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| 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 ... | |
| How long before your cartridge warms up? "And as always I agree with you when you say there is no reason to have discussions of personal experiences as our tastes vary greatly."There is reason to have that, but no reason to put too much trust into any single case that any of us might rep... | |
| Just Pulled The Trigger Funny how "pulling the trigger" seems like such an appropriate description when we buy this stuff. The good news is somehow, we have all managed to survive, even if not always happily.GOod stuff is good stuff. IF its worth it to you, that's all th... | |
| KEF LS50 vs. Monitor Audio Silver2 ls50s + subs are a reasonable way to go in a larger room. I would hesitate to use them solo in a large room though. Only so much can be done in such a small package. | |
| what amp under a grand? TAD Hibachi Monoblocks (see my system photos) if can be found are a fantastic bargain still these days, in particular as a SS amp option in cases where a tube amp might work best, but is not desired for whatever reason. | |
| In Santana we trust There is a lot of Santana music over the years on my list of things to revisit again when time permits.Latin musical influences in popular US music seems to be on the rise in recent years and have heard a lot of fantastic related stuff. Santana is... | |
| In Awe of "Yessongs" Forty Years Later My favorite YEs albums:1) The YEs Album2) Relayer3) Close to the Edge4) Fragile5) Going for the One6) Drama7) Much of 90125 and Big Generator.8) Still soaking in recent Fly From Here CD but like it enough so far to give it a mentionI like Yessongs... |