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| dynamic range -the good and bad? Remember- a lot of different factors go into a classical recording. First, each conductor is going to have a different vision as to how the piece should sound. I have heard Beethoven's 9th some 15 times live. Sometimes there simply is a difference... | |
| Will a new Preamp sovle my Problem? You could try a little experiment. I am assuming that your listening position is somewhere greater than 6 feet from the speakers. Set your volume control to where it definitely sounds bright. Now move to within 3 feet of your speakers. It will be ... | |
| Recommend SS Amp for Monitor Audio GS60? I listened to the GS60's extensively a few months ago. Nice speaker - very neutral, well balanced. The dealers that had the GS60's all were driving them with anthem amps. Sounded fine - I wasn't impressed - but in a sense that is what a neutral sp... | |
| cables are they worth it? In short, no - an $800 interconnect is ridiculous. Likewise for a $50 power cord. I am sure someone would sell an $800 doorstop also - because it will "just hold the door open better". THere is one huge advantage to expensive cable and power cords... | |
| "Budget" cable advice, please Blue Jean cable sells Belden cable at any length you specify as well as interconnects. You can also buy Belden from a electrical supply house like Allied Electronics but you will likely have to buy it in either 500 or 1000 ft rolls. However, the o... | |
| whistling in the ears If you actually do have tinnitus it is a chronic condition, usually the result of acoustic trauma - time around artillery or on a flight line without hearing protection. It is permanent damage and does not go away. It may get worse but it won't ge... | |
| cd player with balanced outputs Great responses from both Shadome and Bob_reynolds. I will consider both options - thanks for the Jensen link. Shadome - what DSP are you using? | |
| Cable elevators - conventional wisdom wrong? There is no electrical benefit to raising your speaker cable off of the carpet. What noise are you going to couple from a static charge, and how are you going to couple it? The static is not changing so you are not going to couple it via capacitan... | |
| Source or speaker Think about what the various parts of a system have to do. Your speakers are the link that moves, or tansduces, the information from an electrical information to sound mechanical information (driver movement) to sound information. This transductio... | |
| System too harsh Help Jaybo - it is refreshing to read a post in which someone offers a common sense practical solution free of snake oil. Such solutions work. Way to go. The factors in any audio system are always going to be (ranked in % of effect)1) speakers (2) room... | |
| Stranded vs singal core conductors and skin effect Skin effect is not an issue for audio freqs = I started out in electronics as a teenager building a Heathkit 101 ham radio, worked as an electronics tech in the US Navy, earned a BSEE after return to civilian life and spent two decades working in ... | |
| Rethinking Listening Fatigue To the originator of the thread - your comment that the time of the day determined, at least in part, the experienced listening fatigue, is evidence that the source of the fatigue may your own subjective state; necessarily not constant. Major chan... | |
| Suggestions For Classical & Symphonic CDs kyung-Wha Chung violinist, with Andre Previn and the London Symphony on Decca - Tchaikovsky and Sibelius violin concertos. Many feel (myself included) that the string section along with the entire orchestra of the Berlin Philharmonic in the 1960's... | |
| Rethinking Listening Fatigue any information source as to what labels (classical music) employ the least compression? I would suspect DG, Telarc, and from what I have heard, Channel Classics - but that is just on a subjective basis. | |
| speakers for classical music Thought I'd get back to everyone on progress. By the way - a lot of great comments, very enlightening and really opened up some options and considerations. Had not thought of actives but now that is a real option. As to recent demo's and what I ha... |