lowrider57
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| Why is most everything remastered? Do remasters count as a new work ? Could be a way for record companies to extend copyright. Record labels do get a new copyright on a remaster. | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers @mglik How did you diagnose the problem and decide to use a Zobel network? I've seen the Deulund-Mundorf Speaker Purifiers for sale. | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Reflections must not be suppressed completely OR enhanced over absorption ... Yes, like in a concert hall. Too many audiophiles have over damped rooms. | |
| Sound Better w/Amp Directly Into Wall Then Thru Zero Surge The power strip with no filters will protect it with no worsening to the sound? Yes, a strip which is wired directly to receptacles and uses a circuit breaker should have no audible effect on sound. Search power strips in the Audiogon archives... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Laps... There are many fine full-range speakers which require toe-in for optimal SQ according to designer’s instructions. Off the top of my head, Audio Note, Devore, Klipsch. Devore also recommends raking the speakers. | |
| Why is most everything remastered? @trentmemphis , that's true. The music business is very different today where you have mega stars having final say over their music..."use more Auto-Tune and add more compression." In the past, the engineer and producer would record and mix th... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers @laps And why? | |
| Tube shortage? @noromance , and yes, a price increase. | |
| Why is most everything remastered? I was fooled by the marketing bait into buying remastered CDs. After continually being disappointed by these ruined albums, I now buy only original pressings. Early Redbook CDs are what the albums are supposed to sound like. | |
| Tube shortage? New Sensor Corp, maker of Electro Harmonix and other brands sold internationally has issued a statement that Russia has allowed them to continue exporting tubes (for now). | |
| Why is most everything remastered? Remasters were initially done to improve the early digital transfers to CDs. In the 1990s when digital technology improved there was often an improvement to the CD. Loudness Wars ruined the intended sound of recordings, the only concern was to pu... | |
| Sound Better w/Amp Directly Into Wall Then Thru Zero Surge They’ll always claim that their power conditioner is non-current limiting. But the ZeroSurge uses filtering which affects sonics on high-current draw components like amps. I have a Brick Wall (same design) and hear the same effect as you when amp ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Beware...Linlai does not have any authorised dealers on AliExpress. There is a "buyer beware" page on their website. | |
| Cullen Cable @jjss49 , thanks for posting the backstory, it puts everything into perspective. I knew about Cullen Circuits, but didn't know the rest of the story. | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers There is no PERFECT REPRODUCTION from a recorded cd or vinyl, there is ALWAYS a RELATIVE TRANSLATION from the recorded acoustical cues of the original lived event, but interpreted and selected by the trade-off calculus of the recording engineer ... |