mapman
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| Musician's Challenges How about Andres' Segovia playing "Leyenda"?Steve Howe's guitar in "Close to the Edge"?So many things Steve Hackett and Tony Banks did in Genesis? | |
| Improving bass from a front ported speaker BEst way to get optimal bass is to experiment with different speaker positions, toe in/out, height above floor, listening position relative to speakers, etc.In general, proximity to walls and especially corner will tend to increase bass levels, di... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? "there is only so many hours we have on this earth to listen"THat is true!One may as well spend it listening to what one enjoys the most.For me though, I am always thinking there is always other things out there worth my time that I have not disco... | |
| Ever downgrade and have better sound? Not very often, but it can certainly happen very easily.Strictly a judgement call in my case, but I preferred my small $500 Triangle Titus speakers to B&W P6s I owned prior that cost almost 4X as much. Accessories (I consider wires to be acces... | |
| Help with new speakers WIth 500 w/ch amps (similar to BElCanto ref100m amps I use), definitely give www.ohmspeakers.com some consideration. You might save some considerable change in the end and end up with a top notch sound that is hard to beat.In my case, in my larges... | |
| Tone Controls can be so nice. THe problem I have with tone controls is not that they do not work well, its that each recording is different. Targeting a certain ideal/absolute sound becomes a chore when listening to a wide variety of recordings since each is inherently differe... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? ++ Bartok. Stravinsky too. Why compare? Each gets their fair share of love. | |
| Benchmark DAC2 HGC Pab,How does the BEnchmark do with high quality recordings of massed violins in orchestral pieces?In another thread, we were just discussing this as an acid test for digital. Massed violins often come across as somewhat grainy in CD recordings. An... | |
| Benchmark DAC2 HGC Nice review. THis Benchmark or what may come down the road even from teh company is high on my to-try list someday. | |
| Advent Model 300 tuner/receiver They were very popular and sold out fast back in the old Tech Hifi days.Phono pre-amp and tuner were particularly valued.Many were refurbs. I seem to remember a lot of blown fuses/one side out with many.Would love to have one in good working order... | |
| 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. |