mapman
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| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Rite OF spring rules.Carmina Burana as well.Two of the more interesting classical works out there IMHO.Rock on! | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Rite OF spring rules.Carmina Burana as well.Rock on! | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Phus.I haven't spun a CD in a couple years on my system. Music server + Squeezebox + DACs have replaced that.But I use CD players as a reference in that they are typically associated with the format as well. Its more about the format and the techn... | |
| Has anyone experience with FM Acoustics. My experience has been looking at the prices and moving on. :-) | |
| Why speaker lines come and go Companies that stick around combine good products/technologies with good business acumen including good customer service, more or less.Companies that don't, well, they can't compete with teh ones that do. | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "10kHz signal also have not too many samples for sufficient signal resolution when decoded from the DAC. It's only roughly 2 samples per half-wave and this is perfectly audible frequency"I'm having trouble getting my arms around this one?Doesn't s... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? "Easy, I bet 9 out of 10 people would just proclaim it nonsense out of hand."9 out of 10 people are NOT geniuses. :^)I would tend to agree with the pack on this one for the most part.Bach is pretty minimalist compared to most that followed. I'd sa... | |
| Bi-wire: is it worth it? "huge mark up"No doubt. Accessories are way more profitable than the main workhorse components. That's always been the case. Retailers know this and depend upon it. | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Audioengr,Can your reclocking device deliver massed strings as cleanly and grain-free as the best CD players out there? Or good vinyl?If so, I might have to try one. | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? The massed strings off DCS source I heard on a standard issue Duetsche Gramophone CD was the closest to vinyl I have heard, I do not think I could have known it was CD in a blind test, whereas often not the case for me.Massed violins=digital acid ... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? "Digital does something to the sound of massed violins, a real acid test for sound reproduction, that can make them sound harsher and grittier than vinyl does. "YEs, has a lot to do with jitter though I suspect.The best massed violin CD reproducti... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? A quick Google search shows some well documented cases and images of square wave tests with CD and the limitations there due to bandwidth, especially at higher frequencies.Can't find much at all for a similar phono test. Stereophile apparently had... | |
| Bi-wire: is it worth it? The answer is....it depends!Surprise! | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Lacee,Determining the happy path to enjoying the music is what its all about.No two are likely to be quite the same.Some might involve fuses. But many may not.I've agreed on several occasions that no two anything sound exactly the same and acknowl... | |
| "Slam"--what is it, is it really accurate? The recording as much as anything else will determine how the "slam" goes down, track by by track.More slam than ever in many modern recordings these days. Slam sells! Even good headphones like most Sennheiser phones these days do it VERY WELL!!!!... |