mapman
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| You're probably listening too loud Detlof,I can agree with that! | |
| Live with A Hum vs. Buy An Outboard Phono Stage " If I turn off the amp, but leave the preamp powered up, there doesn't seem to a problem."Well, you need the power amp with accompanying hum on to play, don't you?Sounds like the transformers in the power amp is the cause of teh inductance hum in... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? " the system will start to clean out all the weak businesses"Unfortunately perhaps not until after the execs are done funneling off all the bailout money being handed to them. | |
| need warm and LAID BACK hi-rez/focused power cord I have no idea what power cord fits this equation.I'm just posting so I can check back easily later on what others might recommend. also the Wired 4 Sound is a device I have interest in.When you say that these instruments come across "aggressively... | |
| You're probably listening too loud "High SPLs by the way do certainly not make for listener's fatigue, not even for female ears,"It depends how high the SPL and the sensitivity of the individual's ears.It is well documented on other threads here and elsewhere that prolonged exposur... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? "There is a lot of disinformation out there."Amen brother! | |
| Adding a Squeezebox - Upgrading Path? I have a Roku Soundbridge, not Squeezebox.Hooking that to a relatively low cost mhdt Paradisea tube DAC made a huge difference.I suspect the same would be true for the Squeezebox using a good external DAC.Try it with the DAC you have and listen. Y... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Some will and some won't.Some will also raise prices in order to appeal more to those who are luxury minded, can still afford it, and use price as an indicator of value. | |
| DAC or a new cd player I think your plan will not work as described.A DAC is used with digital sources only, not analog/lp.A DAC in conjunction with your existing CD player might be a good idea. The DAC output would be analog and connect to your amplification the same w... | |
| Wi-Fi Fidelity? "According to Ayre's Charles Hansen (nice link Ablang) Wi-Fi sure as @#$! does degrade the signal and your entire audio system via the RFI it generates in ALL lines. I wish I hadn't read that...wow, the whole low-level microwave constantly left on... | |
| I am sick of cables This is a pretty active thread.Apparently a lot of people are really not all that sick of talking about cables.Viva la Audiogon! | |
| The Reeses Cup: components that come together perf - tube pre-amp + high current SS poweramp + OHM Walsh speakersToss in a Witherspoon model Reese for aesthetics and what have you and bingo! | |
| Linn LP-12 still competitive with the very best? I think Linn is predictably trying to play it both ways with their expensive upgrades.1) Their tables are a well established reference standard, for better or for worse, for many, so they keep it unchanged and market that. Who can blame a company ... | |
| You're probably listening too loud I'm not advocating compression, which is without doubt a type of distortion, but I'm just thinking that one benefit of compression is that it makes things less challenging for the ear to decode, which would result in less fatigue perhaps than othe... | |
| The Best CDs to Give as Presents I've given Moody Blues - Strange Times at Christmas gift exhanges + such, at least to those over 30 say.Why? Its an all around great package, great sound and songs and production with lyrics and themes that I believe many can relate to in a positi... |