markphd
Responses from markphd
| punk was an assault on disco In the age of disco I could go to a club and ask a girl to dance and she would tell me to "Get lost". With punk I could go to a club and ask a girl to dance and she would punch me in the face before telling me to "Get lost". | |
| re-burn in? is there such a thing. Life's too short. Turn it on, warm it up, enjoy the music. | |
| re-burn in? is there such a thing. There's a differnce between warm up and burn in.Warming up is pretty obvious. Ask a race car driver if there's a difference between cold and warm tires. Similarly, some electronic equipment may have an optimal operating temperature for most effici... | |
| Music or Lyrics? Music doesn't need lyrics any more than the words of Shakespeare needs to be put to music.However, if a song tells a story, has good lyrics or is otherwise very poetic, it's a nice bonus to the music.Even bad or strange lyrics can be a blast. I ge... | |
| Are all "Floor Protectors"& TipToes Created Equal? There are many good products available and it would be difficult to say one is better than another as an absolute. Some might do one thing a little better than another one.For speakers, I use spikes with cups under the spike to protect the hardwoo... | |
| should speakers be coupled or decoupled? Stanwal's thought provoking post illustrates how observed "facts" can lead to philosophical arguments. When facts don't fit theory, or other facts, we use philosophy to reform arguments and assist in the development of new theory that better fits ... | |
| Who gets your system and music after you are gone? My wife will throw my vinyl in the garbage. She already wants to do it since we have a CD player. Then she'll give the equipment to my son and buy a Bose Wave radio/CD payer combo....just like her mother did when her father passed away. | |
| should speakers be coupled or decoupled? Rcrerar, my comments are based on the physics of what is happening. Sometimes what people hear is based on psychology rather than physics. although science can, and does, explain psychological perceptual differences too. One of the great difficult... | |
| should speakers be coupled or decoupled? It's sounds odd but spikes both couple and decouple.By coupling a speaker to a stand and the floor, there is mass damping of vibrations from the speaker. It has to do with Newton's First Law of Motion. When the speaker drivers move forward, there ... | |
| Which speakers are higher efficiency? I would second what Tvad said. On the point of the efficiency spec, you don't know if they were measured the same way under the same conditions with the same equipment. And the figures are so close. Six of one, half a dozen of the other on this. B... | |
| Music and politics I think there is a significant difference between putting politics into your music, and taking time out during a concert to preach politics. The former doesn't bother me at all. The latter I find annoying.With respect to putting politics into the ... | |
| What is a typical life span of a stylus or cartrid Good call Viridian. If the new stylus is less than $70, that would seem the way to go. | |
| Two mono center TV speakers out of phase? "There is no difference between a pair of stereo signals with identical left and right content (or in this case, top and bottom), and a mono signal fed to two identically placed speakers."This is correct. A stereo signal with identical content lef... | |
| What is a typical life span of a stylus or cartrid It lasts until it's worn out which depends on use/abuse.If it's a reputable dealer, it should have been taken care of properly. However, it it was demo'd by a number of customers not in the presence of the dealer, it could have been abused a bit. ... | |
| Two mono center TV speakers out of phase? If the speakers are different distances to your listening position, the sound waves from the two speakers will arrive at different times and can cancel each other out, or amplify each other, at the various different frequencies. I suspect that is ... |