loomisjohnson
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| Upcoming Trip i'm familiar with the sony xm4, senn and focal bathys--the sony have the best anc and the bathys the best sound, although its anc isn't that far off. that said, as @fatdaddy2 suggests, even the best bt isn't going to trump good wired phones for ho... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Wonderful man and a model of knowledge and civility. I still think of him when I read some of the dumb/hostile stuff on these threads. | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype @audiotroy is unequivocally correct-- there's a lot of stuff besides the (comparatively cheap) chip that affects the dac's sound quality. i have a no-name, $60 chinese dac which uses the exact same chip as some high $$$ wadia and other high end pl... | |
| Joey Molland has passed away i read that there was a lot of static between him and the estates of the other bf members over writing credits and royalties, but he was a very good writer/musician. his sad fate, however, was to be a very good writer/musician in a band with a gr... | |
| David Johansen has passed away i was just listening to "here comes the night", which i think was his third solo record. imo the best thing he's done--really tight, lean songs (most written with blondie chaplin, who's an underrated guitarist). "bohemian love pad" and "suspicion"... | |
| The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines. I likewise find this ASR bashing tedious. The guy seems sincere, writes pretty well and, as far as I know hasn't been accused of treason or wifebeating. Let's give it a rest. | |
| CD player choice: Linn Ikemi, ArcamCD73, Adcom GCD- 575, or Linn Karik i've owned the adcom and the arcam--as both player and transport the arcam is much better--it does have a warm, smooth sound if that's your thing. i've only heard the ikemi briefly, but it was all the rage back in its day and, generally speaking l... | |
| A great singer you may have never heard, or even heard of. He was pretty popular in the late 70s...even got an Oscar nom. I liked his first two records; subsequent ones veered more into AOR. I did see him live once in NYC and he was fantastic---really tight w/ old school showmanship. | |
| Which inexpensive speaker cables... i see 20' canare 4s11 on ebay for a hundo or so--i use it and it's just fine. | |
| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion proac response come to mind--lots of low end, front ported and should work well near the wall. likewise paradigm persona. | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Also bdp and many others | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Slaw, I've failed to show my appreciation for your spot on impeccable ear. Likewise jafant...you guys rule | |
| How Many Times Can You Split A Subwoofer Signal Using A "Y" Connector? as i understand it the number of times you can split a signal without degradation depends on the output/input impedances of the amp/preamp. in your case i would just use a speaker selector, which you can get very cheaply. | |
| Dual Sub-woofers paired into two sets of speakers - connection option. your parasound is a high-current amp designed to go down to 2oHm, so unless your speakers are ridiculously demanding i wouldn't expect it would have trouble driving both sets of speakers. i also see no problem with connecting one or both subs via ... | |
| Dual Sub-woofers paired into two sets of speakers - connection option. you haven't specified what your amp is, but i'd be very hesitant to run speakers a and b at the same time--you're effectively halving the impedance load that the amp sees, which could potentially damage it and will likely affect performance. |