mapman
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| Does my acoustic ideology make me an outcast? Can't put a price on good old fashioned know-how.......On of the best sounds I heard at a recent audio show were a pair of small DIY full range open baffle speakers. The DIY guys provided a schematic. About $500 or less of parts. A real eye opener... | |
| Ripping problem Metadata/tag info is stored in.wav files by Windows Media Player. Squeezebox server recognizes them. However it is not in a standard format that can be easily edited afterwards, which is why the file must be recreated/ripped anew to apply changes.... | |
| Does my acoustic ideology make me an outcast? I have never heard Bose speakers on a really good system, ie amp, preamp, source etc. Plus I have not heard any recent Bose home speaker models. SO I will reserve judgement somewhat.Bose 901s are only somewhat more expensive than back in the day w... | |
| The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio "Anyone who belives any speaker is worth 100k is mentally ill."SOme might be worth it. The question in my mind is how many people really need $100K speakers? I don't think it should cost nearly that much to max out most any normal room at home. Of... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers; Ported vs. Acoustic Suspension USing the sub will definitely help address any concerns regarding low end extension.Putting any speaker on a shelf close to the wall will pretty much always limit imaging and soundstage, if those are things you care about. Not much can be done abo... | |
| Ripping problem WMP has its quirks but I have no problems with the sound quality using .wav format to rip. Auto tagging is pretty good and improves over time. Classical CDs are most problematic with auto tagging. BE aware that the only way to fix metadata tags in... | |
| The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio New York generally knows how to do things well and often to extremes. That's part of what makes it unique. No reason to think high end audio would be any different. | |
| The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio "and good thinking costs no more than bad thinking."Good point. In theory, it should cost less to achieve any particular product goal. | |
| Anyone else receive low offers right away ? "What kills me is guys who make plenty of money and can afford to pay market price or there abouts still make stupid low ball offers"Being "thrifty" is maybe part of the reason they can afford to pay market prices but don't. | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved I do not notice any shortage of CDs to buy. You might have to look in places other than traditional store outlets, like Amazon.com, to find them though. Current situtation may be better than ever, assuming buying from Internet sources is not taboo... | |
| SP10 MK3 recommendation Albert undoubtedly had a finely tuned setup. I would use whatever he used if possible or if not possible ask him for alternatives along with pluses and minuses of each. | |
| The Lawyers Have Taken Over Audio In the 1970's, you could walk into a Tech Hifi in NYC and get a top performing system of the day for a reasonable premium.Since then, high end audio has become more of a niche/boutique industry. Today, you might well pay a huge premium in a big ci... | |
| Help me discover some new music... Also, do not be afraid to try any music from the pre-Beatles era. You will be amazed at how good many older recordings sound on a really good system, especially those given a good digital mastering treatment. Mono recordings in particular can be a... | |
| Help me discover some new music... Go to the goodwill store regularly and buy anything that looks even remotely of interest for a couple of bucks a pop. Various artist compilations are a great way to get exposure to artists that one might otherwise never give any thought to.Conside... | |
| Mo' money. Mo' problems. "The more you spend, the closer you get to musical truth"You have to look at the economics of what goes into the development and production of the product. More expensive does not necessarily mean better. Some companies (like the one in the articl... |