mapman
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| The best speaker you ever heard? "Magnepan Tympani IVds driven by Mark Levinson. Those and the Klipsch Horns made the biggest impression anyway."Funny, I first heard both of these at a single visit to a local dealer as a teen. I can remember the sound of Fleetwood Mac's self name... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? I agree that highs and lows are nice but overrated. :-)Most of what is going on in music occurs elsewhere. Highs and lows can be the icing on the cake but not the initial key to basic enjoyment.I do find that a large 3-D soundstage along with the ... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? I suppose it all boils down to how expensive to achieve musically satisfying?The answer of course is: it all depends...on a lot of things!_ _\__/ | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? "If your system can recreate that "you are there" effect or "they are here" effect, then you are knocking on high ends door. Just don't expect this effect all the time since most recordings aren't made that well.""You are there" versus "they are h... | |
| Magico Q7 . . . wow Nil,I think you are right that subjectively there is probably no single SOTA sound. Audiophile that are tuned into this kind of thing do not all like the same kind of sound obviously so preferences would vary with SOTA type systems as well as any ... | |
| Diana Krall Survey I am not very familiar with Diana Krall but other non-classical contralto female singers I like are Mama Cass, Amy Winehouse, Beth Gibbons, and Carly Simon.CAn she do something along the line of THis? I would like to hear that! | |
| Magico Q7 . . . wow Can any other systems at a similar price point arguably compete with this one? I can't even fathom how I would tell which of two SOTA systems sounded better. They should all sound like being there I would think? Maybe there would be enough differe... | |
| I would like advice on a small, inexpensive audio Squeezebox Radio for less than $200. Start with free Internet Radio and Pandora which offer a lot of source choices in all genres and add other online music services if desired. Add a music server on your home computer later. Add active powered sp... | |
| Anybody heard of 'hypersound'?? Sounds legit. I think I have heard of this type of approach before for certain privacy type applications, but not high end audio. Would love to hear it. Definitely something different! Maybe the ultimate tweak to eliminate room acoustics? Just not... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? I'll buy Foster's answer. | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? "Nothing" would infer no effects from room acoustics. Is that what a high end stereo system is supposed to sound like? I am not sure about that. How would spatial queues captured in the recording be delivered to the ears accurately? Can a sound ev... | |
| why do we argue? Michael Berry's comment got the Newton/boy genius thing right. A good bit of hype to boost the substance in that story....The devil is always in the details. Abstract models are always much easier to get right reliably than detailed ones. That's o... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? "Pony Boy" - Allman Brothers | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Lord I was born a Ramblin Man..." | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Doesn't matter. As long as it sounds very good, say well above average, to the guy or gal who paid and is listening, it is high end to me.I suppose it is also high end if it costs way above average as well, but that alone does not assure that it s... |