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| Class A vs. AB vs. D... can you hear a difference? Having heard a fair sample of all three, in general I would say yes, each group tends to have some similar sonic characteristics as a group that will still vary somewhat in comparison case by case.Class A is more towards a warmer tube amp sound th... | |
| NY Audio Show September 26th to September 28th EBM will be doing review of this show for TAS, probably around Thanksgiving time. Head down the street in Brooklyn to OHM for some real good sounding good value speakers that many might actually be able to afford, especially in Manhattan!No turkey... | |
| Speakers with max of 32" high I think OHM Microwalsh would fit, or there are other configurations that might available. See www.ohmspeakers.com. I use slightly larger/taller OHM 100 in my two channel A/V setup (see system pics). These are omnidirectional speakers designed to b... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? A rancher is a good solution.I had my downstairs office insulated when our curent home was built so I can go in there and play as loud as I want anytime in our 3 story modern Victorian style home, but I have given thooght about what to do when the... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? My first pair of good headphones were Sennheiser HD424s back in the early 1980's. My most recent pair is the larger Sennheiser Momentum. I've listened to them all over the years. The Sennheiser line always place consistently strongly, at most any ... | |
| Is DSD download already an extinct format? "Mapman, I have been enjoying dramatic improvements in my audio reproductions the last several years. This has many roots but I will not bore you with them. What has happened is that I am getting realism that I never thought was possible and I hav... | |
| Reference 3A Sema Zen specs now posted High quality bigger speakers with bigger and/or more drivers are often only really justified in larger rooms. In a smaller room, particularly if lively to start, bigger may not be better. I'd lean towards teh smaller monitors and have the option t... | |
| Can a tiny silver bowl affect music reproduction " In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that empty beer bottles in the rooms at CES are one reason the sound at the show sucks so consistently."One reason. Probably just after beard lengths in importance. | |
| "The Breeze" I guess it makes some sense in that lengths of albums originally released on vinyl in its heyday was typically 40-50 minutes or so. CDs offer 70 minutes. Newer releases straight to CD take that into account. Thats somewhere between 1.5 and 2 tradi... | |
| Is it the speakers? Absolutely.WHen things are going very well, a trained ear quickly realizes how different different recordings sound. When they all start to sound similar you are probably missing something in regards to potential system performance.Hearing the dif... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? Another good thing about phones is they are likely to sound much like they did in the store when you get them home, with no room acoustics in the equation. That's assuming similar quality headphone amplification in both cases, to the extent needed... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? I could probably live with the TOTL Stax and call it a day. Even my older lowly smaller STAX Electret design phones are hard to beat, save perhaps in bass extension.Probably TOTL Sennheiser as well. Maybe others....but not quite as sure. SO many g... | |
| Reference 3A Sema Zen specs now posted IF NExtel is good enough for the Space Shuttle, its good enough for me..... | |
| Which speakers pair well for Onkyo A 9555? The Focal/Onkyo pairing is one I would have high expectations for and want to hear. | |
| Why are there no high end cheater plugs? "High end people don't cheat."You would think..... |