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| perfectwave combo or..? MBL + Bryston setup if you want to play high rez dvrs, the ps audio combo is one of the least expensive ways to do it. another choice is to buy the ps audio pwt and the minimax dac, possibly modifying the dac. | |
| Will a good power cable replace the need for a PC? hi elizabeth:are you saying that a dedicated line will produce "better" sound than a line which has multiple sources plugged into it ??thus , you would be saying that i would get better sound if i plugged my amp into a dedicated line than i would ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? it's a matter of priorities.there are so many things competing for our attention that audio assumes less importance than it did years ago. | |
| Blue Ray that Plays rented Movies???? perhaps your samsung needs a lens cleaning, or the rented discs have so many imperfections, that cleaning the disc may help, or there may be some other problem with the samsung that needs attention.have you brought the player to a tech ?it is an u... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System hi mitchlib:you raise a basic question: what is a businessman's fair profit ?have you ever owned your own business ?as a business owner, with all of his/her fixed and variable costs, what do you think is necessary for a businessman to charge for h... | |
| Where does your user name come from? its obvious, tennis was my favorite sport at the time my username was selected. now footbal (i.e., soccer to americans) is my favorite spectator sport.i use to be an avid tennis player until i tore my meniscus in both knees. | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? hi newbee:i think you have described the concept of warm, in your first paragraph in a previous post.however, would you say that a dip in the highs and a peak in the upper bass and/or lower mids, is amore specific description of warmth ?if so, war... | |
| Metal, aluminum, or wood for a rack ? what is the purpose of a rack ?i see two .1) a way to access components (i place them on the floor)2) access the components and avoid intruding resonances at certain frequencies.so the question is if materials resonate at a certain frequency, whic... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? assuming "benign" acoustics, has anyone attended a concert , especially orchestral or other ,in which instruments were unamplified and used the word "warm" to describe the sound?naturalness of timbre and warmth are not identical.warmth represents ... | |
| what type of subwoofer is good for ribbons the problem with panels and cone subs is the dispersion patterns of each driver type is unique.i think i can hear the discontinuity of a panel and cone sub in all cases in a blindfold test.i have heard many panels with subs and i have heard two di... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? hi byron:my idea of establishing definitions of audiophile terms is to define them using objective terms.in this case, the word "bright", refers to an elevation in frequency in the upper mids/lower treble. so i would say a n audible peak (2 db +?)... | |
| HDMI Cable i won't dispute the fact that you heard differences.in two channel stereo, the application of hdmi, is usually in the digital mode, between dac and transport.i have a ps audio cable , their most expensive, composed of silver. i would consider tryi... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? it would facilitate communication if there were "standard" definitions for terms frquently used in discussion so that each of us would not have to qualify or explain the denotation or connotation of terms used in a sentence.there are many words th... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? hi almrag:so, you are saying that a tube amp would have a ddifferent freequency response than a ss amp, when driving an electrostatic speaker.would you expect the difference to be as much as 5 db difference at frequencies exceeding 3 db, or what d... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? the output impedance of an amp has to do with the damping factor. it has no relation to treble response.i own a tube amp and there is no peak in the treble or dip in the midbass or lower midrange.consider the cj mv 125. that amp would hardly be co... |