mapman
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| Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles! Bells date back to 2000BC in China. My memory is not THAT good. Don’t even get me started about whistles…. | |
| Music reproduction is art If you look around it’s pretty obvious that people like what they like, not what’s “right”. | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system For just a touch of tube sound with SS amplification I’d stick with an Audio Research pre-amp. Just make sure the input impedance of the SS amp is a good match to avoid flabby bass and distortion in that most tube pre amps have higher output imped... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? Music is an art. So is the mastering that goes into making recordings. Everyone does it differently. Science and technology provides the tools used to both create and playback recordings. That part is not an art. There are right ways a... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? You need good equipment in order to be able to properly assess the quality or nature of specific recordings. The trap to avoid is thinking that a better system will magically transform all recordings into something you want them to be rather than... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD Also worth noting FWIW that just because something is available on streaming today, it may not be at some point in the future if say there is no significant demand or perhaps even if legal issues were to arise that prevented access. | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD Oh another reason I find I still retain all my records and CDs collected over the years is sentimental value. I’ve been collecting these since a kid and I associate specific records and CDs with various experiences and events in my life. I suspect... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD So in summary, CDs still can play a useful role (including coasters for drinks as mentioned) but sound quality should not be an issue. I still have hundreds of CDs but all are ripped to music server and I play them only from there via Roon these d... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD BTW I have multiple streamers in several rooms of the house and have used wi-fi (wireless LAN connections) exclusively since I started streaming in place of CDs 15 years ago (wow how time flies). These days I stream mostly with Roon and that incl... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD "I have wondered whether errors in the music while being transported over the internet/server/etc just create more issues than a simple CD transport to the DAC. " The answer is no. The interent simply wouldn’t work at all if data were not transmi... | |
| Speakers that disappear Amazingly enough the amp used matters a lot as well. | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD CDs still serve a purpose. | |
| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? Bottom line is higher frequencies are an essential part of detail. They can also be a key source of noise and distortion which lead to fatigue. It all is needed and all needs to be done well ie have a handle on noise and distortion. After that ... | |
| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? ffed,” or “smeared” is what you hear when you go into the venue’s bathroom That’s because the higher frequencies have been lost and only the lower remain. | |
| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? Another visual analogy: The best portraits are hardly ever over lit. Light levels set the mood. Same with higher frequencies in audio. For example, Audio Research does tend to do a good job in presenting detail without overdoing it to th... |