hilde45
Responses from hilde45
| What do you listen to? Roon has changed my habits – toward new listening. About 70% new. | |
| Denny Dias 21 minutes in, Dias states that Steely Dan's 3rd and 4th album were recorded using Magnaplanars, which Walter brought into the studio | |
| Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse? Doesn't correlate with sound quality at all and yes I use Class D. Agree, much of the time. Since Class D is relatively new and the kinks are still getting worked out, I think there is some correlation to sound quality – but as you point out, n... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @12many By the way, I like your handle – clever! Agree that what is heard gets incorporated. I agree with others that music is an ASC. (I mean, what isn't an ASC given certain definitions? That's a rhetorical question, FWIW.) The point of my qu... | |
| Tom Martin's Listening Room I was surprised to see the components between the speakers. Usually, they're down the side to help optimize imaging and minimize vibration. | |
| Denny Dias I'm super interested in this. Thanks for posting. | |
| Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse? I'm no longer convinced that talking about "Class A" vs. "Class D" etc. is all that helpful. Implementation designs vary in sound character so much that's it's almost like asking, "Has anyone listened to any 5' 5" musicians? I used to like them bu... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @sns I can think of at least one pretty persistent irritant for what I believe to be timbre issue, and that is massed violins Glad you mentioned that. It has become my first reference point for judging a system's (and recording's) quality. So ... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @newton_john thanks for the book reference; my library has it and I’m going to take a look. @stuartk I’m not talking about utilizing substances in precise doses, only trying small amounts to see if one’s perceptions alter and give them a new insi... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @stuartk In other words, can one evaluate a system’s sonics while in an altered state that is not absorption? The answer is no. I cannot evaluate my system stoned as a rock, or drunk and drunken. Why ? Because acoustics critical analysis is li... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @newton_john AI is getting remarkably good. At the very least, it is grammatical replies that have a beginning, middle, and an end. It may hallucinate facts sometimes, but at least I don't feel like I'm hallucinating while trying to read it. It d... | |
| Critical listening and altered states No you are wrong here. Sigh. Wrong again. Ok, I give up. Instead, a koan: The words all flow, Yet meaning hides in the prose, Mind in tangled knot. And a limerick: There once was a poster online, Whose temper was awfully inclined To flar... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? Part of the answer to your question (for me) is connected to whether the question is well put. Is it sensible and grammatical? Has the author reread their question before posting it, maybe even edited it? In other words, did they take a little e... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? The smart, experienced, temperate ones. There have been more than just a few, but many are not here or posting much anymore. Can I ask you what the point of your thread is? | |
| Critical listening and altered states @stuartk I’m trying to imagine a chemically-induced state in which one’s awareness is both freed from habitual assumptions yet still capable of reliable perceptions/judgments and I'm not able to do so. Having one drink or a little more could... |