mapman
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| 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... | |
| 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 ... |