ivan_nosnibor
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| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I'd venture to guess that (due to the whole 'cost-vs-complexity' thing) we're almost 'forced' to keep it a secret. I mean people tend to get different results with different systems anyway. Heck, even experienced audiophiles can often end up disag... | |
| Where does your user name come from? My last name "Robinson" spelled backwards is "Nosnibor"...which sounded vaguely Russian to me. First name is John, and John, in Russian, is "Ivan". | |
| New tv? For my money, nothing beats a Plasma...still. Last Christmas we snapped up a 60" LG on sale for $800. It retailed for $1400 and usually sold at $900 in stores and online. It was one of LG's cheaper 60" Plasmas. The upper-end picture response resol... | |
| What Product Did You Overspend On? Technically this would qualify as an overspend since I paid a lot more than retail. It was Dec, 1990 and I had been looking for a pair of 3-way towers that I knew I could live with for at least the next decade and hopefully much longer for $2000 o... | |
| How much does your system retail for? About $12.5k right now and even that has been largely spread out over the last 23 years, so it hasn't hurt me too bad really. May add another $1-1.5k before all is said and done. The weird part is that the 2.0-channel rig of just the components th... | |
| Efficiency/Setup: VMPS 626R vs Klipsch KG4 The 626R's in my opinion are indeed pretty special. The Denon may just not be up to the task of driving them as you might like (which would not shock me, I believe). You may be in a position to add a 2-ch amp to the Denon that is better suited. If... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? In most any practical sense, yes, it may be normal, especially for lower-priced gear, to have that portion of its volume range that seems to open up a bit better...although exactly which portion that may be could possibly be different in different... | |
| Best overall Stravinski - Rites of Spring... I don't partake of the vinyl any more, but my own hands-down favorite of it so far is Zubin Mehta's (CBS Masterworks) recorded in '77. It's a bit atypical in that it's the most monumentally dramatic and at times nightmarish version I've heard yet.... | |
| Oppo BDP105 mod I would say that it IS the business practice that is the real issue we should take exception to. And THAT is reason enough to jack-slap ANY audio manufacturer for using it. To me it makes no real difference if the product is any good or not. It is... | |
| Is soundstage just a distortion? Zavato, there are actually 2 "soundstages" involved, 1) the soundstage of the recording and 2) the other one that is independently projected by your system. If the system's soundstage is less than optimal, then the presentation of the recording so... | |
| DOES YOUR EQUIPMENT KEEP GOING? My college roommate had a system like that...briefly | |
| Computer power cable and desktop audio A friend of mine has a small desktop setup with DAC and we tried 3 different pc's (over about a 4-week period) and although the cords were not especially costly or anything, they each did have their own decidedly characteristic sound to them and 2... | |
| Computer power cable and desktop audio As near as I've been able to figure, good power delivery has a HUGE impact on computer audio - in fact, larger I believe than with hifi audio and THAT'S at least one part that the majority of audiophiles, as I see it, have so far been comparativel... | |
| Volume control upgrades- Using a pair of Goldpoint SMD (balanced) attenuators installed directly at the backs of a couple of Monarchy SM-70 Pro's...performance-wise, I haven't since even thought of ever buying another preamp, no way...AND it's a fraction of the cost. | |
| Shakti Hallograph Sound Field Optimizer From what I understood from talking with the maker, speaker type can make a difference too. Boxed monopoles are OK. Dipole types, not so much... |