mapman
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| McCartney Live? Yes, I think that clip is on the Beatles Anthology DVD set somewhere. I will likely break that out again for the first time in awhile after tomorrow.I'll probably be "NA NA NA"ing along with everybody else there tomorrow. | |
| DACs and reproduced sound Dangelod,I believe that is true in the case of the Benchmark, but is not always the case in that not all DACs reclock data. Assuming a low end player relative to the BEnchmark, or also perhaps even just a poor connection from the digital source to... | |
| DACs and reproduced sound Yes, the job of the DAC is to take the 1's and 0's which are the digital building blocks needed to construct an analog waveform and construct it. Its like building with Legos. The bits (1s and 0s) are the lego blocks. The DAC is the device that ta... | |
| Has anyone ever switched to Harbeth "My Dyns had to play loud to sound their best.. "I have Contour 1.3mkIIs. They also sound best with some volume. My Triangles and OHM Walshs are probably better at very low volumes. | |
| Has anyone ever switched to Harbeth Well, if its just that you are bored at least you will be trying something significantly different sounding from what I have heard.Here's a link to a system thread here where the owner switched from a nice pair of Dyn Confidence to Harbeth that dr... | |
| McCartney Live? My gut feel is that he would not tour anymore if he was not able to meet peoples high expectations. Everybody I talk to indicates he does just that. I am not a fan of concerts in large outdoor stadiums generally. Haven't been to one like this in 3... | |
| McCartney Live? I was just checking out the set list for some of his concerts to date. Should be a fantastic concert. I'm psyched to hear Mrs. Vanderbilt live with Paul on bass. | |
| McCartney Live? "I think it (Hey Jude) is perhaps the most overrated Beatles song of all."Hey Jude is OK, but I'm hoping the "Na Na Na Na Na Na Na's" are kept short to save time for some other stuff. | |
| More of a Tube Sound In a Tube CD player Regarding the mhdt DACs, the Paradisea with stock GE tube is more of what you are looking for. I also have a NOS Tung Sol tube I have used with it. That tube is less tubey and more SS sounding. The sound of the Paradisea does seem to be quite sens... | |
| More of a Tube Sound In a Tube CD player Not a player, but mhdt Paradisea tube DAC with stock GE tube provides gobs of lucious tubey midrange and harmonic richess in my system on all 2-way speaks I use.The exception is the older OHM Ls which are 3 way bookshelf speaks that I have customi... | |
| Synergy Here's a definition:"The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects."That pretty much sums up what you are shooting for in a good sounding system to me.Of course, w... | |
| Synergy Compatibility does not cover it.Mabe we're cutting hairs, but for clarity sake, most components are "compatible" ie they utilize standard interfaces, like SPDIF for example to be able to function together, but different compatible components do no... | |
| Your Top 5 Favorite Power Ballads Wind of Change - ScorpionsBehind Blue Eyes - WhoLong Goodbyes - CamelBabe I'm Going to Leave You - ZeppelinWhen I'm With You - SheriffBTW, Andrew Latimer's guitar lead at the end of "Long Goodbyes" is perhaps my favorite of all time. IT takes a tu... | |
| Synergy To me synergy is about getting stuff that works together well working well in the venue (listening room) it must function in.Synegy with the room itself is perhaps the first thing to take into consideration to get things sounding best. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? "Just listen to your tubes and get off already...."Try these:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dF2WcrdxdQ |