matchstikman
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| Concrete tubes: hemholtz resonators? tubes? Ok, I'll bite. How can these be turned into bass traps? What would be involved? | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Can something be beautiful and ache? What is soothingly-ugly music? Just a thought. | |
| What can $300 do? You gave him the amp and the CDP and now you are hunting for speakers, too? Did you lose a bet? Is your friend in a coma? Warrenh, you must be one nice guy, for sure. | |
| And we strive for..... what ? I have seen Santana, Clapton and Stevie Ray hit bad notes and it was just as beautiful to hear them recover from them and make something out of nothing. Granted, these artist are the best in the world and they can turn a blemish into a masterful s... | |
| Best band of the 80's Does anyone remember The Missing Persons? | |
| Getting into analog is tough.... Dan ed, I am happy with CDs, but I want to be happy with analog, too. Don't get me wrong, I see people here have the passion for audio and it is great; however, I am not sure I am one of them. Yes, I like great sound, but I want to get great sound... | |
| Getting into analog is tough.... Interesting stuff. Ok, here are some details about my listening habits. At one time I had about 3000 CDs and one day I decided to clean house and only keep the CDs that I truly loved and gave/sold the rest. I rarely buy a new CD these days unless ... | |
| Shostakovich...WHOA Hmmm, interesting. I may just check this out. I just got into Bruckner a few months ago and I had never heard of him, either.By the way, your ex-girlfriend sounds like one of my ex-girlfriends. She was dark, maudlin, but extremely intelligent. It ... | |
| Which artists do you just not get? Wilco! | |
| I adore my Shahinian loudspeakers I have never heard of these speakers; however, I am always interested in finding something that may be to my advantage. After checking out their website, I came across this statement:"Contrary to some feedback we have received, our loudspeakers ha... | |
| Is there a future for Redbook players? The funny thing about vinyl is that I am starting to see it sold more and more in music stores from new artist. | |
| Wash, Cut, Polish & Demagnetize Sean, where did I say "mandatory?" True, most manufacturers don't use the highest grade products, but there are plenty of audiophile manufacturers than do; hence, some of those 50k speakers and things I see on Audiogon, right Albert? Someone is bu... | |
| Wash, Cut, Polish & Demagnetize It took me forever to read all of these posts. I have a few questions; if these tweaks work, why don't audiophile(stuff from Stereophile, etc) grade CDs already come with these tweaks applied. Why aren't CDs made out of green plastic material? Why... | |
| Diagonal setup of system... Rhyno, good post, but what kind of treatments and where? Do the say rules used in a conventional setup apply to a diagonal setup? Bass traps always go in the corners, right? How about diffusers? Where? Dead wall, live wall?Rhyno, what kind of trea... | |
| Diagonal setup of system... I have a laser pen and after a first initial setup, it seems that things that were a pain to handle before, like open doors, windows, and the like, are not going to be used to my advantage. This could be a good thing. |