herman
Responses from herman
| Integrated Amplifiers with neutral sound .NaimBut really impossible to answer since you provide so little info. How efficient are the speakers?What kind of music do you listen to?How loudly?Oh yeah, and how much are you willing to spend? New or used?And why do you think your choices soun... | |
| Mac Mini vs. Macbook Pro as a server .No, not attached to anything except my speakers because I built them in the room and they are too big to get through the door. I've only ripped a few records. The main reason I use Pure Vinyl is because I'm triamping with amps connected directly ... | |
| Mac Mini vs. Macbook Pro as a server .You have so much stuff going on in a computer that you cannot see. All that stuff running down in the operating system uses resources that take away from the sound.That is typical audiophile nervosa. It sounds logical but you have no idea if it i... | |
| Mac Mini vs. Macbook Pro as a server .I don't buy the argument that the mac is limited in audio because it does other things. There is no reason for that to be true. So you compare the mac usb to the others doing spdif or ??? If so your conclusion that the mac is not world class is i... | |
| Mac Mini vs. Macbook Pro as a server .Soundhouse,You talk about the sound of the Mini vs. the servers but don't mention your DAC. You say the Olive sounds better than the Mini but aren't you really saying it sounds better than whatever DAC you are using?I have developed a battery for... | |
| advice on projectors and screens .no, after researching it I decided I didn't want to spend the money right now that would be needed to get a decent system. As I inch toward retirement I seem to get more and more frugal.cute kid you have there. | |
| Skating force at 45rpm .The linear groove velocity of a 12 inch LP is about 2 1/2 time faster at the beginning of the side than at the end. If the anti skate was that dependent on speed you would need to slowly change it as the record plays.A 33 1/3 LP at the beginning ... | |
| Pure Music volume control through iPad .I use it with an iPad and Remote and don't notice a delay. There may be a very small one but not like your sitting there waiting for it to react.I also use it sometimes with Screens which is a VNC program when I want to play with the preferences ... | |
| My audiophile take on the symphony last night. .I don't think you can separate the two. If you hear the instruments spread out around the stage in the correct places then the imaging is good and you have a big soundstage. If the soundstage is collapsed you have poor imaging.Isn't that correct?. | |
| My audiophile take on the symphony last night. .Difficult to comment unless I was there siting near you. I would think a rolled off high end would be a problem with your seats or the hall. Hard to imagine they all had instruments that were rolled off.Soundstage is a different issue. Unless the... | |
| What would you upgrade next if you had my hifi ? .Are those wind chimes ?Is it breezy in your room?. | |
| How do you know when to replace a tube? .They do gradually degrade but can also just quit working.That would not be the problem with the sound changing from beginning to the end of the album. That can be caused by improper cartridge alignment.I'm with the others; buy a new set of tubes ... | |
| Why has audio become so specilized over the years? .OKDuh, because the answer to your query is obvious if you take a few seconds to think about it. why has everything become so specialized over the years?Pick anything... cameras, cars, toasters, medical devices, spacecraft, weapons, wine bottle op... | |
| Why has audio become so specilized over the years? .Granted, today audio systems's provide greater fidelity of soundDuh, isn't that whole purpose of the exercise?The systems have evolved and they sound better. It is what it is. I don't see the problem.. | |
| How much uncompressed music in Ipod classic? .Maximum size of a CD is .7GB so that would be about 240 CDs. If you figure the average is closer to .5GB it would hold 330 or so.. |