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| Recommendation for best Joe Jackson records? It depends on your music tastes. Each album has a certain flavor of music that Joe seems to flesh out with ease. To really get to know him and his music, I would start at the beginning with "Look Sharp!" and just keep on going through the years (D... | |
| open baffle vs sealed box designs What about a pair of Dahlquist DQ-10's? There is a pair listed on the 'Gon right now for $550.00. DQ-10's | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Every once in a while they would go "Deliverance" on me (squeal)! But since changing over to the Brembo's, they just work, and work well! I had my tire guys, Butler Tires, do the changeover. A little pricey, but they do (as their motto states) "ba... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Biomimetic,Thanks! I had been looking for one in early 1994 and walked into this NOS 1992 model by chance. They made me a deal I could not refuse!I changed out the original rotors to Brembo's and ceramic pads at about 160,000 miles. Still going st... | |
| MP3's and the audiophile All RedBook CDs are encoded in the PCM format (patent owned by Philips). AIFF files (developed by Apple and Electronic Arts) are PCM files that are readable by Motorola CPU computers (Macintosh and (old) Silicon Graphics). WAV files (developed by ... | |
| HTTP 404 Errors Trying to Access Current Threads Still happening as of 2:00PM EDT. I am having to access the forums from the home page. | |
| MP3's and the audiophile Check out Max. It is freeware and is IMHO the best ripping software for OSX. It uses cdparanoia to control the ripping process. Max can convert to over 20+ formats including all Apple formats. BTW, there is nothing wrong with iTunes as a player in... | |
| cello music One of my favorite, well off the beaten track, cello CDs:Cello: Subliminal Blues & Greens | |
| what is an audiophile ? Mrtennis,Check out the definition of Audiophile @ Wikipedia. It is an arduous read but has some interesting ideas.Myself, I believe an audiophile is someone who is:1) obsessed with gear (trying to create a synergistic system with whatever means on... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1) 1992 Subaru SVX with 230,000 original miles2) 1992 Subaru SVX with 460,000 original miles3) 1992 Subaru SVX completely restored! | |
| Any info on the Musical Fidelity A200? Cached at Google:From the Musical Fidelity web siteA200 Integrated Amplifier If Class A appeals to your musical instincts, but you want more power, listen to the new A200. The newest member of the A1 range, the A200 has a circuit topology similar ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music ... and haunting:Gyorgy Ligeti - "Atmospheres"Clannad - "Caislean Oir"Shriekback - "This Big Hush" | |
| Measuring speakers Buy a test disc...Or make one on your computer (if you have one). Freeware is available for both Mac and PC. Save your file to AIFF (Mac) or WAV (PC). Then burn your file to a CDR. You can make a disc not only for your sub to main crossover, but f... | |
| neutrality & transparency: what's the difference ? IMHOneutrality implies no alteration of the signal, whatsoever.i have used the term "virtually" neutral to imply no audible coloration. of course this is a subjective term. transparency is a subset of neutrality. it implies a perfectly clear windo... | |
| In-Depth Explanation of the Audio Term "Synergy" Me doubts that Fuller 'invented' the concept of 'synergy', since synergy isn't a concept but a word with a definition.Sorry! I should have said popularized. Synergetics is his concept (and a word). His definition, as used in math, is closer to the... |