jasonbourne71
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| I need Hign compliance cartridges Hana SL (Shibata Low Compliance) for $700 is the best under $1000 mc cartridge. | |
| Question about how analog audio recording works @atmasphere : The Lincoln Walsh speaker is the closest to being a full-range driver of all the dynamic (moving voice coil in a magnetic gap) speakers. It does have a problem with frequencies above 8khz being down in level compared to the midr... | |
| Question about how analog audio recording works Compact discs do not have 1's and 0's embedded in the polycarbonate. CDs have a series of pits on an aluminum layer arrayed in a spiral pattern. A red laser follows the spiral groove from the center outward. The reflected laser light is read by a ... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? I have never seen speaker wires move no matter how loud I cranked the stereo! | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Wire - having no moving mechanical parts - cannot have a "sound". Ah, inquiring minds will say, what about musical instrument strings/wire? Yes, those do have a " sound" due to length/diameter and material construction. The factor here is "vibrati... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Only transducers have a "sound". What's a transducer inquiring minds want to know? It is a device that converts one form of energy into another form of energy. Speakers and phono cartridges are examples of transducers. Speakers convert electrical ... | |
| 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! |