khughes
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| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? Well, IMHO, if you're worried about labels, you're worried about the wrong thing. If the sound from your system is music to your ears, what difference does labeling the equipment make? None. And irrespective of what other listeners may opine (be ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing My goal is to inform people so they can improve their stereo or their lives....that is what I do. The mods I suggested are completely universal. If you did this to a $400 Topping or a $120,000 Gryphon amp the results would be the same....except y... | |
| Basic question about power/watts First, understand that speakers are not a pure resistive load, so "watts" from the amplified doesn't equate directly to "watts" at the speaker. Most amps give rated power into strictly resistive load (e.g. 8 ohms, 4 ohms, etc.) and if the speaker ... | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One The Commitments | |
| Sharing my experience with cables @thyname Obviously, all coffee tastes the same 🙄 Indeed it does! It all tastes VILE 😱 Carry on. | |
| Cable curmudgeon Gotta say, you folks are a Hoot! Almost as fun as watching cartoons on Saturday mornings was back when I was a wee lad, and reptiles still ruled the skies. To shamelessly paraphrase: "Cry 'Cables!', and let slip the dogs of war." In any event, H... | |
| Favorite religious song Hymn 43 - Jethro Tull on Aqualung Oh Father high in heaven Smile down upon your son, hey-hey Who's busy with his money games, oh! His women and his gun Oh Jesus save me! And the unsung Western hero Killed an Indian or three, hey hey hey And the... | |
| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. If you can't get more than a foot or so from the wall, you won't make Sophias (Ive had Sophia 2's for ~12 years) sound their best, and I doubt the Sabrina X would "thrive" without more air around it either. You certainly can make the Sophias work... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? Given that DACs contain an analog section, it's pretty clear that they can indeed sound quite different, if that's the intent of the designer. I mean you can tweak, or even omit, the reconstruction filter if you like the way out of band aliasing s... | |
| Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better? Nope. I absolutely know my system *could* sound better - they always can, but in my case, for far more money than it would be worth. I'm never aware of any system deficiencies when I listen, so hey, I'm done and happy. The only thing that makes m... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? The best way, IMO, to build a really fine audio system is to completely ignore the nonsense from peddlers, self-aggrandizing poseurs, and self-proclaimed audiophiles about what "Hi-end" means, and what is the minimum $$$ outlay required to reach t... | |
| Interesting comment on Bose Speakers..... @mijostyn You are correct. She was asked to define a women. LOL. FYI *no one* can define "a women". | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Lots of great albums listed, but some groups un/under represented: Gentle Giant Free Hand Power and the Glory Audience House on the Hill Lunch Friend's Friend's Friend Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Broken... | |
| I'm confused - Different music...different speakers? @daveyf - I think the OP does bring up a great point. I frequently read where "audiophiles" have their specific "audiophile" recordings (e.g. Diana Krall) they use for auditioning. I have several as well, but they run the gamut of my listening tas... | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Wow, a whole lot of stuff already listed, a great deal of which I wholeheartedly agree with! Many albums that I might have chosen a different song from as the most representative, but an all around list of great tunes. I would add: Renaissance:... |