mapman
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| 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..... | |
| Buiding listening room from scratch - need advice Start with speakers that will meet your listening needs and fit into and work well in your room and go from there.Consider omni versus more directional versus everything in between for example. Omnis will sound similarly good from any listening po... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? When choosing phones, don't forget to give how and where you will use them and overall comfort ample consideration in addition to the sound. Like shoes, different styles/designs may be more confortable to wear and work best case by case for differ... | |
| Can headphones ever be as good as high end stereo? I have older Stax and newer Sennheiser, Audio Technica and Klipsch phones/buds. Each is different and has its charms. If you like the sound of Electrostat speakers or Maagnepan, you will like the Stax and/or other newer ES or planar magnetic headp... | |
| "The Breeze" I am not a huge Clapton fan on the grande scale of things, but Road to Escondido is another more recent Clapton release worth a listen. | |
| Buiding listening room from scratch - need advice So many ways to go....can't Rives help you select equipment as an extra bonus for the money you spend building them a home?Otherwise I would recommend a system similar to mine. No joke. Of course, that is what most happy listeners here will recomm... | |
| "The Breeze" Three sides? Now that's something completely different! :^)Put some bonus tracks on that fourth side, for God's sake! |