mapman
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| How do I smooth out violins? Power conditioning is a practical first step to consider because if done right, ie a reputable product with ample power/current delivery for the task at hand, like Furman line for example, the result is usually always positive regardless of system... | |
| The one and only acoustic instrument? This is a useful reference for what various instruments can do.I have a framed print copy hanging in my listening room for reference. | |
| Reference 3A line updated Nice!Maybe more older versions will come up for sale on Audiogon now! I still need to replace my Triangle Titus so I can donate those to my sister. | |
| What Instrument would you listen to? Piano is the instrument capable alone of getting one the furthest however. | |
| What Instrument would you listen to? No single instrument covers all the parameters that go into good sound, so using just one as a reference is a bad strategy unless that is all you will ever listen to. Human voice ( male and female), acoustic piano, drums, bass, violin and electron... | |
| Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450 " I would say the late 70's was the golden years of high fidelity. "I would say yes in terms of market size and # of users, but amps and speakers have come a long way since then. Digital sources as well since their inception in the mid 80's. | |
| Has anyone experianced Synesthesia? When i was a child, i was fascinated by records playing and learned to make accurate predictions of variaions in sound heard by studying the modulation in the record grooves. For example, i could place the needle in the correct location to hear a ... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? Good point to validate what the recording in question can sound like first Have you heard it sound better on a reference system somewhere? Once you establish a reference sound, i would look at power conditioningon the preamp as a first attempt to ... | |
| 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. |