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| Something for Everyone in Super High Fidelity Sorry all. It is one of my pet peeves and it doesn't take much to set me off on it. Kal | |
| Something for Everyone in Super High Fidelity Chadnliz is right: I offered nothing positive except to point out, as I am wont to do, that classical recommendations require more detail than in other genres where the name of the album/disc/title is sufficient to define the choice. Just a refere... | |
| Something for Everyone in Super High Fidelity Hens wrote: "For classical, I stick to the well known The Four Seasons, Camina Burana or the 1812 Overture. " GAK! First, those are common and boring with no real surprises. Second, those are compositions, not recordings. All exist in positively d... | |
| Where did the sound go? And how is it furnished?Kal | |
| How to get 5.1 digital source into analog pre-amp Aside from professional/studio devices, the only ones are discontinued or cheap. For that very purpose, I use a Technics SH-AC500D which is good enough for that task but there are others that might do. Kal | |
| Testing for Dummies? Well, the direct answer is: It depends. Your description is, in general, correct but imperfect in details. However, the question is: What do you want to measure? It seems like you want some idea of what your speakers/system is doing in your room.I... | |
| Am I nuts? Biamping question... Still the same. Cascading two crossovers creates phase and level problems. Use one or the other.Kal | |
| Marantz 8 or 8b IIRC, the output transformers were quite different.Kal | |
| Am I nuts? Biamping question... If you are cascading the effects of an external custom crossover on top of the built-in speaker crossover, the results are unpredictable and will likely be inferior to using either one or the other. You will not be getting the benefits of true bia... | |
| acoustic system resonators I am unaware of any evidence to ignore. I see lots of anecdotal reports, none of them any more convincing to me than my own. Aside from that, have you any evidence? (And, yes, I have read the puffery in that so-called lab report.)Your statements a... | |
| acoustic system resonators As a scientist (and one involved in the study of the brain), I am very aware of the perceptual mechanisms to which we are all subject. Thus, my belief system is very restrained. People who believe these things work are right: They perceive it as r... | |
| acoustic system resonators Rja wrote: "I know absolutely nothing about them, but is a show environment the best place to critically evaluate anything?" Of course not. The only reason I responded is to indicate that this discussion is not my first exposure to the devices. I ... | |
| acoustic system resonators Excuse the grammar. I type too fast when saying the obvious. | |
| acoustic system resonators Yes. At an audio show.Besides, having a completely uncritical mind makes you a customer for buy the Brooklyn Bridge. Not all ideas deserve equal respect.Kal | |
| acoustic system resonators Worse. Regular folks buy these things for even more money.Kal |