mapman
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| New way of dealing with Low Ballers? "Here's a radical concept - ignore them."OR deal with it however you chose. Just keep it to yourself and the low baller please. | |
| How many LP's do you own? How long did it take? I bought my first album (a Johnny Cash Sun Records best of collection) off a TV ad circa 1968 or so. BEfore that, my sister's had some around the house that I spun more than they.TOday I have 5 bookshelves worth (not sure how many that is), more t... | |
| Windows Media Player I have digital recordings I made out of a headphone jack on an old HP laptop years ago when I first started to dabble with computer audio that still sound pretty good, so I know it is possible to get a Windows computer to produce good sound, but i... | |
| In defense of quantum products. I searched and read a few thing on the Nordost and Synergistic sites as some homework in response to this thread.The word quantum comes up many times when you run a search on the word, but I did not see a concise explanation of exactly what it mea... | |
| If you had $2000 to upgrade this system... Other than maybe a sub, assuming you have source material to justify for both, to make the best progress, always focus on getting the lesser source to match or exceed the other in general. Sounds like digital is the lesser currently.One can get bo... | |
| Is it safe Don't do it unless the vendor's tech expert assures it is OK. | |
| If you had $2000 to upgrade this system... Maybe add a powered sub to fill in the low end and flush out much of what you seek further. How is your digital compared to vinyl.? | |
| DNM Stereo speaker cables-experiences? "My Monocles sound like they turn the color up to 'vivid' rather than 'natural', and their bass certainly goes deeper."I recently noticed an increase in "vividness" using the DNM ICs when I replaced the tubes in my ARC pre-amp with new highly tout... | |
| In defense of quantum products. Sabai,I never said products advertised as "quantum" cannot work to improve or even just make a difference in sound quality. In fact, I suspect many can and do. I know for a fact that Nordost products are capable of sounding fabulous. I have read s... | |
| Is anyone thinking about building Walsh drivers? Eldartford,I'd say you are correct in terms of how a properly designed Walsh driver operates.My understanding though is that Lincoln Walsh invented the principle, but never implemented a specific commercial design himself, though he was involved e... | |
| DNM Stereo speaker cables-experiences? Dunno about the speaker cables ( I would expect some similarities in sound based on similar design principles) but I find the DNM ICs to have a uniquely coherent sound top to bottom and in the midrange in particular that helps musical subtleties s... | |
| What determines good distortion? Bombay,I'm with you.Distortion, whether good or bad, is determined in the head of the listener! So it's the listener who makes the only meaningful determination in the end.Avoid clipping distortions though always! Oveer the long term at least, I d... | |
| What determines good distortion? For me, distortion is distortion. It is never good. Some are just less offensive than others. SOme might even sound pleasant. But look up the definition of distortion. If your goal is to reproduce the original as accurately as possible, it is NEVE... | |
| Krell amp with Zu Essence speaker Probably overkill but definitely should work.I'd be interested in how the results sound compared to the kinds of tube amps often used with those and other high eff. speakers. | |
| Most forgiving high end speaker 10k-20k? "This discussion has reminded me of how glad I am to have tone controls."Treason!I bet you have picture quality controls on your HD TV that muck with the pure natural picture quality that would exist otherwise as well!Not to mention all kinds of f... |