hilde45
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| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" Beyond this why does someone else care about mine or anyone's listening preferences. Good question. I think it's because people who are caught in the endless upgrade cycle need a touchstone to help skyhook them out of it. That skyhook is, "Th... | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? Am I missing something? Audio rigs produce microcosms of live music. There's no alternative, unless your living room is the size of the venue. Or consider how loud a trumpet is when played by a real person. Do you want that in your living room? I ... | |
| "audiophiles listen to their equipment" No one wonders how we can BOTH think about the taste of our food and then go back to enjoying it. So why is this such an issue for sound and music? Honestly, it's only a dilemma for those in the grip of nervous audiophile syndrome. The rest of ... | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? I wonder if the poll was conducted among classical music listeners if the results would be the same. Well, if they were looking at the chart I posted, they would see that 70 db is well below average for what instruments actually produce. For... | |
| Does loudness play a part in your appreciation? Higher volumes can make things more involving, yes. Depending on the components in the system (I switch things around), they need more ooomph to get momentum, come into balance. Regarding the idea that 70 db is loud, here’s a chart: Environmenta... | |
| Best Audiophile Album in terms of Dynamic Range and Mastering Quality? These are go-to's, as anyone familiar with RMAF can tell you. https://bluecoastmusic.com/ | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? William Shatner | |
| Balancing "compelling sound" and euphonic sound @magon Thanks. When you say transient attacks were a bit too powerful I assume they were too loud for the musical context, including the piano passages. That helps a lot and I found that happening with a Class D amp I was testing out. | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… @dekay I learned that word from a master of pleasure: “Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination prefers in lubricity, the ext... | |
| Balancing "compelling sound" and euphonic sound I’m not sure what you mean by "overactive transients." I understand the general issue you’re talking about, though. I do believe the euphonic qualities are not necessarily opposed to resolution and crisp dynamics. Dynamics are a function of the... | |
| Jay's Audio Lab Visits GR Research's Listening Room My impression is that Jay's channel is mainly organized around very very expensive gear; it's a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous for audiophiles. If the GR stuff is not in that price category, I would expect that Jay loving it would be off-brand ... | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… The Class D amps I've tried have been far more dynamic than my tube and Class A amps. But not more engaging, musical, sonorous, inviting, mellow, inviting, or lubricious. | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? @vuch I use special hand stitched, exotic leather, custom made Would that be fine Corinthian leather? | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? Do you remove teeth first or leave them in your mouth? Those tubes like a little bite along with the pressure, so I leave the teeth in. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening I have 6,000 LPs from a very wide variety of genres Wow. Impressive. If I had that many albums, I'd have no choice to advocate for vinyl because the cognitive dissonance at thinking some other format was better would be unendurable. |