mapman
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| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained if its not real and does not sound exactly like the source, its distorted in some, often multiple ways.Of course what the source actually sounded like is often unknown. What you here is what was recorded the way the recording engineer wanted to re... | |
| Why not horns? I've thought these to be interesting: Cardersound Any comments? | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths Table/arm/cart function as a system. You can toss the plinth, mat, and anything else that is there for benefit of the table into that system also. You want to optimize each system and compare. Components that perform optimally in one system may no... | |
| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained Interesting thread.My theory is there are lots of ways to make good soup.Also thank God not all soup tastes the same, no matter how good it may be. | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? FWIW the allmusic site lists the following as those who influenced Jimi Hendrix: * Charlie Christian * The Isley Brothers * Charley Patton * Little Richard * King Curtis * Ike Turner * B.B. King * James Brown * John Coltrane * Albert Collins * Bo ... | |
| Speakers for Dance music and other How about a pair of OHM Walsh omni speakers with the huge sweet spot. These are full range, will take whatever power you throw at them and go as loud as you like clearly and not blast people out of the room. I even used a pair for an outdoor party... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? Unfortunately, there is some truth in regards to high end audio being a cult like thing and also that there are credibility issues that most are incapable of dealing with effectively.Now, rather than worry, back to listening to some music.I'd be w... | |
| Tube maintenance for Audio research sp-16 pre-amp NEwbee, yes, the noise was in one channel only.More of a very high frequency whine, like a dentist drill, but very constant in tone, than a "buzz". Not very loud either, you have to mute and unmute the pre-amp to be sure it is there unless you lis... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? Actually,, I think high end audio is better than ever for serious audio consumers in general.Those who are not serious about there sound or audio manage to still get by just fine these days also.I don't doub't many vendors are having trouble, but ... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? I suppose those that offer good service and value are most likely to survive as is generally the case. Its a lot harder to provide good value than it is to provide good sound when cost is not an issue. Natural selection? | |
| Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel? I had an Akai hifi VHS unit I bought in an audio shop (yes audio only) that was the bomb that I fixed several times to keep running. It was the bomb for vhs hifi recording.I still have the Sony hifi vhs that replaced it. Not bad, but I lost intere... | |
| Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel? How about VHS Hifi?I have tapes I recorded back in the 80s also in that format. Haven't played them in awhile though.It was definitely better than cassette in regards to noise levels and dynamic range. Not sure if it matched reel to reel or not. | |
| YG Acoustics or Dynaudio OK, I was assuming V2 was more in that minis are monitors and more as pointed out. It was an apples and apples comparison price wise then between the YGs and Magicos. Thanks for clarifying that. Regardless, I expect all speakers in those price cat... | |
| YG Acoustics or Dynaudio Ironically, I preferred the Magico even though the demo was for YG benefit apparently.It was close though and Magico's are a lot more I suppose. I guess that was the intent to show YG similar to Magico for less.Again they both sounded spot on with... | |
| YG Acoustics or Dynaudio Not sure YG is tube amp friendly. Pre-amp maybe.They sounded really good. I just question the cost and value. I liked the Magico better but they cost even more. I think the others mentioned (Dynaudio, PSB and OHM) can challenge for much less. |