jasonbourne71
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| Why Do Cables Matter? @8th-note+1! When I wanted to add some new ICs to my system I too bought the AQ Silver Extremes (5 pairs). They look nicely made and the price was right ($90 each discounted from $450). Like buying jewelry sonic quality was not a factor in my choi... | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings Ormandy and the Philadelphia on CBS doing Zarathustra is worth a listen. I have it on LP. Mehta and the LAPO on London doing Zarathustra and the Alpine Symphony is another contender. | |
| The Richard Clark "all amps sounds the same" test Peter Walker was asked if he ever listened to his amps during development. He replied "No, because we already know when we design them how they will sound." This coming from one of the real pioneers of HiFi sound! | |
| The Richard Clark "all amps sounds the same" test This is an old thread but I will mention a test done in the UK years ago by Peter Walker of Quad fame. He used a listening panel of British hi-fi magazine reviewers to compare the sound of two amps - a Quad II tube amp and a Quad 405. Speakers wer... | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings Reiner's Bartok Concerto for Orchestra/Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta on RCA is another landmark recording - and favorite of mine! | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings I agree! Rudolf Kempe and Fritz Reiner rule performances of Richard Strauss! Their abilities to shape the long lines and pace the dynamic buildups are unsurpassed by later conductors! | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Blame it on Noel Lee! In the Days of Yore audio hobbyists used zip cord - and nobody cared or complained! Then in 1976 Mr. Lee started selling 10 gauge fine multi-strand cable in a clear jacket. He called it Monster Cable and it was an overnight s... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? @gs5556 : Your analogy comparing water pressure to electricity for speaker wire is way off! Amperage/current is not at all like water pressure! Resistance is the defining constant for speaker wire. The longer the run the better it is to have lowe... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? I am not such an insecure audiophile that I would lose sleep wondering if, say, Kimber cable would sound better than Mogami! | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? From 1992 to 2015 I used a twenty-foot pair of Mogami 2477 Blue Neglex 14gauge coax speaker cable to power my KLH Nine full-range electrostats. I was perfectly happy with this combination! | |
| Ohm Walsh 4.300.2 opinions A 100wpc amp like my Carver is fine! | |
| Ohm Walsh 4.300.2 opinions I am an owner of the older Ohm Sound Cylinders. They fill the room with 3-D sound from any listening spot! The effect is uncanny! Presently driven by a Carver TFM15cb amp with ease! If the price is right get the ones on offer! Ohm Walsh's are not ... | |
| Power Cord choices @vonhelmholtz : I listen to music - not AC cords! | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @thyname : I joined Agon in 2016. No need to tell you that user name. I had 4000+ posts then! Then I got a new phone and couldn't get back on here with that first user name. So I became jasonbourne52. Then that phone died when I had 2863 posts. No... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" Claiming to hear a difference between a plain slug and a polished slug is just nuts! Back in the days of yore there was a discussion in the letters section of TAS about the sonic merits of polishing the chrome blades on AC plugs. The more things c... |