mapman
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| Do you know why "The record labels could reject poor pressings or pay extra for more quality control. "YEs, they could pay extra and not raise the prices even further as a result.Pardon me while I attempt to smother my laughter at the chances of this happening in... | |
| Equipment does not match I've heard modern AMT type tweeters recently in Goldenear Aon3 speakers off Rotel class gear compared to other speakers/tweeters a/b. The GOldenears were the most "polite" in teh high frequencies actually. Some will find that nice but some used to... | |
| Does it bother you? "True enough but if it is a crappy recording quality does the emotion, power, fragility come through?"In general, for me as long as I do not hear any unpleasant noise or distortions that should not be there in the first place, it works for me.As a... | |
| Why does most new music suck? I truly love this:What Am I Doing Hanging RoundMaybe I'm starting to come around to thinking even that which is shunned at the time by many music lovers and critics really isn't so bad? | |
| Does it bother you? Trentp ++1 | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? Willie, thanks.I have yet to see any computer audio solution without some warts. Maybe on Star Trek. SOmeday perhaps.... | |
| CD Tweeks...Improve Ripped SQ? "Mapman, the evidence is there, you just dismiss it. "Actually no I do not dismiss it. I merely judge as inconclusive in this particular case (ripping CDs) at this particular time for the reasons that have been stated by others even above.In the c... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? Well, that is the thing with Apple. You have to live in their world. Many people are happy doing that (and perhaps paying a premium in some cases to live in a world managed for them) but I have never been a Apple kind of guy. I do like my daughter... | |
| LOUSY SOUND AT LIVE CONCERTS "But, as you said, you were in the sweet spot--what about the other thousands who were not?"Don't know. Surely not as good. That's why I was so happy to be able to target and get the sweet spot, 1 section back dead center at ground level. :^)The s... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? Don't mean to hijack the thread. Willie, I can contact you via agon email to take this offline. I'd really like to crack the Itunes/Ipod/.wav nut already if possible. | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? "WAV does not contain metedata so when you import tracks it puts them into the "Unknown Artist" folder and within that the "Unknown Album" folder - told you it had some warts."Are/can the imported files be converted to mp3? My kids have Ipod/Iphon... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? Apple should really get on the ball and enable easy import of .wav from common sources like Windows MEdia Player to Itunes. Not sure why they have not. It would seem to be to their advantage to do so and it is technically feasible, aat least for c... | |
| Goodbye Sonos, hello ???? Actually, my .wav files do contain some metadata put there when ripped via Windows Media Player. Problem is that it is not truly standardized metadata tags, so its not always as usable as say FLAC, depending on system. ITs worked to date though wi... | |
| Equipment does not match Actually, that looks to be a pretty well matched system that should perform quite well.The Rotel amp would seem to be a pretty good match for the speakers. The ARC tube preamp woudl also seem to be a good pairing. WHat is the input impedance of th... | |
| Does it bother you? One thing I notice is that a lot of world music CDs I hear produced outside the US has surprisingly good sound quality. I've heard some recent reggae compilations that I would have to assume were produced in Jaimaica that will knock your socks off... |