mezmo
Responses from mezmo
| CD Player with Polarity Invert? Sounds like you've identified a much simpler solution, but I know at least older Meridians do as well (the 508.24 will invert phase), not familiar with their more recent gear. | |
| Do you buy new equipment because you are bored Definitely a mental problem. And definitely one that I share...once I get used to the way thing sounds, often find myself compulsively longing to change things and take "the next step," even if I need to invent one just for the sake of exploring i... | |
| Why magic at 80 db? Funny, circular definition issue, I've been told that one of the easiest ways to dial in ~83db "freehand" is that it will be just a touch louder than anyone could or would comfortable want to talk over.... Seems like we've all triangulated the sam... | |
| Sound stage, front, middle, or behind your speaker Huh, interesting. Completely unscientific, but just monkeying with my phase invert switch (which I have otherwise ignored) to more result than I suspected. Normal phase, my soundstage is generally centered 4-5 feet behind and 2-3 feet above the sp... | |
| Better XLR's Just received in the mail a pair of Cardas Golden Cross wires that I had Cardas reterminate with their new "Clear" upgraded XLR bits. No idea how they sound, as still trapped at work, but holy sh*t, that's some heavy, impressive, substantial bling... | |
| Why magic at 80 db? To follow up, here's some extended discussion from a mixing/mastering forum concerning how to set an 83db "reference level", how fatigue plays out at that level, different opinions regarding the potential for hearing damage based on time of exposu... | |
| Why magic at 80 db? Looking back at my post above, occurs to me that I may have stumbled into an old chicken and egg conundrum: do things sound best at just above 80db because they were mastered at that level to sound their best, or are things mastered at 80db becaus... | |
| Why magic at 80 db? Been hanging out with a professional sound engineer off and on, tweaking my speaker placement, talking trash and such -- and it turns out that the golden number where virtually all music is mastered in the studio is at 83db. He can pick it out be ... | |
| Magneplanar 1.7s to Recruit New Audiophile? Gosh, CW, poking through old threads while lazing about on vacation, occurs to me that I have both a MHDT Havana and a Bryston 4b-st lying about, in the box, just waiting for me to get off my lazy butt and try to sell them (a date that I have succ... | |
| Should the best systems sound almost identical? The discussion of the appropriate metaphor has actually been very helpful. First, where we seem to agree. Different things sound different. A violin sounds different from a bass. A trumpet will not sound like a sax. No one will ever confuse the Vi... | |
| Should the best systems sound almost identical? Let's, for the sake of argument, take an extreme position:Look at it this way: would you expect that one $2+ million Stradivarius violin will sound the same as another? Or as a $1,000 violin? No, I would argue, of course not. Yet, they are all mad... | |
| Extremely High-End "Pre-Pro" Surround Pre-Amp Yea, to echo the consensus, I'd stick with the two-channel gear you like and then add on a cheaper HT processor or receiver to handle the bells and whistles for the extra channels on movies and such. You can spend as much as you like on the HT gea... | |
| Most significant upgrade Not for nothin', but as I see it your first two -- and most important -- components are Margot Timmons and the general ambient music in New Orleans. Ask me: relax and enjoy, you're doing it just right. | |
| What is the best compressed iTunes format? Way I understand ALAC is that it is 100% lossless, but runs a compression algorithm to reduce file size. Think a self executing zip file that automatically unzips itself in RAM every time you play it, while the disk copy remains compressed. FLAC, ... | |
| What is the best compressed iTunes format? Mysterious stuff, no? No accounting for (or predicting) synergies, daffy combos, or personal taste -- far as I'm concerned. I've got a pair of Grado RS-80s that I use on the AAC stuff through the iPad/pod, mostly to and from work on the subway. Li... |