room, with many openings (a la Spanish architecture) allows the sound to move into other areas of a house without hitting boundaries, as I found out fo... | |
| Why does the copy sound better than the original There was an issue in TAS where Peter McGrath, engineer for Wilson recordings, heard a copy of the CD and it sounded better. I believe the word he uttered was "impossible!"As it turned out (on CD at least), the CD-R/RW pits are wider than the comm... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips So, using this as a diary entry, it's now 2:03 a.m., exactly 3 hours, 15 minutes after I put the WA quantum chip on the capacitor (at 10:48 p.m.).There is enough of a change in that time to note several things: the backup vocalists on Big Barn Bed... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Sorry, I meant the "Big Barn Bed" cut on McCartney's Red Rose Speedway album. | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Antigrunge:Having just received some more chips for different placement (capacitor, op-amp/dac chips), I decided to place the capacitor chip on my cj preamp. I had played The Eagles Hotel California album (specifically, the "Hotel California: and ... | |
| Fuses that matter. P.S. The small HiFi Tuning Supreme fuses are 58.95. The large ones are $84.95, same price as the Synergistic Research models. Clearly, it's a race! I got mine thru Revolution Power, which also have the Furutech and IsoClean lines. | |
| Fuses that matter. Harry Pearson, although not stating whether or not he has tried other fuses, states on his website, hpsoundings.com, that he uses the HiFi Supreme fuses. Of course, this doesn't mean he's heard the Synergistic Research or the AMRs. I bought a coup... | |
| What Does Holographic Sound Like? Sabai:The conversation seems to have taken a decidely interesting turn, and it's months since this thread started.I am unclear why it has not been stated that a holographic presentation is an inherent property of the component itself. A Philips 10... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Thanks for the tip, Chuck. That's exactly how I did it, too!I do have a question for those with the Hi Fi Supreme fuses: did you put them on the metal end (not on the end itself, but the metal part of the fuse that covers the end, or did you keep ... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips Tbg:Thanks for the insight. My chips arrived today: both the fuse and speaker "chips."I agree with Lacee that the directionality of fuses is more obvious with the chips. I have the HiFi Supremes and I most definitely heard the difference in direct... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips These chips remind me of the Combak Resonance Devices that were featured back in TAS in Issue 75/76. I bought them at the time, and put them on my JVC XLZ-1010TN player. What a change in the sonics! It seemed to clear up fuzziness from the sound a... | |
| Arcam DV139 vs Oppo 95; any thoughts? Oh, the CD players that have passed thru my system - as a past reviewer for TAS, an editor at the late Fi magazine, and a writer for Ultraaudio.com) have been an Accuphase (forget the model number), Meridian 508.24 and Bryston BDA-1 DAC. The JVC i... | |
| Arcam DV139 vs Oppo 95; any thoughts? P.S. No, the Arcam does NOT surpass the Oppo in sounding "like music." The Oppo resembles the JVC XL-Z1010TN (which I have, along with the 1050 model), and they surpass nearly ANY CD player I've EVER had in sounding like music. And this is with No... | |
| Arcam DV139 vs Oppo 95; any thoughts? Yes, I have a FMJ 23 and had the Oppo BDP 83. Oppo is fuller and richer-sounding. Slighter higher resolution. I love my Arcam, but was highly impressed with the Oppo. |