mrtennis
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| What's better than the Jolida JD100 i acknowledge the affect of the room, however, there are two other factors.while i had the jolida, i also owned and do own an audionote cd2. the latter player makes the jolida sound like solid state. the latter player is tube sensitive.since i hea... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? the question is:does the ability of music to commuincate depend upon sound quality ?i say no. if one accepts that premise, the medium is irrelevant.sound quality has varied over time, based upon the available technology. 80 years ago, people were ... | |
| What's better than the Jolida JD100 when i owned the jolida, i replaced the tubes with nos 12ax7, 12au7 and 12ay7. i used a variety of ac cords. the player was on the harsh side. it is not tube sensitive. | |
| What does more power do for Magnepans? more power is neither better or worse. playing a speaker louder is not better or worse. it is just louder.i have been driving my 1.6s with 30 watss, listening at 72 to 82 db of spl. it's loud enough for me and i don't need more power.the magnepans... | |
| Best new loudspeaker hi ralph:you are confusing facts, perceptions and value judgments.if i say speaker a is less inaccurate than speaker b, the statement is a reflection of a perception. in order to say that speaker a is better than speaker b, there must be a criteri... | |
| Obscure companies making excellent speakers? quads unlimited in florida, a one or two person company, builds quad esl 57s. 4 of them will satisfy the most discriminating listener. | |
| Anyone know of good active crossovers? marchand tube crossover. | |
| What's better than the Jolida JD100 i owned the jolida player. i don't have a clue why it has garnered such praise. it certainly is not warm or sounds like it has a tubed analog stage, probably because of the dac chips and op amps. most 24/96 or 24/192 players sound very similar.as ... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? hi krellm7:if you like the iiz, you will like their newest speaker, the clx, arriving in august, to sell between $7000 and $9000. it will be more dynamic and play deeper than your speaker. call the company to get some information. | |
| How good is the Marantz SA-7S1? i heard the marantz player today. well.... i am tempted to buy it, but.... , it lacks bloom. i mean it seems to be closer to truth than beauty, but doesn't seem to have any excesses. i fear that the player will not forgive poor recordings. it is e... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? gentlemen:what does sound have to do with soul ? have you ever heard a musician play in a poor acoustical environment where the sound was poor ? yet, one might say "he plays with soul".i am afraid one may be looking for sould in the wrong places. ... | |
| Best new loudspeaker gentlemen:let me try to clarify my positions.there is no best anything. there is no best for me, either. there is perception and preference. i make no assertion about quality or relative difference, except to say that i perceive the sound of an in... | |
| Best new loudspeaker yes i will assert that any electrostatic, within its frequency response bandwidth, will create the sound of an instrument, in a manner more realistic than any cone design.we both realize that such an assertion requires evidence.as i have stated in... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? there is a disnction between music and sound. music is everywhere, varying in sound quality. enjoying music does not require an expensive stereo system. many forget that people enjoyed music via the most basic , i.e., low fidelity media, in the pa... | |
| System-Buster CDs the idea of the "drum set is in the room" is unrealistic and often indiactive of a forward midrange. if the soundfield normally emanates from behind the speaker, why would anyone want the musician in the room, pushed forward several feet ?if one i... |