mapman
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| The finest Cable Elevators you ever auditioned? "Put it back in the system and it's like the most beautiful woman in the world and her twin system are beckoning me to their bed. It's that good!"Hmm... I find that hard to believe!Would you believe.......?Don't tell me these elevators will also b... | |
| The finest Cable Elevators you ever auditioned? "Is there something out there under $1000 that really is a giant killer? "I'm guessing almost anything home made that works. If its elevated, its elevated I would think.Practically, I'd first work to avoid EM interactions among cables by arranging... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Movies shot in Cinemascope have some unique inherent distortions (see the technical difficulties section in the referenced article) yet are generally quite lovely to watch.How about modern digital Imax?Which would you prefer?Why should vinyl/digit... | |
| Why are so many albums poorly remastered onto cd A lot of newer remasters are remastered with greater average loudness levels than before. The sound can be much different as a result, better or worse depending on the individual preference and other factors. Louder means clipping often comes into... | |
| Diana Krall Survey I like her tune "Temptation" on the "New Jazz Divas" compilation. Just a touch sultry and sexy. Very nice! | |
| 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. |