learsfool
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| How Do You Pronounce Thiel? Hi Mitch - actually, I really don't believe that this is hair splitting at all. Stage actors work very hard on their diction to make such differences, and I am sure that a phonetics expert would sound Thiel, teal, and teel all differently. To star... | |
| How Do You Pronounce Thiel? Nonoise is correct, and certainly no artist, whether musician (singer) or actor, would disagree. In fact, they wouldn't even consider this hairsplitting. Thiel, teel, and teal are indeed pronounced slightly differently. Perhaps inflected might be ... | |
| Seeking floorstander for low watt SET Used to use a pair of Cerwin Vega's before I got my Klipsch Cornwalls. I would say that Cerwin Vega's are probably the best of so-called "mid-fi." Not sure if they are efficient enough for a low-watt SET, though. Certainly the other models on your... | |
| Tube amp decision - Thoughts If you want the warmer sounding amp, I would strongly recommend the PrimaLuna over the Rogue - the Rogue units are quite a bit brighter in sound than the PrimaLuna, partly because they are higher wattage, but I am mainly referring to the respectiv... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows Speaking of conductors reacting to audience noise, there is another great story about a conductor, I forget who, who when a cell went off in the front row of the audience, he turned around and said to the guy - "That's probably my wife, tell her I... | |
| What makes a speaker too big for a given room? Chadnliz and Rok2id, one answer to your question is that if you are listening to acoustically produced music, the vast majority of musicians will tell you that subs simply don't sound natural, no matter how well integrated. I have yet to hear one ... | |
| Do you buy Insurance for Stereo Equipment? Hi Jlind - as I said, my agent is a long time friend of the family who made sure he knew what he was talking about when I asked him these questions back when I bought my equipment. It is covered under the normal types of homeowner's policies. As S... | |
| Do you buy Insurance for Stereo Equipment? My understanding is similar to Theo's - that your homeowner's policy does cover everything up to the amount specified in it. You can pay for a special rider if you really want to, but this is quite expensive. Unless your system costs six figures, ... | |
| Mahler Project on LP $750? When I checked when they first released it, it was $500! $750 would be even more outrageous! | |
| What is your listening level? Hi Al - I've been away for a few days. Yes, as you suspected, that 82dB figure is an average level, +/- 2dB, for recording engineers. Of course, peaks would be much higher. I was assuming the OP meant an average level. And I have also found, when ... | |
| What is your listening level? FWIW, recording engineers usually listen at about 82dB. I usually listen slightly under that at home, maybe more like 75dB, but sometimes I will crank it up, though I would certainly agree with some here who say listening at 110dB is absurd. That ... | |
| CD player closest to vinyl? Surprised no one has mentioned the Rega players yet. That's exactly why I bought one. I would agree that Naim is very good as well. I have heard interesting things about the tubed models such as PrimaLuna's, but have never had a chance to hear one. | |
| Mahler Project on LP I agree with Rdavwhitaker - the price is just too outrageous. | |
| Need efficient floor-stander for 2a3 Some type of horn speaker, for sure. Duke's are great, Klipsch Heritage series are great. Haven't heard the Cain and Cain, but those are probably the least expensive used. | |
| Rega TT Owners - P3-P5-P7 Agree with most here that the P5 is the best deal. I would take it over the new P3 because of the better arm. |