knotscott
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| Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023? It's always worth going to see Ken Stevens in the Convergent Audio Technology room. He usually manages to get great sound even in a show setting, plus it's always educational just to speak with him. | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? @uncledemp @bremner1 Any of you Knopfler fans venture into the Notting Hillbillies or Knopfler with Chet Atkins or Emmy Lou Harris yet? 😎 | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? I’ve had a few favorites over the years, but at this stage in my life Mark Knopfler has earned his way to the top of my playlist, along much respect for collaborating with multiple musicians on multiple styles of music. He’s a great song writer, g... | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." It does my heart good to hear about someone who really enjoys having exquisite sound. Congrats on your system. Too many high rollers haven’t really earned their audio stripes, and are more adept at writing big checks than they are at identifying t... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system I had a 15-band EQ in a tape loop of my receiver in my first system back in 1982. I think it was a BSR or ADC. Back then I wanted as many components in the rack as possible....more drivers, more watts, more volume, read the specs, etc. The system... | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? It really depends on the specific turntables in question, and how resolving the whole system is. It shouldn't be as dramatic as a cartridge or speaker change, but TT differences can certainly be audible. Whether those difference are better or no... | |
| Integrated or Power amps compatible with both EL 34 and 6L6 tubes VTA 70 from tubes4hifi.com | |
| 2 Monitor Audio Silver RS8 + 2 Sunfire SDS 12 subwoofers + 1 B&K St-202+ Sonata amp... You can certainly bi-wire your Monitor Audios from the Sonata amp. Just remove the jumper, and run a 2nd set of wires off the same amp outputs...one set to the top, one set to the bottom. The benefit of this comes from creating separate circuit lo... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? Smaller speakers in a smaller room make sense. You can always add a small sub if you need a little boost. Large speakers in a small room can be very difficult to control. It’s all relative to woofer output and the volume of space you’re trying to ... | |
| AT-95ML on a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon The VM95ML is a good performer and great value, however, my take is that your gear is worthy of better. If you're going to bother to install a cart on the arm, IMO now's the right time to grab the VM540 (or better) and be done with it, then enjoy... | |
| Finally arrived !! My journey has come to an end.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good stuff, so congrats anyway, even if you can't make good on actually ending this ride! 😉 | |
| ARE AUDIOPHILES OVERLY SENSITIVE BY NATURE?FEELINGS AND OPINIONS? Audio is extremely subjective....much more so than most areas of interest that people gravitate to. That naturally makes it tougher to agree on anything. Everyone is right in their own mind, and wrong in the eyes of most others....just ask an audi... | |
| Do you think driver “break in” is real? @willywonka "I know I’m the minority, but I think break-in for almost all audio products is non-existent! It’s your hearing that is changing and adjust to the new sound, NOT the stereo components! The whole BREAK IN thing is mostly complete non... | |
| Do you think driver “break in” is real? There's a definite physical break in of woofer suspension components...spider, surround, etc. I'm a believer that there's burn in of capacitors too, but that's less tangible and harder to grasp for some. | |
| Bi Amping: highs and lows or a seperate amp for the left and right. With a vertical stereo bi-amp configuration, there’s still the benefit of the tweeter (and mid) running on a different circuit than the woofer. Even if the power supply is shared by two channels, each channel sees a different circuit load (assumin... |