mceljo
Responses from mceljo
| Music vs. Components Today I stopped by the store where I purchased my speakers with two CDs in hand that I wanted to listen to on the Focal Grande Utopia EM speakers to see what was really on the recording in the lowest organ ranges. I'll admit to not being blown awa... | |
| Music vs. Components Oakleys - I'm not really trying to "prove" anything. It's interesting to me how few audiophiles will admit that listening to components is their primary enjoyment. I'm certainly into music from a technology/science aspect much more than I am for t... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? As a point of clarification, I'm not suggesting large scale adjustments, it might be within the range of what my receiver does when run in direct vs. stereo where there is obviously some internal processing going on. It seems that everyone is thin... | |
| Music vs. Components Jafant - The fact that you think that recognize that components can be prominent essentially proves that you listen to components on some level rather than music. People that are only into the music won't complain unless the CD skips.Odd thought o... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? Al - I wouldn't have come up with the Fletcher-Munson Effect specifically, and I'm not sure that it's exactly what I was thinking. Let me propose an option (4) and see if it is different from the option (1) you describe.(1) adjusting the system so... | |
| Have you tried matching a stereo to your hearing? I suspect a problem with doing it, assuming an sensitive enough EQ was available, would be the recorded media would likely be mixed based on the sound engineers hearing so every recording would be different.On a more macro scale, could the speaker... | |
| How is a subwoofer connect to a 2 channel system? Is that just hooked up in parallel with the main speakers or do most amps have a dedicated sub output? | |
| Music vs. Components I love my stereo and my wife loves music. She is starting to hate me talking about anything electronic and it bugs me when she sings along to the music because I can't hear it as well. She enjoys the quality of my system, but her enjoyment in musi... | |
| Music vs. Components I've noticed just in the last week that when I'm intentionally listening to my new CD player I'm less impressed than when I just have the music on and am doing something else while listening. I find myself having the realization that I'm hearing t... | |
| PSB Alpha B1 for Peachtree Nova I'm thinking they were the Monitor Audio BR1 (my minds eye remembers them looking more like a more expensive model, but the price on these is just right) that can be had for about $250 a pair online. They have many levels going up, but based on my... | |
| PSB Alpha B1 for Peachtree Nova I can't comment on how they would match the Peach Tree products, but when I took my father in law speaker shopping a few weeks ago we listened to a few different brand speakers in the out-the-door $800 range we had the following experience. The fi... | |
| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? I believe there are a couple of issues with subwoofers in a 2 channel configuration.First, many people don't purchase subwoofers that match the sound quality of their main speakers so it's essentially putting a $200 bass driver in a $3,000 speaker... | |
| What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup? Clio09 - My intent was to inquire about a recommendation for a vinyl setup that would sound great without being outlandish compared to my system that is worth about $5,000 in total, not a $5,000 vinyl rig.A sub-$1,000 vinyl setup would be a fair i... | |
| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? I've found that subwoofers are difficult to balance with the rest of the system. Like others have said, the bass level varies on recordings enough that no one setting works well.Another issue for me is that my receiver doesn't allow the use of a s... | |
| What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup? Maineiac,I'd love to have a system that was more 2-channel specific, but I don't have the budget or space to do both so I'm stuck in the world of compromise. I am extremely happy with the sound of my system, but realize that the sky's the limit fo... |