herman
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| Speakers The single most critical component What he confuse with "echo" is the walking speed and changes of position while singing of the singers...They move constantly on the stage or in the studio and their head is never fixed but turn right or left singing or speaking... It is easy to he... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component Try my test with Kurt Weill and listen the singers ....If they comes from your back where there is no speakers then the room is not only good BUT under controls.I'm done with the "most critical component" discussion. But I'm curious how you determ... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component This is EASY to buy a relatively good pair of speakers, very easy.... BUT Controls of the room are NOT so easy to install...the thread is about the most critical component, not about what is easyand if you hire an expert in room acoustics the room... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component All what you say after miss the essential point...The room is the cake, you must design a room with all the passive and active acoustical controls necessary to help your speakers...“No , I nailed the essential point, which I stated very clearly,..... | |
| My personal top Tone Poet records As much as I hate supporting Amazon, the price for these on the Blue Note site is typically $35 while Amazon usually has them for around $25-27. Just pre-ordered the 2 newest releases. I have them all except for the Chet Baker Sings and Grant Gree... | |
| Speakers The single most critical component Garbage in = garbage out is a red herring.. even entry level source and amps are pretty good.. therefore there is no "garbage in". There is a little bit better in, there is I like the sound of that in a little better than another in, but there is ... | |
| Low gain dac! You think where the volume knob points matters. It does not. that is wrong... just plain wrong. You can google around for the technical explanations, but it is a well known fact acknowledged by any competent designer that operating a system with a... | |
| Wow, $10k+ cables But I think OCC single crystal wire is the best wire on the marketI’m going to speculate here... This person has probably auditioned a small fraction of the cables out here, and furthermore most of us have auditioned a small fraction of them espec... | |
| Help! Spakers damaged during shipping?Paid insurance (with proof)being told not Insured? "Insurance is a scam. Period."it is not, you just need to know the rules.I've had several claims paid by UPS. In each case I did not have the original packaging. However, I took it to a UPS store and paid to have them package it. If they pack it ... | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning concerns about heat are unfounded. Currently using one of George Merrills cleaners. http://hifigem.com/hydraulic-lp-cleaning-apparatusMKII.htmlit is a bit messy but if you have a utility sink somewhere like I do it does a fantastic jobAfter applyi... | |
| Are you getting ridiculous offers from new members if you think ridiculous = lowball then perhaps, but perhaps if you read the initial post you might have seen what I meant when I specifically mentioned trollsI've been trading here for over 15 years and just recently I am getting stupid offers and... | |
| Are you getting ridiculous offers from new members I don't know how this old post gained new traction, but it was never about low ball offers. It was about trolls, people telling me I must be a crook because my price was too high, people telling me my item was crap and sounded like it. people who ... | |
| Mono vinyl, how do you know if really single channel mono or if stereo recorded to mono In case anybody is still paying attention. The Miyajima Zero is here I can’t say definitely why because I’ve never had a mono cartridge, so is it because it is mono or because it is just a good cartridge or ??? But there is something that sounds ... | |
| Mono vinyl, how do you know if really single channel mono or if stereo recorded to mono Great... I have that in mono and listened to it many times on CD. It is a double album reissue in the Verve VSP series (Very Special Performance). No idea how it compares to the originals or the 45 rpm reissues. Ella, Louie, Oscar Peterson, Herb E... | |
| Mono vinyl, how do you know if really single channel mono or if stereo recorded to mono I hate to say it but some of the earlier rock and jazz recordings of the 50s and 60s sound the best in mono. Its not even close.Any recommendations, any favorites? In my never-ending quest to spend all of my retirement savings before I retire, I ... |