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| The Most Cost Effective Tweak OK, not free, but at the other end of the cost scale, $21+, a Stanley FatMax tape measure for measuring and setting the distance to those speakers where every ¼" counts. The blade of a FatMax can be extended horizontally up to around 14' without c... | |
| The Most Cost Effective Tweak It's certainly not inexpensive, but one might call it a "tweak" until you hear the difference and that's using balanced AC power. A proper balanced transformer/power conditioner will be expensive and HEAVY, but in every system where I've used one,... | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? Hands down and far and away the biggest advance in amplification in recent years has been the development of the built-in and custom designed amplification found in high-end mastering studio quality active speakers. There’s still plenty of people ... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Oh, heck. The Romans had this all figured out two millenniums ago: "De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum est!" | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Really. Look, rather than spending ridiculous money on an intrinsically dubious item, invest that money in top quality active speakers. Then run any decent professional quality balanced cables to those speakers. I promise you that you’ll never loo... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Well, different cables may sometimes *sound* different, but "do they sound better" is a separate question. If one has just spent mega-bucks on a length of wire one is going to be strongly inclined to *think* they sound better. In any case, de gust... | |
| MSRP, diferentiation and the illusion of value Ha! Very true and well said. For many decades I made wine professionally. It's very much the same in the wine biz. Every wine is at least somewhat different, but there is no objective or absolute standard of wine quality. (Defect, yes.) Since wine... | |
| Favorite obsolete formats..... What? No one has promoted the wax cylinder and player with a glorious morning glory trumpet speaker? Now THAT’S real analog recording and acoustic! (THIS is an Edison Recording!) | |
| Definitely lonely to be an audiophile Read this story on WaPo and consider...Meet the introverts who are dreading a return to normal https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/introverts-are-dreading-a-return-to-the-noise-crowds-and-small-talk-of-normal-life/2021/04/09/386006b0-98... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... I've had, and have, passives (many of them, for decades) and I've had, and have, actives (a couple of them, for a decade). Actives are better. | |
| Phono pre amp I’ve been using a Musical Fidelity MX-VYNL phono stage for several years. I went through several stages before that, including the GCPH from PS Audio, but I have a hard time imagining how any stage at any price could "sound" (it has no apparent in... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? I’ve been doing studio quality LP to digital (CD) transcription and remastering, often for commercial release, for nearly 25 years. It’s been an interesting and insightful journey.Technically, there is no reason whatsoever why Red Book CDs shouldn... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... Both audio2design and tobes are exactly on the money, and that Guttenberg fellow, whoever he is, is just full of both it and himself. When it comes to quality active speakers, Guttenberg is talking nonsense or worse.Moreover, anyone who trashes a ... | |
| I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ... IMHO, the development of active speakers, particularly high-end actives, has resulted in the single greatest advance in speaker technology, design, and sound reproduction quality since the advent [sic] of the acoustic suspension speaker design som... | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes Silly Sisters - June Tabor & Maddy Prior et al.The Power of the Organ - Robert G. Owen, organistFire on the Mountain - The Highwoods StringbandThe Bothy Band 1975: The First Album - The Bothy BandMedieval Roots - The New York Pro MusicaHistori... |