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| Am I totally nuts or just a bit off? " The very best stereo classical recordings are almost invariably those which have been recorded using a minimal number of microphones, perhaps just two or three, well placed in a good hall. And with minimal or no subsequent mixing, equalization, ... | |
| Am I totally nuts or just a bit off? Yes, stereo has all the advantages on paper. But its how its used recording by recording in each case that matters. Other than with the rare (these days) simple two or three microphone recording techniques what goes into the stereo mix is a produc... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? I actually rip all my CDs to music server these days. I never play a CD directly, so there is no music making occurring anywhere near the actual CD. Lots of bad things can happen in theory reading an optical disc in real time to make music. I also... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? " Mapman, you see everything! :-) "I'll take that as a compliment.But, not how demagnetizing a CD, which has no materials capable of producing a magnetic field TTBOMK would add any value and if it did, why it would not be more common.I used to use... | |
| Am I totally nuts or just a bit off? I wonder if anyone out there has what could be considered a true mono high end system? Mono source, 1 amp 1 speaker, etc? Stereo gear should not be needed if the source is mono, right? Also I wonder if there are any digital front ends that do a go... | |
| Am I totally nuts or just a bit off? Schubert,Just wanted to point out that OHM Walsh speaker sound quality has been refined considerably over the last 20 years or so since the Walsh 2s and 2XOs, keeping up with overall "higher end" speaker technology and sound quality quite well in ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "What if I didn't have my old 'reference' points for comparison?"I agree that not holding new music you hear up to comparison with one's existing musical reference points is key to being able to gain an appreciation for new music. Newer artists us... | |
| Why does most new music suck? What did I forget?All I am saying is that more recent artists will probably be most popular 1000 years from now just like they are today. Recent artists relative to ones youth or formative stages of life that is. Not to say the "classic" acts migh... | |
| Am I totally nuts or just a bit off? Good mono recordings are also very useful as a reference standard to help get things set up well for stereo. If you get a solid and full nicely centered and focused image with good mono recordings, chances are the speaker setup will be pretty well... | |
| Why are subwoofers so polarizing? When I use a sub, I try to set it so it sounds right with the more bass heavy recordings first. That means it may do little or nothing with other recordings that do not have much going on in the lowest octave. IT seems to be a reasonable and relat... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "Aren't you forgetting something?"Where's the new Dylan???? | |
| Why does most new music suck? "There is plenty of music being produced every year that is as good or even better than the Beatles ,Stones,Who, etc... IMHO "IF those are one's reference artists, it's no surprise no others would be deemed as good or better.Doesn't mean those who... | |
| worse entertainer or performer of all time?? I'll go with Garrison Keillor. | |
| Why are subwoofers so polarizing? Because they are often problematic to get set up well and essentially an optional accessory and not necessarily always a core part of a good sounding system.There are three scenarios one can follow regarding subwoofers:1) pass on the lowest octave... | |
| What is the best subwoofer you have ever heard? The ones that have been best set up and integrated into the rest of the system and the room. |