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| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” Interesting. On the Dinah Shore recording I mentioned from 1946, it sounds like a very detailed microphone was used very close up for the vocal which seems to have tremendous texture. | |
| ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER ... I sold more hifi gear playing that Jeff Wayne War of the Worlds recording than any other back when I did such things. People would flock to the system just to listen and stay there when playing. I bought it on a whim when it came out and was playi... | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” In the late 50s, stereo hifi was a big thing and record companies competed to put out good recordings to capitalize on that. There are many from that golden era. Even prior to that, in the mid 50s, many excellent mono recordings on the popular new... | |
| Name an artist that had a great debut album and a great final album On that last one, “Ain’t No Grave”, Johnny was very ill and knew his days were numbered and you could hear it but amazingly that’s what helped to make it not just great but uniquely great as his final recording.He embraced so many aspects of livin... | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. $5000? Should be 60% max of that.Not inexpensive but unique and competitive with others in the price range. Still hand made in USA I believe. Older tube amp friendly models less than $1000 usually | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” Checkin em’ out on Spotify.... | |
| Name an artist that had a great debut album and a great final album Johnny Cash | |
| A challenge to the "measurement" camp You need a high end oscilloscope obviously. Well duh! | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. I heard the IIIs at same dealer a while back. Very different demo but I will go out on a limb and say the IVs were a bit more refined. More like Forte III. I would chose the IVs over the IIIs though the IIIs would probably be better with most lowe... | |
| Klipsch Heresy iv...Your experience. I spent about 40 minutes at a local dealer auditioning the Heresy IV and enjoyed them a lot. They were running off an Anthem integrated amp.Very lively dynamic sound. Very engaging, not fatiguing. Listened to a wide variety of music. Imaging and s... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster Good point that the room is the part of the system you have least control over so inevitably it’s always about putting the right setup in place for the room and no two rooms are exactly the same. | |
| Why cuts into vinyl covers? There used to be this thing called the budget bin in record stores. The records in there were much cheaper, just a dollar or few, and often the covers were notched or a hole punched to designate them as budget bin and keep the value down permanently. | |
| Emotional rollercoaster It’s much easier to buy integrated gear that works well rather than integrate it yourself.The Bel Canto c5i digital integrated amp is a good example. Has most everything you need and will work well with most any speaker. Why do people with no expe... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster We don’t know what we really want a lot of the time. You can’t hit the target until you know what it is. Random upgrades may well get you nowhere fast. Better to first hear the sound you want and know what it is then pursue achieving it. You have ... | |
| Wisdom of buying high priced digital gear (given new advancements underway) Cost of quality digital gear tends to get lower as technology advances so something to always keep in mind. |