mapman
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| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall They are not harsh at all when set up right.THey are hard to set up right. SOund great in dealer showroom. Same setup by same dealer below par at shows.TO hear them set up well, go to United Home Audio in Annapolis Junction, MD.CAll first to make ... | |
| Your favorite musical non fatiguing speakers? Still OHM Walsh. Can tune into them for hours and still hate to turn things off. | |
| audiphile power cords I have the Pangea AC14SE cords as well, and would tend to agree with Pga on most points except I would qualify that the difference with these versus any other cord might vary widely case by case. In my case, I like the sound with them on my DAC es... | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall "beautiful and well defined soundstage and stereo image that have been produced with no (or minimal) secondary reflections."Minimal, perhaps if done right. None, well, take things outside with no walls and no room acoustics and reflections and see... | |
| Using two preamps together to use the phono on one Yup, tape/record out to line level input.I just ran through this exact scenario last night looking at possible pre-amps for my second system.I'm currently using an old NAD 7020 receiver as pre-amp and use an old Dual 1264 on occasion with it. I al... | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall A good analogy for listening to a good stereo recording without proper soundstage and imaging enabled is to watching a 3-D movie without the glasses. The 3-D visual information is in the film. WIth the glasses, it is processed by our eyes properly... | |
| audiphile power cords Ralph's explanation makes sense in teh case of power cords for amplifiers in general where efficient current delivery and bandwidth are very important.Some vendors focus more on noise reduction and positive effect of that on distortion for power c... | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall Agree that Duke is the man on this site when it comes to principles of soundstage and imaging in speker design. | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall Onh,I suppose it depends on ones goals and corrsponding perspective.If you just want to hear the recording, headphones are probably the best way to do that.Any stereo speakers take it to different level by nature of the resulting sound heard being... | |
| Warm airy musical speakers? Yes, can't go wrong building around Dynaudio speakers for warm and airy. Not that they are overtly warm, they are not , they are reasonably neutral in general, but may tend slightly in that direction depending on setup. I'd say the Esotar tweeters... | |
| Warm airy musical speakers? Be sure to take in account how the speakers will fit into your room both physically and acoustically. Gettting the room/speaker match as good as possible should be top consideration. What sounds good or right in store may well not at home in a dif... | |
| The Power of Assumptions One truism all good business people know well is that perception matters the most in many cases.Engineers and scientists may know this as well, but that is not what their practice is about. | |
| Heads-Up: ARC introducing new G Series "audio jewelry"That's a useful term I had not heard used in quite a while.Some watches are highly functional and keep time quite accurately and meet peoples needs for that easily. Somse do this and are also nicer looking pieces of Jewelry.Same tru... | |
| Is it possible to have Good Imaging close to wall The thing is, music occurs naturally in 3 dimensions, not one, to some extent always. The resulting spatial/timing cues are in teh recording, to various degrees always. To play something that contains 3-D information in one dimension only can be v... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's I have done enough comparisons myself to be convinced there is no significant difference between CD resolution lossless files ripped accurately by software designed to rip in a manner that properly validates the data read before writing.I lose no ... |