mapman
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| Good News "Frank Zappa will be very happy. May he now rest in peace...."How do we know there is no Muzak in heaven?Or the other place even for that matter? | |
| Any Young Audiophiles Out There? Dwindling #'s at least in the traditional sense in the US.Maybe, in the traditional sense, it will catch on more in modern day developing countries the way it seemed to for awhile in the US?Depends on whether to qualify as an audiophile one must s... | |
| Good News BAck in the 60/70s, in Muzak's heyday, was there anything less "cool" to listen to than FM Muzak stations? Still, there are some interesting "muzak" format stations available for free these days on the internet.One of my favorites is 101.ru - "Eas... | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? "It's not mounting cartridges that's tough with the LP-12, it's getting the suspension properly balanced. That's what makes people nuts."That's never been an issue for me with my Axis. I've had it for over 20 years. Normal stylus wear is the only ... | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? NO_regrets said: "I didn't once think about what a new table would sound like."I feel the same way even with my lowly Axis.The Axis is not any harder than most table to set up correctly. You just need to use the standard paper cartridge mounting t... | |
| verdict on class D amps? Hey Kijanki,Thanks for that nice list of Class D amps!Its in my back pocket for future reference..... | |
| Big AV Receivers : Digital or Analogue ? Parts are digital and parts are analogue.Its not an all or nothing proposition. | |
| Need dynamic DAC Use the Tung Sol NOS tube equivalent in the mhdt Paradisea rather than the stock GE tube for a huge improvement in dynamics especially in the low end. | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? ."If something sounds wrong, something IS wrong..."Good advice.Also I like to follow "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it". | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? "that a cheap used LP12 bought from the usual s/h marketplaces is quite OK"I'd go even further and say a used Axis is quite OK also. Use a good matching cartridge though. Denon DL103R on teh Linn Basik tonearm with a good phono pre-amp (and step-u... | |
| Can you point me to CDs with awesome stage? "God Bless America"-Mormon Tabernacle Choir"Strange Times" - The Moody Blues"Blue Moon Swamp" - John Fogerty"Pyramid" - Alan Parsons Project"Possibilities" - Herbie Hancock"Sophie Millman" - Sophie Millman"Still Life" - Van Der Graaf GEnerator"Smo... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? 100's/Walsh 2s are not too bulky and relatively easy to handle and move as needed.You should see the big F-5s on the other hand. These are heavy and came in 6 separate boxes with serious re-enforcement for the big cabinet boxes. Thank God they sit... | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? And yes, I agree, sibilance, particularly the artificially created kind, is extremely annoying. When it occurs, I can no longer listen until the cause is corrected. | |
| Sibilance in recordings: your experience the same? "While I'm at it, are there other recordings, say, in the female singer/songwriter genre with inherently excessive sibilance?"The short answer is "yes" I believe.Sibilence can be a natural phenomenon that gets captured in the recording.It can also... | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? I suspect the answer to the poster's question simply depends on ones point of view more than anything else. |