mapman
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| McIntosh MC-2100 -- Aragon 2004 MKII ... upgrade? I have a Musical Fidelity A3CR (Stereophile Class A rated I believe for what its worth) currently unused that will be going up for sale soon essentially in that price range. I was going to put it into my second system but it is too big to fit into... | |
| affordable DAC for rock/metal M,Your Onkyo is a Class D amp I believe. Not sure what design it is (IcePower or other), but I recently acquired an IcePower Class D amp and have found it to be quite good for hard rock/metal type music. The top end is quite smooth and not aggress... | |
| affordable DAC for rock/metal Rooski,I had a pair of IIcs for a good 20 years and know their sound quite well! | |
| Windows Media Player Interesting. I'll check it out. | |
| affordable DAC for rock/metal Undertow,No easy answerThe recordings are what they are as you point out and are rarely perfect. Better to get what you can out of a variety of recordings regardless of the flaws and not try to make a particular flawed recording sound "right".Only... | |
| affordable DAC for rock/metal Interesting.I think the choice of DAC will depend on the inherent character of the rest of the system. Personally, I do not want any artificial warmth or charm especially when it comes to rock/pop/metal music. The end results should be neutral, li... | |
| Windows Media Player If there is a musical advantage in changing, please explain what it is and why.WMP and lossless files have worked quite nicely for me. | |
| Record grooves under an electron microscope Are the grooves really that small? Electron microscopes are certainly the cutting edge, but maybe other more accessible kinds of microscopes or magnification devices could produce similar images for evaluation if one were interested enough to try?... | |
| affordable DAC for rock/metal "many rock/metal CD's can sound overly aggressive and annoying on many high resolution systems"Not sure I'd agree with this. A good high res system only gives you what is there. Rock/metal can be a lot more difficult for a system to reproduce well... | |
| Record grooves under an electron microscope Very cool.I pity the poor styli! That's quite a bumpy ride they go on!I've always thought record playback to be a fascinating thing.It's a lot harder to make a connection and romanticize about pits and bits and bytes, isn't it?So a question for th... | |
| Ohm Walsh vs. Mirage OMD 28 Frazeur1,Yes, the larger adjustable Walshes makes it easier to adjust or optimize the sound to the room and your preferences especially when things change.A parametric equalizer or flexible tone controls on a pre-amp can also accomplish the same, ... | |
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| affordable DAC for rock/metal mhdt Constantine is up to the task + sounds very good on all kinds of music. | |
| External hard drives and sound quality Blindjim,Hmm, do you notice deterioration in your digital photos, video or other files stored as well or only with audio files? | |
| The CD Player Lie? your conclusions do not surprise me.A lot of what people perceive as good or bad in CD playback is purely subjective and a matter of preference. Different strokes for different folks (and systems). Nobody agrees on the best wine or flavor of ice c... |