mapman
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| Loudness War Not just the Thriller stuff, but the latter post Quincy Jones stuff on the Essential MJ collection is also of similar quality with excellent dynamics, perhaps even better in some cases. The attack of the percussion on much of this collection could... | |
| Loudness War "Why can't the recording industry learn from the most succesful album of all time - Thriller - recording & production quality counts!!"Good question.I suspect some in the industry do and some do not and many execs have not been able to put two... | |
| Krell KAV400 VS Musical Fidelity A300 A 3.2 A3.5 It sounded very fine indeed when I heard one a ways back driving Martin Logan and Focal Profile speakers at a local Tweeter.If someone trashed it it was probably in a mismatched system somehow or else it was a defective unit. Quality control on so... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Elton's "Capt. fantastic" also. Great sound quality also! | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? I'd assert The Pretenders 'Learning to Crawl" also.Maybe Elton's "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" also, but I have to give that another listen...haven't spun it in awhile. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? And Foster, any news in your hunt for the perfect low end? | |
| Mbl 101 extemes. They would have made an impressive set prop in an episode of "Lost In Space" or "Star Trek" or even "Stare Wars". Very cool but very bad WAF!Are we sure you just listen harmlessly to these? They don't like hypnotize and take control of your mind o... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's One other thing. I will take a chance with an unknown seller on ebay for a hard to find lp I really want up to about $10 or so.I would not drop more than that on most any lp unless it came certified from a reputable dealer.Visual inspection works ... | |
| dCS Puccini vs EMM labs XSD1 The one that comes to mind is the Cambridge 840c which I heard on a more down to earth dealer's best system (ARC/Rogue/Magnepan/PSB)at probably about 1/4 or less the overall cost. This system was equally good but sounded much different IMO. The so... | |
| Loudness War Jaybo, I agree it is often a narrow perception of what is good or perfect that is the villain in regards to enjoying music. Music is an art not a science. Audio is more science/enjineering. Audiophiles that engage both sides of their brains more o... | |
| Loudness War I'm curious. One recent CD I've heard that to me sounded like it had phenomenal dynamics, some of the best I have ever heard on CD, is John Fogerty's "Revival" CD.I need to listen again, but am I missing something? How did it sound so good (drums ... | |
| dCS Puccini vs EMM labs XSD1 I've heard the Puccini at Sound By Singer in NYC on a pricy system somprised of vtl pre-amp and VAC power amp driving MAgico Minis and using high end Nordost cables. It was quite sweet indeed! Very detailed and dynamic, yet natural and with great ... | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? FWIW I listen to a lot of old vinyl from back when these vintage tube amps ruled. They sound better than ever on my current system these days. The only tubes are in the ARC pre-amp and phono stage. The ARC tube sound does not really sound noticeab... | |
| Loudness War Not a perfect solution but if it really bothers you a vintage dbx 3BX, 4BX, or 5BX might be able to medicate the issue to some extent.I have a 3BX but have not been using it since I added the ARC sp16 pre-amp. Not that it makes dynamic range where... | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I've noticed when researching the CJ amps that CJ does not provide a lot of detailed specifications on their gear compared to many other leading vendors.I suspect what sounds magical to some cannot be done justice via specifications....that seems ... |