mapman
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| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Mumbo jumbo physics,which is limited to what can and cannot be measured and mumbo jumbo tweaks are no different.The followers of either can be fooled by what they have read and by preconceived notions."Mumbo jumbo is hard to bank on in any case. ... | |
| Ipad to replace cd player? Ipad is not a bad device for listening on teh grand scale of things historically, but .mp3 files are technically the weak link compared to CD.Just listen to the music from whatever source of interest and decide for yourself if it is enjoyable or n... | |
| Headphones for use with Squeezebox Radio The Momentums sound reminds me a lot of the sound of my old HD424s, but way much more flushed out and with bass to die for that teh older phones were never able to muster. Its definitely that "Sennheiser" sound.This is a very nice product that sho... | |
| Thiel death do we part . . . When you are "raw" you are "raw", good sound or otherwise.In their prime, the Rolling Stones were as raw as a bunch of newly rich British white guys could get. | |
| Why are CD's decling in quality? They are quite durable but not indestructible. The designers did a very good job with the technology of the time (which has improved vastly since) for CDs to still be where they are 30 years later.How many gadgets designed 30 years ago are still r... | |
| New Thiel Speakers - Post Jim Thiel Era The problem with good speakers (like Thiel) is that they tend to stick around a long time. That means new customers are needed. Thiel will do what it thinks it needs to do to get new customers. Hopefully, they take care of existing customers as be... | |
| Source Components, Genuinely Need Your Assistance Current system please?Gotta know what you are starting with before anything useful might be suggested. | |
| Headphones for use with Squeezebox Radio After a new round of reading and auditioning, I just added a pair of Sennheiser Momentum circumaural/over ear Headphones.Ended up on these because:1) I've always liked the whole Sennheiser line for many years. Had HD 424s years ago that I preferre... | |
| Can a tiny silver bowl affect music reproduction " Does limiting production somehow make the product more exclusive?"To put it simply, yes. | |
| Does The Squeezebox Touch Have a Worthy Successor? A fair degree of computer literacy definitely helps with Squeezebox. Its easy for the "system administration" aspects of computer audio to become a big sideshow, drawing away from listening time.I'm a computer systems/software engineer, so I thriv... | |
| Thiel death do we part . . . "Rolling Stones prided themselves in making recordings of poor quality, more "raw". ""raw" characterizes a lot (not all) of the Stones heyday recordings, especially those most leaning towards the blues, and rightfully so! "raw" does not mean bad! ... | |
| Phono stage good for classical and jazz? Anything Rogue will be excellent as well and also very high value. | |
| Phono stage good for classical and jazz? Can't go wrong with anything phono related from Audio Research. | |
| Is a tube phono better than ss? Cheap vinyl and protecting ones investment in a record library are both phono things. Tubes will almost always ADD cost, so one should be confident that the additional investment is a good one for them. THat's all that matters. | |
| Is a tube phono better than ss? YEah, I'm still where I started at the beginning of this thread. Each is different each has +s/-s. Neither is inherently "better". Choose your poison....Need/expense of maintaining low noise tubes for phono is the biggest downside in either case f... |