mrtennis
Responses from mrtennis
| Music vs. Components none of the above. i am more concerned with the affect of the sound upon my health, a subject which is often ignored. also,has anyone asked the question:"why do you listen to music?" or "what is the purpose of a stereo system?"thus for me neither ... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl at the risk of redundancy, digital and vinyl are diffferent. one is not better than the other. so as to avoid being accused of either being a pedant or of sounding overly didactic, i will say that when one discusses aesthetic endeavors--art, food,... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? i guess i have not hi samzsx:tyhe western electric cords were fabricated about 6 weeks ago. i have no other information about these cords other than the iec and plug which contain copper.here's an interesting situation:granted the preamp and amp a... | |
| NOS Western Electric wire used for power cables?? i own two power cords.they are braided and 14 gauge. i also use ear to ear and soundstring.the western electric cords were fabricated by a friend. they were very reasonable.i found them to be slightly subtractive in the lower treble while not losi... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? when i owned the marantz player, i did not own the western electric power cords. i was using ear to ear and soundstring only. my system is rarely thin. i won't tolerate it.the western electric power cords are not contributing a peak in the treble.... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? hi zear:this is the last staements on the subject, as i don't own the player , and it is an unimportant subjecy. i will also list my system.1) i said that the player is not warm andd has no bloom. my definitions of each term imply euphonic colorat... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? hi aear:what you can say is that my (idiosyncratic) taste is very different from many posters on this and other forums, and therefore, my opninions may or may not be useful to some , some of the time.realize as well, that there are a lot of variab... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? i owned the 11s2. i would say that it has no bloom, is not warm, is slightly on the thin side. i sold it.i am looking for an sacd player.i also auditioned the oppo 83 se. i prefrred the oppo to the marantz. it was easier on the ear.my friend, whom... | |
| What of your CD's have good sonics? i own the furutech demagnetizer and have experienece with the bedini as well.i think the value of such a device is source depenedent. that is i have found "poor" sounding cds sound worse, while "goo to excellenet" recordings sometimes sound better... | |
| Music sounds natural when player kept powered on i have a ps audio perfect wave dac and transport and can report hearing no diffference between leaving the dac and transport on --i did this for one week and turning on each component prior to listening.i have also not noticed the phenomenon of wa... | |
| What of your CD's have good sonics? stehno:you make some good points.howevere, ultimately each one of uds has to decide why we listen to music and our expectations that result from such an experience.i think one's stereo system refelects, implicitly that choice.as a reviewer i have ... | |
| We Need An Audiophile TV Channel maybe the hobby is better off without its dissemination.the tyranny of the minority may be preferable to the tyranny of the majority.no tv or radio should be necessary. let people figure it out for themselves. if they don't. who cares ?the hobby o... | |
| Who has found happiness giving up cd player? de gustibus non disputandum 9hope i spelled it correctly)i think a cal tempest is prefereable to any other digital source.what's the point here ? it's all a matter of taste.one man's rupture is another's rapture. | |
| Oppo 83 SE Sound in Absolute Terms ? i own several cd players. the oppo 83 se is one of them. it seems to be very line cord sensitive.i prefer my 1990 audionote cd2, a tube unit and my consonance sacd player to the oppo.the point is that newer players may or may not be preferred to m... | |
| Do all good interconnects sound the same? hi nicotico:since no components are perfect does it follow that no components sound the same ? |