mapman
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| why do we argue? No, I am not arguing even though that is the subject and we haven't figured out why!I would never argue about why do we argue. That is twice as bad, possibly even 4X worse on a log scale!Still craving that banana though.... | |
| What stereo amp sounds better than digital monos? IS you pre-amp SS or tube?If tube, any amp with 60K or greater input impedance might offer an improvement. I seem to recall that most of the amps you have had might not fall into that category for best match to a tube pre-amp but not certain.IF a ... | |
| What stereo amp sounds better than digital monos? Boulder might have something different and perhaps better to offer, but not cheap! | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? "I don't easily get all romantic and gobbly-goopy about them except when the right vintage recordings are playing."BTW, the right vintage recordings sometimes includes even old 78's that I occasionally purchase, play on an old Admiral ceramic cat ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Uh-oh, the cat's out the bag!Personally, I would agree with the OPS premise and would think it applies to most except perhaps some of those who like turntables just because they are turntables. I fall into that category. I gre up with and love tur... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? A lot of vintage gear used to have loudness controls and other tone control features that due to how the human ear works were useful at low volumes sometimes but required manual interaction to activate/use.Its possible that this could still be par... | |
| why do we argue? Craving a banana......! | |
| frequency range for instrument vs speaker Just to be clear, the SB touch frequency spectrum display would indicate the frequency distribution of the signal the touch receives as input. I wonder if it is based on the digital input signal or the analog output of the internal DAC? Dunno.ANyw... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Batch,I am familiar with the Walsh 2 upgrade process but never been through it. Doesn't sound too bad again if one is comfortable with ripping out teh old boards in the base and working a glue gun. I did the glue gun bit once on my old Walsh 2s to... | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? Power alone has perhaps the least of anything to do with low volume sound quality. Almost everything else matters more. THere is lots of good info in threads scattered about here on A'gon already about what goes into getting good sound at lower vo... | |
| upgraded power cables after a power conditioner IF the power needs fixing/filtering/conditioning (which is often but not always the case) then the best strategy to me is to first get it right via the proper power conditioner that can do the job, ie do the filtering/conditioning well and deliver... | |
| why do we argue? As long as Bryon and others are willing to spend the time to try and shed light on difficult questions through their educated and well thought out insights, I am glad to spend the time reading as well.Its my .1% non chimp homo-sapien side speaking... | |
| About synergy? I'll go out on a limb and say that any real improvement to quality of power should always result in positive improvements in sound quality, so it is one tweak that is more about optimizing performance in general and less about synergy. If an impro... | |
| frequency range for instrument vs speaker FWIW, Squeezebox touch has a frequency spectrum display mode that can be switched to by touching the display area where album art is displayed by default I believe. Dunno how accurate, but it appears to be somewhat useful to get an idea of what th... | |
| frequency range for instrument vs speaker I tend to think similar to Drew_eckhardt.A speaker that is flat and can perform without breakup nor compression at real life volumes best will tend to extend similarly below the frequency range where the lowest and most common fundamentals occur e... |