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| Audio Research and Martin Logan Montis "What difference does it make if the system sounds OK?"A technical mismatch does not mean the results will not "sound good". Its a red flag indicating performance as intended may not be optimal. But nothing says optimal "performance" means best so... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "If you are not a climatologist or scientist at NOAA or NASA, then you only know a tiny bit about the subject."That's true thanks to our modern media which seems no longer capable of reporting the news in an unbiased and purely factual manner. For... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "...throughout geologic time" that is. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thing is climate has always changed drastically throughout geologic The other thing is we know things we do today can impact climate.The other thing is we can control the second but not the first.If you choose to do nothing about something that yo... | |
| SACD & other Formats CD is limited. Vinyl is inherently flawed.There is a difference.Not to say that CD is better sounding than vinyl necessarily. Just a lot easier to get to perform well up to its inherent format limits which perform pretty darn well, hence its longe... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Shame to think of all those really good really expensive high end systems that according to the will never reach their full potential without magnetic conduction. There is always something better, no matter what one has.Its the audiophile curse. L... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Chuck Mangione was big in the seventies. Feels So Good in particular. Not too deep, but I always enjoy his stuff when I hear it. | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz "Because they are so diffuse in their sound presentation, I am not surprised that you can't tell much difference much finer distinctions that quality cabling brings."That's not what I meant. I can tell a difference in most cases. In some cases the... | |
| Best Speakers For Electronica Music I think Totem products including Arros are quite well made. Thing is Arros are big hitters for teh size due manily to the quality of the product but also quite small. They might due fairly well with Electronica with a good powerful amp (to avoid c... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I find my system almost always sounds different, sometimes for the better when I change most any wire. Some changes more so than others. But its only a fine tuning/tweak compared to getting all the rest right. So I would say it can and often does ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? God bless the internet. And Heere they are... | |
| MBL 101e mk 2 Speaker Owners? A large room is not necessarily required, but 101s would probably be overkill in most smaller rooms and heavy treatment would likely be needed in lieu of distance to walls. I can also see where a good tube amp might work pretty well in a smaller r... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Which episode is that? I've seen them but only for a few fleeting seconds here and there. Inquiring minds want to know. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Best live jazz performance for me to date was French act julien lourau groove gang at snug harbor club in New Orleans just prior to the jazz heritage festival there a few years back. Lord in heaven were those guys something else! 😎 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Now is the best time for jazz. Lots of wonderful new talents snd recordings out there not mention many remasters and reissues of classics from over the years plus the originals as well. More than ever in essence. And most modern jazz recordings ev... |