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| most accurate loudspeakers.... I would agree with Donald & Detlof above, and raise the following point: an "accurate" speaker-system is capable of creating a NEW musical event in the room, BASED on the original recorded event."This is just an attempt to paraphrase or review... | |
| Vinyl or wait for the new stuff?? To all intents & purposes this makes a lot of sense -- ten years agoI would have to say if I was starting over I would stay with digital and hope for better sound down the road.Ten years ago, because digital seems to be sliding at the moment; ... | |
| Musicophilia - music & relationship to the brain the complexity of a composition is irrelevant as far as minimizing timbral errors. if i am listening to a symphony orchestra or a solo harpsichord i am aware of how erroneous(ly) a stereo system reproduces the sound of an instrument Actually, that... | |
| Do amplifiers deteriorate if not used? You can buy variacs... just about anywhere (that sells electronic items, that is). In its simplest form, it's a wall-wart with a multiposition switch on it indicating different output voltages per position... You just need the appropriate variac (... | |
| Celestion Ditton 44 Speakers My goodness! I had a pair of 44s dating back... just after electricity replaced gas lighting.I remember being excited at the sound. | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Thanks for the clarification Edwyun. In fact, I'm using a S&B passive. I prefer this to a ladder type resistor based unit -- which, OTOH is cheap to make (the S&B TVC is expensive); Both of the above where better than the basic rotary swit... | |
| Poll - Active vs. Passive preamp Passive (TVC) and, occasionally, active. Passive is in the system. My cdp & phono output stages are quite powerful even though the amps are an average load, and I don't suffer from ...A bit more transparency vs. a bit more body. as Paulfolbrec... | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Well, you could also consider diyhifisupply's django or MFA (I think) using Stevens & Billington trannies.However, I'm not sure what you'll gain by adding an inductive volume control to the system -- other than source switching capability.Are ... | |
| Tube amp for rock? Newb Questions Zam -- to generalise the issue: when I want s/thing to rock, I mean (among other things) I want to hear and feel the staccato, the sudden, the hard & the soft sound (whichever the rock player intended) -- and of course some of the impact energ... | |
| music , mind , thought and emotion Detlof bemones the paucity of words;, yet his article above (or "post", if you will) manages to be very direct, explicit and very important. *Explicit and important, because it can be read independently (hence my use of the word "article") and ret... | |
| New analog system disappoints, please help there is nothing obviously wrong but it sounds slightly recessed, flat and lifeless.That sounds like a phono input matter or a phono gain matter or a combination thereof. Check this out first as suggested.Normally you should have very good sound f... | |
| Tube amp for rock? Newb Questions Zamdrang, a quick look at published specs for the Stingray & Dalis reveals the following challenges:*output impedance Stingray 20 /100 Hz: 2,8/2,6ohm resp. Quite high, given that...*Dali, "nominal" impedance (i.e. 1W/ at 1kHz???): 4 ohmFurther... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Audioperv: that in every technology, there are inherent problems, and not all engineers know how to address themHmmm, may I paraphrase? "In every topology there are inferent problems, and all engineers (worth their salt) have adressed them, choosi... | |
| Audiophile Results And I suppose taped recordings sound better than the record from which it was dubbed,rightThat's copy. The subject here is different: sound reproduction.Actually, Herman is correct in his assertion, both empirically (you can try it) and measurably... | |
| Audiophiles vs DIY-o-philes Actually, to return to subject, it would seem that the primal scream of the diy-er was originally: buy "better" is not an option so I'm left with diy for improving sound.The you realise that diy can be fun (or not, depends on the person).But the u... |