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| How much "more" for how much more $ ? Maybe people are tired of hearing this but... The best, and cheapest, way to get a speaker upgrade is to treat your room. We, me included, sometimes, fall into a "reverse snobbism" in audio; the feeling that gear over a certain price is some how c... | |
| If money were no object, what would be in your rig Remember Magico Ultimate II horn speakers? After I customize my miniature Carnegie Hall, I'd install the Ultimate IIs, multi-amped, and get a nice chair to admire the organ pipes behind the speakers. Once that's set I go to my huge record collecti... | |
| Modernists Unite, or: saying no to room treatment I would not lay this at the feet of Modernists, I see plenty or horror room systems in little quaint country settings or in cookie-cutter suburban-normal design. In Brooklyn I've had to compliment an audio guru's system that was placed in the livi... | |
| Is my room doomed? Pic After you try 11flat6 advice, if i doesn't help I'd agree that omnis are the way to go. You might only reach an 8.75 of your dealer perfection of 10 - but you'll never reach 10 with the room as it is now. 10's are only for treated rooms in my opin... | |
| Ia a good amp more important than a good DAC? I'd first establish what kind of sound you like, SS, tube, SET, Mosfet, mega-watt SS and find the best match for the amp/speaker combination. This cold be a really simple process: walk in and walk out of the dealer with a plug and play package. Or... | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I'll never forget when I first heard my Fisher 500C (7591 tubes) - It was the magic we assume brought our forefathers to audio. But as has been said above, it is really colored detail-obscuring lovely grunge. But who cares, Audio is about boxes th... | |
| Bass, more or less? It's something people hate to hear, but the best way to get good bass (acoustic bass and assorted musical cues) is from room treatment. The cleanest bass can not be bought, it has to be made. In a sense it's based reduction, not addition.Treatment... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Thank you Vetterone, I appreciate your offer. I'll call around in NYC. You may get an email.Gregg | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Walgreens "Perfection" RIP?It's no longer available, I could not find one in NYC in September, I'm going to have some time to play over Christmas so I thought I'd pick one up, are there any other suggestions? K-Mart maybe?Gregg | |
| DPS turntable Hi Thomasheisig,I've listened to well Reference on a different system. It was a good table, but I did not find that it had the quality I'm talking about.Gregg | |
| Used Vinyl: Classical.....Mono or stereo Try Audio Asylum - Music and Classical Court (in the archives) a lot of good information. It's a huge subject.Bruno for Brahms, not my favorite in Beethoven (at least the late recordings). I have actually been going back to my old Szell recordings... | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico It's clear from the review that the speakers were not the be all and end all, Magico was welcomed in to the field as a new player. Gregg | |
| How do you know that a record is really worn? #1 Give away - The sound of cosmic background radiation, that endless crackle that can not be cleaned. #2 Give away -"miss-tracking" that does not cause you to say "Boy, these old LPs certainly have great dynamic range." Distortion in "fortes" or ... | |
| The Ten Rules of high-end audio May I suggest a "0"?In audio, absolute fidelity, is impossible. An understanding of the trade-offs in "types of sound" and the limits of physics is essential to bring your experience of music in line with the realities of reproduction.Or something... | |
| What matters most for an enjoyable home listen? Agree with Rar1 and Larryken,Being relaxed and ready to actually listen, and not just use the stereo as a background music maker is the best way to get in the zone and have a meaningful time.As someone who drinks and plays, I still have my best li... |