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| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? Wouldn't surprise me if the old Scott takes on more of its original character over time as the caps break in. | |
| Loudness War Wildoats,I agree with what you say about Revival. IT is recorded relatively "loud" as a whole.However, the percussion and drums as I recall are not just loud, but have the sound of real drums more so than many other recordings I hear also recorded... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? When I go to live classical concerts, I take note of the dynamics of the sound, especially the sound of say a well struck Timpani (kettle drum). In cozier halls, you can almost feel it when the timpani drums get struck. I attended a concert at Car... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "a lot of extension into the room"Seem's true of OHMs and other omni's I have heard, like mbl, in general.A less forward sound may also seem less dynamic in terms of being able to feel the music compared to forward firing dynamic speakers where mo... | |
| what has a Thiel soundstage, but more sensitivity? Triangle speakers perhaps?I only have small Triangle monitors but they are most resolving and transparent and I run them effectively in a typical modern family room off a 20w/ch vintage yamaha receiver (with a separate powered sub).I've heard Foca... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Horns and brass may be the OHMs most unique strong points. I have heard other systems/speakers that do other things the OHMs do very well also, but they may be in a class of their own when it comes to big band music and other big ensemble recordin... | |
| Loudness War "but the loudness war is over and you are on the losing side"PRobably true in the overall big picture.However high end audio has always been a niche market and there will always be people who enjoy good sound and are willing to focus time and ener... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Kelly Clarkson in "My Life Would Suck Without You".Check it out awesome song (and video)! Kelly at her best! | |
| Loudness War Very useful site! Thanks for sharing! | |
| Audio Research Amp Shootout I've had the ARC SS amps on my short list of amps I would like to try in my system in that I have been most pleased with the sp16 pre-amp, so this was very interesting to me. Thanks! | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's I am 50 and have the same test record I had when I was 19 and it has only been played a few times since.My system is totally different now than then, but way better in most every regard (I think).At 19, I recall being able to hear everything up to... | |
| Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms "Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms"Its a reasonable question though I'm not sure how much value an answer provides. Saying neither 4 8 or 16 is objectively better may be true but does not answer the question. That only indicates that 4 ohm... | |
| Loudness War Blindjim,I think what you say is valid, but whose to say that overall quality had nothing to do with the products unique success? Quality is almost always a part of any success story. Jackson seemed like a stickler for what he thought important, a... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's The only thing I'd add to Doug's very nice description is that most people over 40 (a lot of people with large record collections these days) or so cannot hear the very high frequency on records anymore (above 12-14 khz or so I believe) in that we... | |
| Loudness War A good example of a recent popular tune that is compressed to the nth degree is "Right Round" by Flo Rida.They use this tune in a workout class I do and I like it, so I downloaded an mp3 from amazon for .99 cents. It would be so much better if eve... |