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| dynamic range -the good and bad? Use of compression will vary from recording to recording. In general, more extreme use of compression is more common in rock/pop CD recordings. If you have not been to a live symphonic concert recently, go to one if you can as a reference. It can ... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? bloomed, bloom·ing, bloomsv.intr.1.a. To bear a flower or flowers.b. To support plant life in abundance: rains that made the yard bloom.2. To shine; glow.3. To grow or flourish with youth and vigor.4. To appear or expand suddenly: White vapor bloo... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Bloom means whatever one wants I suppose. Never used the term before so I'm guessing.To me it would seem to go with the nature of some tube systems I've heard to make certain fundamental elements of the music comprising the rhythm and flow more pr... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Is "bloom" necessarily an attribute of better tube equipment?With the best tube system I've heard recently in terms of $$$$s by a longshot (VTL and VAC), I did not hear an overt amount of tube warmth or "bloom", just a touch of warmth and overall ... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Well, the tube emulation outputs on my cheap, old Carver pre-amp does a lot of this on my system, save the "bloom" part, I'd say. | |
| Classe DR-6 or Adcom GFP-750 I'd surely take Classe over Adcom from what I've heard over the years for reasons mentioned above. | |
| dynamic range -the good and bad? Not unusual.Well recorded large scale classical pieces are among the toughest for many systems to reproduce accurately. | |
| Best Speakers match for NAD C372 Just a note that if you are comfortable going used and pick up something second hand here on Agon, you can surely cross into the next league of speakers in these or similar lines at your price range to do low end better and go louder and cleaner p... | |
| Internet radio stations that sound really good Found Big Blue Radio using Roku Soundbridge. Very good sound.CAn't find the other two on Roku though. Do you have the URLs for public access? | |
| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests I have Bob James and Earl Klugh "Cool" and Earl Klugh "Move".Anything similar worth listening to in these? | |
| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests Jaybo,What you say is probably true, but, that aside, I'm wondering if anybody can suggest something to listen for from a passage of a particular CD that they have heard differences with from player to player so that I can see what I hear on my sy... | |
| Silky and soft highs: product of coloration? Regarding importance of amplifiers, it is important to match amp specs to speakers correctly and set the speakers up properly in the room. After that, it is mostly personal taste that comes into play, IMHO. Spending more on an amp assuming better ... | |
| Best Speakers match for NAD C372 I'd maybe toss Triangle Comete in the mix. Very transparent with good imaging and microdynamics. Excellent low volume speaker and can go loud as well without stress very well for a speaker in this price range. Represents a very good value as do ma... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Garebear,If you audition other players mentioned here or others compared to your current dcs, please share your findings here. Thanks + Cheers! | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player DC,One other point I would agree with you wholeheartedly on is that there is no substitute for experience in listening closely to live music (particularly acoustic music) when it comes to making a determination about how good a system or component... |