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| What am I missing? @soix Don't mean to drag this out, but I think maybe you don't understand what remastering is. It has nothing to do with bitrate. I've done remastering (& recording, mixing & mastering). I've done some great stuff, but I've also been pa... | |
| What am I missing? @soix I have Tidal, and it's absolutely true. Everything has been remastered. I have many many original CDs, and what's on Tidal does not sound anything like the originals. I can pull the audio into my Audio Workstation and show you literally ... | |
| What am I missing? "CD Quality" is nothing more than a bitrate. (which happens to be 1411 kbps). The audio that comes over those bits is what you should REALLY care about.... and what comes over the streaming networks is NOT the same as what you get from the actual... | |
| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? About 10 years ago (or more?) I had SS put a ruby shaft on an old Ortofon MC-30. What I got back far exceeded my expectations... for about 6 months. The MC-30 broke internally, and could not be fixed (affordably). It was risky upgrading a 15 yr ... | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero While this is all fun & games hobby for many of us, for a retailer, this is how they MAKE A LIVING. They aren’t trying to make sales just for the sport of it. And every time they open a box, the next customer is going to expect and "open-box" ... | |
| So I was changing a lightbulb last night… "Hey Doc, It hurts when I touch this...." Doc: "Don't touch that!" | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? Wow.... Hearing that the Rogue RP’s have HT hard-wire bypass when turned off is a game changer for me. I’m definitely going to look into that! I’m still hooked on my old Anthem AVM50. Its analog path is no slouch, but I know it can be improved up... | |
| SCAM ALERT For AudiogoN Sellers - Too Many Questions Sad about phone number exchange not being allowed. I think it's disallowed on Ebay also. I wonder if it's a liability thing, or to discourage making a deal on the side? I admit to doing that once in the early days of Ebay. I met a local seller... | |
| NAD M23 Stereo Amplifier: Best Amp Ever Bench Tested?!? I tried the M22 a few years ago... gave it about 2 weeks burn in, and still could not stay in the room with it. Worst sounding amp I've heard in a long time! (and I grew up on NAD) I wonder if the new M23 is much different? | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? @soix I've had a home studio for 25 years, and been in several studios, looked behind the racks of multi-thousand dollar processors, all plugged with generic black IEC power cables. So YES i know the difference between those cords, and the ones... | |
| Did you notice.... The first question you have to ask is "Am I comparing the same masters?" Most often, if you have an older CD, then NO, you are hearing a newer master from the streaming service, and it's usually not better than what is encoded onto your CD. I ... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? I was reading in a pro-audio mag, the writer’s experience attending AXPONA for the first time, and his head nearly exploding at the ridiculousness of power cables. This is really why people hate the word "audiophile".... because of this silliness.... | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers BAD idea!! The output impedance of a power amp is a fraction of an ohm, so do you really want to connect both of your amps to nearly a dead short? Depending on the amp design, when a modern amp is turned off, it likely has a protection relay th... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings While I love the Rock & Pop genre, there’s not many recordings that really just sound like a band in a room. The few that come to mind from the early 80’s are: Joe Jackson - Big World (live to 2-track... this is a high-end recording) Talking... | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? Forget looks.... let's talk functionality! What's up with the new high end preamps that have NO controls at all. How is that a preamp?? Also, many just have one control knob, but no labeling. How would you ever know how to turn on the stereo wi... |