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| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? What is it again about the sound that the Furutech fuses improve? WOuld turning up the volume some otherwise achieve similar results? | |
| What's a great system at these price points? Headphones are another very good option at lower price points as is consideration of products geared towards the pro market, which tend to be more about sound and less about aesthetics. | |
| What's a great system at these price points? Many good ways at each price point if certain parameters are adhered to.Lower price points will achieve best results if speakers with limited bass extension are used in a smaller room. As price goes up, more good options for more full range sound ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? +++RockadannyNo doubt there has never been a better time to be a music lover than today and a big part of it is the variety of and accessibility to new music. | |
| Why does Amps/Preamps forum have most threads? The most things to talk about? | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "It happens during the ripping process, too, I'm sorry to report. You know, what with the laser reading the data on the CD and everything, just like reading the disc in real time."There is more to making music/sound than just reading the data off ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? One thing for sure about most modern music compared to 60s and 70s classic rock, psychedelic is definitely not "in" these days. Not very groovy, baby..... | |
| 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... |