mapman
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| High-efficiency speakers and high-power amps? What's the motivation for changing?ITs a pretty safe bet that a change from high to low efficiency speakers, or vice versa, will produce a ripple effect of changes throughout teh system in order to get things tuned in together properly again.So be... | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? Of course, if tube gear, for good sound, always make sure tubes are in good working condition, and if vinyl/lp, any deficiencies in proper setup of the cart and/or mismatches between components in teh phono system could have ill effects on dynamic... | |
| what to TURN to when starting $1000 budget Just went through a major project reading up on latest and greatest headphones and related technologies and listening to various ones I could find access to.In the end, I found the same old stand by lines to offer best sound and value IMHO. AKG, S... | |
| Ripping software for 2014 I continue to use basic Windows Media player to .wav. Have ripped several thousand CDs this way over last few years.I continue to prefer to use .wav. Just make sure tags are good prior to ripping. I recently found an inexpensive program that can e... | |
| what to TURN to when starting $1000 budget Headphones always a good way to start on a budget.Otherwise, an existing computer as source with integrated and decent quality monitors in general is a good way to go to start. Add a sub or subs later if needed. | |
| To Couple or Decouple? Decouple. | |
| Suddenly, Porcupine Tree SAw them live once. SOund quality was very loud to suit the music but top notch anyhoo. | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? A very good recording with nice snare dynamics from start to finish is "She's So Cold" by The Rolling Stones on their Emotional Rescue album ( a very good recording overall as well). | |
| Worlds Best Trumpet Player? Hispanic perhaps?This Guy comes up high in a google search on the topic. Google should know..... :^)This Gal might be the prettiest I have seen and sounds top notch as well. | |
| Which one better choice? ARC SS amps are generally designed to work well with tube pre-amps, since that is ARCs specialty, so I like the idea of going with a company that addresses use with tube gear well, and ARC is ALWAYS a rock solid choice. | |
| Beatles Tribute Tv special.... "The Beatles already have a young audience--they don't need their music "modernized" by the young artists-of-the-moment."I don't see anything wrong with that. It shows that young people care enough to try it their way. Just replaying the same old ... | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? Along the "music is hostory" lines, the current information revolution going on, where anyone has acces to almost anything anytime if they so choose, represents a BIG event in music history. PEople are more swamped with information and sources of ... | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? "As for any comparisons of these Ikons to present day rock composers, I think it is a stretch."Frank Zappa? :^)One of my favorites who is way under the radar of many is former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, who has successfully been dabbling on ... | |
| Denon DL-103 "one of the...." Listening to mine now. Fabulous! No desire to change. | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? El,Well, if you recall it live in a good venue, then you have an excellent frame of reference for what it can sound like.Unfortunately, recordings seldom sound exactly like any particular live performance. So many factors impact what you hear live... |