mapman
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| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? This discussion reminded me of a few telefunken label classical records I have that I have always liked. WHat are others impressions of music released over teh years on Telefunken? That's a label I think I need to own more of. ALso I tend to agree... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Though preached, no doubt, American culture does not lend itself well to excellence in many ways in practice. Very little the average Joe is exposed to has much to do with being good at something or achieving excellence. Not a lot to nurture the s... | |
| How Things Change I find nowadays, with everything pretty much clicking with my setup, I get enjoyment listening to almost anything. Everything has something unique to offer sonically. Now I wonder mainly... how long can this last? Nothing ever stays the same indef... | |
| How Things Change My biggest change in recent years here is also probably the diversity of music I listen to and in my music library. I also manage to carve out at least a few hours a week to listen no matter what. | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Volkswagons aren't so great. | |
| I would love some suggestions on great acoustic... Well can't beat Chet Atkins for flowing and melodic. Lots of great recordings out there that sound better than ever on a good modern hifi.Also +++ for most anything by Doc Watson.Lots there alone to keep one busy for along time. | |
| Whole Home Streaming I have been using SB TOuch out of the box with my own DACs of choice for years.Recently I have started to use Plex media server as well. I'm looking at it as a very cost effective and open platform option to eventually replace Squeezebox. I have a... | |
| Computer Audio "You may lost some tags and album art though."You will loose A LOT of that with .wav.I just converted my entire library over to FLAC finally after years of .wav. Can't honestly say one sound categorically better than the other. Both sound very goo... | |
| Perhaps a foolish question, but ..... The mono CD box set that is. | |
| Perhaps a foolish question, but ..... " This fed into a stereo system will render a image precisely centered between the two speakers."I have the mono box set. Nothing special needed to get similar results with that. | |
| Porqupine Tree I find it requries some time to fully absorb a lot of what SW and PT deliver, so best to not plunge in too fast with too much at once. | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? I suspect it has to do with the companies size, long history, and demands of the various applications its tubes have been used for over the years. | |
| Good Recommendations For Scat Singing Please "Mel was an outstanding musician and the most underrated jazz singer in history."++++ | |
| How important for surrounds to match fronts? Having everything match is not a bad thing and might provide a sense of comfort and insurance, but nothing wrong with mixing and matching as well as long as one is up to it and has confidence in their ability to do better. | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Bose and B&W are probably the two that own more market share than they probably should in an ideal world. |