nrchy
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| What does Flat Earth mean in audio circles? Eldartford, remind me not to fly with you! | |
| Feedback/Ideas for New Magazine? Plato, this is not meant to be a mark against you, but everyone has biases. Everyone has their own room in which to listen. Without knowing a reviewers bias and having an intimate knowledge of the listening room many reviews would be meaningless. ... | |
| newbie seeking stereo system advice I've been coming to this site for over two days now and Elizabeth's suggestion is by far the wisest advice I have ever seen posted here. I'm impressed.You really sell yourself short when making those little upgrades. In the long run you will be mu... | |
| What seperates "hi-fi" from "mid-fi" in cdp's? Gold rca's | |
| Rate these on order of importance: Cost is often substituted for quality when making comparisons since the relative value of a product is virtually impossible to determine.My priority when buying my current system had speakers placed at dead-last in imporatance. Great electronics w... | |
| what to do before you get the vpi record cleaner? Buy a Sota record cleaner instead. | |
| Rate these on order of importance: inpepinnovations, I never said anything about using bad speakers. I said that all things being equal, or even close that speakers are the least important. Many of these threads degenerate into foolishness because of generalizations like that. If a... | |
| Do cd's store a more exact copy of sound than LP's 16/44.1 is frought with problems too great to get into on this forum. The biggest problem outside of error correction is it assumes that sounds outside the 20-20,000 Hz range does not affect audible sound. It does, and that is why CDs sound thin a... | |
| Rate these on order of importance: Marco, I was all excited about the opportunity to defend my position, but I think you said everything I would have wanted to say.Once the signal has arrived at the speaker nothing can be done to improve it. Lots can be done to prevent the room fro... | |
| Rate these on order of importance: All things being equal speakers are the least important piece in the equation!Speakers will never reproduce what doesn't get to them!1) ROOMThe room is the most important part of your system. Yes it is a part of the system!A good system in a bad r... | |
| Need suggestions for a new amp 200Wpc Both have been mentioned, but you could do a Krell FPB 300 or the Pass Labs X250 for less than you mentioned and be over the 200 wpc mark. I have the FPB 200 and think it's a great little (okay so it's not that little) amp and it will drive anythi... | |
| just starting out "Good Sound" Laura Deerborn"The Complete guide to High-end Audio" Robert Harley | |
| SACD or vinyl? Looking for great sound and mid $$ One issue you must consider is the availability of music in the format you choose. All older music will be available on LP, but it will be harder to find new music (yes I know it is possible, I'm just saying it is more difficult).With SACD it will... | |
| Gordon Lightfoot Tribute http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031010.wlight1010/BNStory/Front/?query=lightfoot is the link to the most recent story I read. This was what prompted the thread.Some of my favorite tracks are:It's worth believin'Sit down young ... | |
| concert DVD recommendations Jethro Tull's "Living with the Past." It's like seeing the last tour all over again. The dvd is true to the latest song selection.I also liked Midge Ure's "Rewind: the greatest hits tour." There are lots of new tracks but also some old favorites f... |