goofyfoot
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| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? Yeah, there's not much to those lupes and they're costly. I use a pair of binoculars on my field camera. It turns everything right side up, which I prefer, so I've never owned a high quality lupe like the Zeiss. I have the Quad 2905's but with t... | |
| Room setting: new amp or new speakers? I can recommend what I have; ASR Emitter 2 Exclusive amp and Quad 2912 ESL speakers. I would advise not to underestimate the value of having a great amp. | |
| How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music? When I first heard Captain Beefheart, it sounded like Frank Zappa and the Mothers on acid. I figured that out in five minutes. | |
| Front Row Seat Power Cord? I tried the $1,000.00 Audioquest power cable on my DAC and it distorted the bass terribly. I opted for a Cullen Crossover at a fraction of the price of the Audioquest. But from what your describing, I would recommend auditioning the Akiko Audio po... | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? @richardbrand Yes, hopefully that Zeiss Loupe from China is either real or a really good fake. I have a T* Zeiss monocular and it’s as clear as you could ever hope for. Personally, I gave up 35mm a long time ago. I now use a Toyo 45 A 4X5 field ca... | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? @richardbrand I would try B&H in New York City for new or KEH in Georgia for used. Sorry for misspelling loupe. | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? A loop is the most obvious. The best lens makers are Schneider-Kreutznach, Zeiss and Leica. | |
| a "resonance" in my left ear I have tinnitus in my left year. When I was about thirteen years old, I was playing drums for a rock trio and the idiot guitarist damaged my left ear by increasing the volume to ridiculous. The blast lasted less than twenty seconds but was enough ... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh Pre CBS Fender guitars, could become a valid comparison. | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! According to my local brick and mortar audio store, this has been in the works for a while. They dropped both NAIM and McIntosh at around the same time. And though I like the looks of that blue and green meter, I could never see myself paying what... | |
| Film Scores @erik_squires Possibly The Dillards, when featured on Mayberry RFD but that's a TV series and not a film. The Cohen Brothers are I'm certain, very aware of the musical aspect to all of their films. | |
| Film Scores @frogman I do know the 'Lieutenant Kije Suite' but wasn't aware it came from a film. Also, “L’ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud” is something I had heard before and appreciated but had forgotten about. Thanks for reminding me. And I'll I'll look into the ... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings @mahler123 I will then stay open to adding a sub at some point. Unfortunately right now, the amount of space is limited not to mention the cost involved. I never understood why people add only one sub when they use two speakers. | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings @mahler123 Sorry I confused your post with jdub39. The frequency range of the Quads are 32Hz-21kHz(16dB) 28Hz-21kHz (useable). And I've never been a fan of adding a subwoofer to an electrostatic speaker but if I did, I can see where a DSP would he... | |
| Placing Instrument Separation of Large Ensembles in Recordings @mahler123 I’ve had this system in three different environments and only needed to treat one of them. Currently, I really have no need for treatments but may consider some things just out of curiosity. The biggest advantage has been carpet under t... |