mrtennis
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| Music vs. Components is the glass half full or half empty ? its half full and half empty at the same time.as applied to this thread it is not music vs components it is music and components. it is the components that let you hear your recordings. when you listen to mus... | |
| Eastern Electric's new tube DAC using ESS Sabre?? i have the sabre dac and will be reviewing it. have patience. | |
| The CD player is dead....... this post falls into the philosophical argument : "a is better than b" .our hobby is subjective. some people prefer a particular dac in a particular cd player over the latest technology.it's not logic or mathematics, its taste.there were some olde... | |
| Cardas Golden Cross vs. Golden Hexlink 5C i have owned them both and sold them both. i will never own cardas again.why ? glasre in the mids.the golden hex is definitely warmer than the golden cross.i found the golden cross closer to truth than beauty--not very colored. | |
| CD vs. Vinyl the valid comparison to make is between a recording and the hardware.thus a cd player or dac and transport is compared to a turntable, arm and cartridge.there are many variables and there is personal taste.while the facts of the recording are the ... | |
| best cd between cary or raysonic i owned the raysonic, although i did not compare it with the cary.my brief comments refer to the raysonic.if i recall, the raysonic used 6 volt tubes--6dj8 or 6922, probably not 6fq7.i found the player closer to truth than beauty, closer to transp... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? what about all the scientists with their phds and doctors who have no interest in art? they may be busy or have other interest. i think it's a bit harsh to cast aspersions.regarding what audio means, i consider it the pursuit of equipment for the ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? one can enjoy music without being an audiophile or having an interest in equipment.a larger percentage of the population enjoy music than the the pursuit of "audio" as a hobby.the question is why?probably something obvious like other priorities an... | |
| The Hub: In Defense of Audiophilia hi ferrari:what you have delineated is greshams lwas applied to audio, as well as make other points.while i subscribe to the aforementioned principle , i don't think it fully explains the apucity of audiophiles, as a percentage of the popoulations... | |
| The Hub: In Defense of Audiophilia i think the reason that "audiophilia" has a limited consumer audienece is that those who are not audiophiles and those who spend little of their disposable income realize that they can attain satisfaction from listening to their favorite tunes on ... | |
| Are you a Verificationist about audio? subjects of a subjective nature , like audio, genereate opinions. most statements regharding audio topics are opinions which cannot be verified as to their certainty.proff is analytic and deductive, induction cannot be used for proving anything.th... | |
| SACD availability some cd hardware is prefereable to sacd hardware. that is, some cds may sound better on some dac/xport combinations than some sacd discs played on some sacd players. one needs to find a high quality sacd player to appreciate the advantages of an s... | |
| Audiophile Addiction i thinnk there is a strong relationship between this thread and the one titled "music vs components".as for enjoying the music with regard to how it affects you, a table radio is sufficient.i think you can hear the music in tour head without any e... | |
| Music vs. Components hi tholt:listening to music may or may not alter one's health, as is true of other activities. the reason for saying this is that the poster of the thread posed the issue of music vs components and i wanted to add the affect that music may or may ... | |
| Music vs. Components listen8ing to music may be neutral to your health.it depeneds upon many variables. there may be other pursuits which are more salutary such as running, swimming, reading, etc. .there is no asssurance that music will contribute to improvemenets in ... |