hdomke
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| Room Treatments - Where to learn more? Ncarve,Thanks for your suggestion of "The Master Handbook of Acoustics," by F. Alton Everest, 3rd edition. I just ordered a copy on Amazon for $24. That seems dirt cheap when I gather that many audiophiles don't blink at spending hundreds of dolla... | |
| Vinyl or wait for the new stuff?? Shall I make the move or just wait for the SACD/DVDA ?Isn't SACD dying? It seems like many new pieces of Audio gear do NOT support SACD. For example, I am hot to buy Nagra's high-end CD player and it does not support SACD. Plus many new recording... | |
| Why Do Audio Engineers Use Different Speakers? The answers to my question have been most enlightening. Thank you. Now let me put a twist on my original question:Why Don't Audio Engineers Use Expensive Cables?I suggested to my audiophile friend that Audio Engineers do not use the expensive cabl... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Steuspeed,You can't change amps, cables or tubes. Many in this hobby enjoy the challenge of upgrading and tweaking their system to their taste.I suspect once I get a really great system that I will be happy to just keep it for a couple decades. I ... | |
| What do you do when you listen to music? The responses to my question have been fascinating. Thanks! It makes me wonder if having a high end system is so good, so real, that it jumps up and grabs you and holds your attention. In the few times I have heard really great systems I had no ur... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies Duke,In my opinion it's not the only speaker likely to have these characteristics.What other speakers do you thing would have these characteristics? What other speakers should I be listening to if budget is no limit?Thanks for your thoughts on rev... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies After you audition the 5's track down Wilsons for similar money and I think you will find B&O is not in the same musical universeZenblaster, funny that you should mention the Wilsons. This week I did extensive listening to a pair of Wilson Sop... | |
| Beolab 5 - Four Questionable Technologies There was a review on this speaker a couple years agoYes, one particulary rave review was in the Audio Critic:Audio Critic Review#1 sounds like typical marketing drivel.I agree, but what if it is real? It sure seems like a good idea in theory. I g... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Albertporter, you write: "My counterpoint question is, Why do women shy away from competition"Excuse me, but when I look around I see many successful competitive women.Women who run countries (Margaret Thatcher) or who want to (Hillary). Women who... | |
| Why Do Audio Engineers Use Different Speakers? Steve Hoffman certainly has some fine audio gear. But are his speaker choices typical for most engineers? Am I wrong when I write "I hear they tend to use smaller self-powered speakers the majority of the time."? |