honest1
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| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help Make sure the music you want to hear is available on vinyl. Also take into acount the lack of convenience - skipping tracks, playing more than 25 minutes without getting up, not worrying about falling asleep and letting the cartridge bump against ... | |
| Upgrade bedroom system I am using Spica TC50s in my bedroom, and am very happy with them. I had them and some other gear sitting around, and on a lark just put them on the floor against the wall, and get surprisingly good sound. The corner loading helps their low freque... | |
| The Most Realistic Speaker Technology? If you're shelling out $10k for new speakers, definitely make a local dealer earn their cut. Any decent shop selling at this level will let you sit and listen as long as necessary until you know what you want, then bring it home for audition. That... | |
| Genelex KT-88:Gold Lion/Monarch &re-issues Where do the JJs fit into all this? | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? "...The surprise of uncompressed drums is that they do not sound louder.....they sound softer!"I find this to be true of symphonic music as well. I never find myself wishing the music were louder, even though you can usually hear any shuffling aro... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Yes, Shadorne understands what I meant. That the effect of the room will be doubled when you play a recording of the room in the room.Having said that, I don't doubt that in a good large, dead, neutral room, Dave is getting surprisingly good resul... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? MrTennis' experiment would not work, unless it were conducted in an anechoic chamber, or with very close very directional microphones (which would not pick up all of the sound being rediated from all over an instrument). The reason is that the roo... | |
| Cartridge polarity? I'm guessing it wouldn't be any different than if you wired one speaker out of phase. The only problem I can imagine would be grounding. I don't really understand how turntables are grounded, but I do know that when the grounding isn't right, you ... | |
| The everyday use of a tube amp I would not wait for a tube to completely stop functioning before replacing it. Tubes can get dull sounding and still function. I have had this experience. Some tubes in a particular design may be more critical than others. The manufacturer may be... | |
| The everyday use of a tube amp If you don't mind the tube bill, all the tube equipment I have bought says it sounds better after 15 - 45 minutes warmup. I have not done any rigorous testing on this, but it seems to be true. The only other issue I can think of is heat. Some tube... | |
| Best Recording of Solo Tambourine MWilson - That is the FUNNIEST post I have ever read!!! I'm sitting here laughing myself silly. Thanks!!! | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Spica TC50 or Angelus are very good at reproducing the tonality of strings without harshness, are not bloated at all in the bass (the Angeluses seem to have a bit of a dip in the mid bass, but strong low bass). They do have their weaknesses, thoug... | |
| Best Recording of Solo Tambourine Relax, it is a rather unusual request. I can understand why he thought it might be a joke.I don't think it's a joke, though. If you really love tambourine, you might consider some middle eastern music. I can't think of any particular recording tha... | |
| Strain Gauge Preamp/ Phono. A new standard? The strain gage cartridge requires its own special phono stage, since "signal" is a varying resistance, not a voltage that is put out. Perhaps they build the RIAA into their pre-amp? Just a guess. | |
| I get 70 of the Live Symphony Experience at home Onhwy61 - That is a different way of interpreting the percentage than I was thinking. If you mean how many songs do I hear that are perfectly reproduced, then I would say you are correct, 10% would be generous - I would say 0 would be closer to th... |