mapman
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| "I've Got Blisters on My..." Still fingers 11 years later.No major official remixes or editing to that extent still that I know off.Give it time... | |
| Totem Arro vs Silverline Prelude vs Salk Songtower BEing close to the rear wall is almost always not ideal for imaging and 3-D sound, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. My second system cannot not be set up ideally but still sounds great. I suspect this would be the case with any of those three. I ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Hi Ralph,Glad you responded. I was thinking of this very initiative that you have mentioned prior. A laboratory, whatever it's actual form, is wherever innovation takes place. That is what it seems to me you are doing in attempting to push the edg... | |
| What Power Cord can improve clarity and bass slam? Assuming your power may not be clean to start with, which is often the case, I would first try a suitable power conditioner to accomplish your goals before investing in a fancy power cord. THere is a good chance that will accomplish your goal and ... | |
| FURMAN ELITE 15PFI AND ELITE 20PFI I've also been looking at the Furman conditioners as an upgrade to my power conditioning at some point.All other features aside, a power conditioner capable of delivering more current than currently needed will probably never hurt if the additiona... | |
| Brand new silver power cord is bright sounding Are you using any power conditioning in front of the power cord?I would address that if needed first from a clean power perspective by trying a power conditioner perhaps for everything except the power amp at first and then see how everything else... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? I tend to agree with Raul's latest stated position on both digital and vinyl.DIgital signal processing is much more flexible and accurate in general than analog. I doubt anybody familiar with both technologies in detail could dispute that? CD redb... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved "Competition among many Formats is the only way to keepsound quality standards high. "There are many downloadable digital formats available at all resolutions, less than, equal to, and greater than CD redbook. FUrthermore, conversion among them as... | |
| Ohm Walsh Microtall or Vandersteen 1C The thing with prog rock is that there is often a lot going on in the recording to hear at any particular time, like large ensemble classical or big band. A large deep soundstage enables one too discern more details, like a big screen 3-d hd tv or... | |
| Ohm Walsh Microtall or Vandersteen 1C "Ohm Walsh + Porcupine Tree = Sonic Heaven"Amen.If you have OHM Walshes and not the case, keep working at it until it happens. PT's FOABP was one of hardest of my favorite CDs to really get done to the max. Finally after the right amp, tweaks, etc... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved "I have a computer audio setup that competes if not betters some of the best CD players on the market at pricing that I could afford where the best cd was out of my reach and yes, when you combine this sound quality with convenience it makes this ... | |
| Best recorded rock song ? Selling gear back in 1978 or so with vinyl as the main source, Steely Dan's Aja album was perhaps generally considered one of the best and most utilized popular recorded rock/pop demo albums for demonstrating sound quality to rock music fans, thou... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved "Computer Audio makes as much sense as a nuclear powered Can Opener. "Great line PO!Thank God PEtty is back among us. PO, please, save us!! | |
| Best recorded rock song ? Dayglow, I was going to mention that exact BI recording as well but you beat me to it!Yep, the other two are really good also. | |
| Best recorded rock song ? I'll check my favorites list on my music server for the ones I've encountered recently when I get a chance an report back.There are a couple of more recent Flaming Lips tracks in there I believe that are worth a mention. Also a few remastered Chuc... |