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| Jazz vocals recommendations please Sophie Millman's self titled first album. Top notch sound and performance, her vocals are hot also!ALso Purrfect: The Eartha Kitt collection, a lot of nicely recorded tracks including Santa Baby and lots of fun. | |
| The Hub: Is a Vinyl Revival in progress? "also those that had walked away from vinyl years ago (decades ago)."I suspect that a lot of the new interest in turntables are people with record collections already that realized that they are not as antiquated as they were lead to believe way b... | |
| The Hub: Is a Vinyl Revival in progress? Analog/vinyl is a very small niche that is a faint trendy reflection of what it was was in its golden age 30-50 years ago and it is old news and will never be that again.It will be around as a niche for a long time though, as long as there is stil... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "But what do you think about waveguide's, at least in theory?"I find directional speakers in general to be an unnatural way to reproduce sound naturally. Some designs do it very well, but to me sound in the real world is largely not directional in... | |
| Can the music you play effect your electrostats? Al,I tried what you suggested with my Stax phones that had seen light usage for a while, and I think they opened up a good bit.Thanks for the suggestion! That was a very cost effective tweak! | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? CDC,Who's to say what the best concept is? There are many different designs out there with various strengths and weaknesses . No one design works best always for everyone. Personally, new designs that think out of the box and attempt to make top n... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? "Are there advantages to monoblocks? Maybe. "The advantages are real in theory in regards to optimal sound and worth being informed about. In practice they may or may not matter much from case to case. And, other factors generally come into play t... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? Shorter cables are generally better. So is better isolation between components and between components and external EM fields from nearby transformers, etc.Minimizing these somehow are the factors to consider in a setup for best possible sound.Also... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? Better isolation between left and right (lower noise potential and less distortion) is probably the most distinct advantage, but even so, either should sound very good and a very discriminating ear might be needed to really hear a difference, all ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? CDC,If you listen to the OHMs or mbls, the soundstage will sound way different from typical directional box designs most likely. You may have to give your ears a chance to adapt to the different presentation compared to the more directional design... | |
| How much improvement with better toslink cable? I have to say digital cables is the component in my system I hear the least difference with from wire to wire. I hear clear differences between most any two analog ICs I try. | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? Good question.I'm stretching here a bit , but the main advantage I can see for monoblocks versus say a dual-mono single box design is that you get a dedicated power cord to each side. That would be beneficial I think if the amp draws a lot of curr... | |
| greater resolution as an end in itself ?? ""...my attention would be drawn by that realism to what was right about the recordings, and not what was wrong.""Well put! I'm in that camp also. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Also, just for the record, OHMs do not have a true omni sound radiation pattern, like mbl for example. They are physically damped/attentuated with acoustic sound absorbing material inside the can in the wall facing directions. That addresses Mr. J... | |
| Artists of the Decade Another consideration for The Wiggles as artist of the decade:They do not sing or rap about anything mean or nasty like a lot of those other well respected acts mentioned."Fruit Salad....yummy, yummy"! |