mrtennis
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| Ultra high resolution hi dave:you have misinterpreted my position:reality is based upon distance between musician and listener, including the perspective of another musician and/or someone sitting in the audience. i respect your desire to hear the breath and note the s... | |
| Ultra high resolution hi dave:as i understand, music is pitch, timbre and dynamics.breath is not music.yes, my tastes have been documented and i admit to them.the notion of reality has to take into account where you are sitting in relation to where musicians are playin... | |
| Ultra high resolution music can be therapeutic. there are different reasons for listening to music and many purposes for owning a stereo system.i sometimes think a stereo system can help relive tension or put someone to sleep, as well as help to lower blood pressure. t... | |
| Has the internet been good for audio? i prefer direct contact with designers over opinions and perceptions of listeners. i learn more from talking to manufacturers and designers than i do from the often conflicting statements of hobbyists. the one benefit of the internet is finding ph... | |
| Help with finding ultra-transparent pre-amp beware of what you want, for you may get it, tehn what ?most preamps tend towards the "truth". pick any solid state preamp, and most tube preamps. you won't be disappointed.you will attain as much resolution as you want and more.here is a simple s... | |
| Ultra high resolution hi dave:i have a problem listening to an instrument 5 feet away. when i played in my high school band, as a percussionist, i heard instruments within 10 feet from my performing position. however, an audience member is not in such a proximity to an... | |
| Ultra high resolution hi chris:more noise reduces focus and the level of resolution, it may mask low level musical information.dither is sometimes used as a technique in the design of digital hardware. | |
| Ultra high resolution hi dave:many stereo systems seem more focused and have more clarity than live unamplified music.consider the concert hall.unless you sit very near the stage, there is a blending affect occuring with greater distance from the stage.that is, sitting... | |
| Ultra high resolution there is no free lunch in audio. "enhanced" resolution implies that one is at the mercy of recording quality.in addition, "high resolution" does not match the experience of listening to live unamplified music.solid state amps which are exemplars o... | |
| How to evaluate amps that are not broken in? there is no reason to assume that if you like the sound of a component when it is fresh out of the box, that you will still like it after 400 hours.i have had experiences in which i initially liked a component but then did not like it after 300 ho... | |
| Jadis amplifiers: rolled off treble? hi chris:if you reduce treble energy, you will lose resolution. it is necessary to decide which is more important, a pleasant, euphonic sound, or resolution.regarding jadis products, i have heard the defy 7 mk 1 and the ja 80. i enjoy listening to... | |
| Jadis amplifiers: rolled off treble? oops ! i made an error in my last post. i meant to say that in the concert hall, there may be a roll off beginning at 2000 hz, rather than 200 hz. the distance from the listener to the stage and the presence of hundreds or perhaps more than one th... | |
| How to explain our obsessions to the uninitiated? here is a simple explanation:music is important to me. i will spend as little or as much as necessary to present music to me the way i would like to hear it. the "boxes" are a means to an end , not an end itself. the end is enjoying music .after t... | |
| Jadis amplifiers: rolled off treble? gentlemen:unless you have taken a spectral analyzer to a concert hall, you have no idea whether high frequencies are attenuated. depending upon your location, high frequencies will be attenuated.an amplifier which does have a roll off, say atstart... | |
| Best new loudspeaker there is another new panel speaker which has not been mentioned so far, namely the podium, from england.i will be visiting the importer in brooklyn, ny, to audition the speaker, on tuesday. i will report my experience. this speaker was exhibited a... |