mr_hosehead
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| Anyone heard the new paradigm signature series? Disagree away - no problemo! I'm probably frickin' deaf by now so who knows what the heck I was really listening to...Actually, I do know. And I very briefly listened to some B&W's in the same room (the one that's nearer to Hell). They were OK... | |
| Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs Dang - this has got to be one of the stupidest threads I've looked at in years. Can you all imagine how expensive this is gonna get? Started to go through the mental list, but started to show some years (and a senior moment or two 'cause I probabl... | |
| Can sibilance be eliminated? Some questions & comments:Why would you completely want to remove all sibilance? It is a natural byproduct of certain vocal output and occurs fairly often in "real life". Probably the base-line here should be to set expectations correctly - if... | |
| Best sounding direct tv receiver "the Phillips has a digital coax out (almost unheard of)"I dunno... The Samsung SIR-TS160 had TOSLink & digital coax, component up-convert, on-screen caller ID, and all that since at least late in 2002. We can vouch for the video & sound a... | |
| Speaker Wire. Hokum or Truth? I've switched from Hokum wanna-be's to HD Yellows. Best ever! Even better than the ones Quad uses to demo their speakers... | |
| Speaker Wire. Hokum or Truth? If your low-end speaker wires were 24AWG over longer runs then you should probably hear a difference. If your low-end interconnects were poorly connected, corroded, or the interconnect equivalent of 24AWG (over long distances ;~) then yes, you sho... | |
| Anyone heard the new paradigm signature series? Wound up making the huge mistake of following the salesdude to the downstairs audition room this week. That's where he fired up the little S2s. And that's where "the plan" (and speaker budget) started down the toilet. I originally had no intention... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Marantz HD880s. Over 25 yrs old, redid the surrounds & that's it. Larger Advents 30+ yrs old, also "surrounded", still kickin' in the loft. I'd hope my Paradigm Studios would last so well, but I'm not holding my breath. |