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| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved " In fact I would add that many rare 78 recordings have been saved by being digitized!"I can vouch for that. I've recorded all my family's old 78 RPM records from the 20's and 30's to CD and then ripped the CDs to my music server along with all th... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "there is only one Led Zeppelin"For sure.and only one BEatles...and Dylan...and The Who...and Elvis...and so on....I used to always be looking for the new "fill in the blank" but eventually learned to avoid that trap and appreciate each act for wh... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? JWC,I was not referring to clipping, though that is certainly always something to be concerned about. I was referring more to dynamic headroom, the drivers ability to pressurize the air in the room highly at higher volumes, especially at lower fre... | |
| Thoughts from THE Show, is $29k the new $10k? "The MBL room playing an open reel at 15ips. This was by far the best room for me as well as the friend that accompanied me. Unbelievable resolution, wonderful clean lively sound, top to bottom. We first visited the room in the morning and Hugh Ma... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Raul,I think you are relying a bit too much on superlatives and absolutes in your language and accordingly overestimate the tendency of other educated people to act like sheep and follow the "AHEE". If a study were done, I think you would find man... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? The reason the walsh's do so well at high volume are:1) simple crossover design at relatively high frequency limits what the tweeter is asked to do2) The Walsh drivers used tend to be larger than most drivers used in most speakers for comparable p... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I have NEVER heard ANY OHM Walsh speaker flinch at any volume level. THat's a unique aspect of them all since day 1. I once set up my original Walsh 2s outside on a farmhouse porch for a party going on in a field extending 50 yards or more in fron... | |
| Overall opinions on Harman Kardon The HK 990 looks pretty nice. Lots of current delivery and power doubles into 4 ohm in a $2500 integrated? Gotta check that out sometime. | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? "When confronting the Borg, resistance is futile. When confronting Raul, argument is fruitless. I am OK with that......, Really."That's too bad. Raul does share some good information (albeit in fractured English), as do many others. I have yet to ... | |
| Dynaudio C1 and voices Agree vocals on C1s should be to die for. Probably just some minor tweaking needed.I have heard certain Nolas but not enough to offer any useful comparison to Dynaudio. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? OHM Walshes by default are NOT fully omnidirectional There is a separate tweeter that is directional above 7khz or so angled inwards normally. That works to produce widest soundstage by default. I have dabbled with angling out for more direct expo... | |
| Dynaudio C1 and voices I've heard Dyn C1s. Being more "laid back" than B&W does not surprise me.The best ICs I know of for the cleanest and most coherent midrange are DNM Reson. I use these in my system from source to pre-amp and pre to amp in my system. Overall coh... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Group hug... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? "Dear mapman: Sources of truth?, it does not exist in formal way. They came from personal research deep research I can say."Raul, the problem with that is that no man is perfect. WHat if you are wrong or missed something? How would you know? Good ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? "I thought that I had read somewhere that the driver materials or something was different between the 1000/2000 series and the 3000/4000 series. "That's possible but do not know. John Strohbeen would. I do recall reading Walsh drivers in latest X0... |