oliver_reid
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| Speaker recommendations :-) I have the ATC SCM 19s - I find them excellent for Jazz and classical . Especially piano - piano notes are rich, tight and solid. I use them with a Dynaudio 18s sub. | |
| How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment? re "I have never been able to understand why people keep cats. They are free-loading bastards that don't empathise with their keepers one little bit." Like a lot of children these days :) | |
| How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment? My cat climbs on my ATC SCM19 speakers and pushes the grilles (which attach magnetically) onto the floor. | |
| Accurate and revealing subwoofer I have the the Dynadio 18s - dual opposed 8.75 in drivers in a sealed box I like it a lot. To me it sounds very musical. and it reaches down well below 30 hz $1800 in the US The dual opposed drivers mean zero vibration is transmitted through t... | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? Jazz at the Pawnshop | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? @simonmoon OK "If a $5k 2ft cable stuck on the beginning of house + power company wiring makes difference, there must a reason. A technical reason." | |
| Small, Effective Subwoofers? Look at the Dynaudio 18s. Dual opposed 9 in drivers. Reaches down to almost 20hz. Compact and transmits zero vibration to the floor. Very "musical" I use it with my ATC SCM 19s and it is excellent . | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? I asked the power company to install Audiophile cabling all the way to my house., but they refused. If a $5k 2ft cable stuck on the end of power company + house wiring makes difference, there must a reason. A technical reason. But I have never ... | |
| Never heard an amp do this before, ideas? Do occupants of nearby apartments in the building hear the same with their stereos? | |
| Chat GPT wrote a poem about digital vs analog Why do you say that when there is no Ballade #5? Answer: I apologize, there is indeed no Ballade No. 5 in Chopin's oeuvre. Chopin composed four Ballades, numbered 1-4. I made a mistake in my previous statement. Thank you for bringing this to my ... | |
| Chat GPT wrote a poem about digital vs analog I agree, and am thankful that AI has a long way to go. Its like doing a web search and pasting the key findings into in essay It is clever technically. As for content, it is broad broad but shallow. Kind of fun to play with though🙂 | |
| Chat GPT wrote a poem about digital vs analog Its verdict on Ballade #5 is completely different :) Chopin's Ballade No. 5 in G minor, Op. 23, is considered a masterpiece of Romantic-era piano music and is widely admired for several reasons: Emotional depth: The piece has a melancholic a... | |
| Chat GPT wrote a poem about digital vs analog what is excellent about Chopin's Ballade #4? Answer: Chopin's Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52, is considered a masterpiece of piano music and is widely admired for several reasons: Technical difficulty: The Ballade requires a high level ... | |
| Chat GPT wrote a poem about digital vs analog The much talked about AI bot "ChatGPT "wrote this. https://chat.openai.com/chat I asked it Do high priced cables improve audio sound? It replied: No, high-priced cables do not necessarily improve audio sound. In most cases, the diffe... | |
| ATC SCM19 V2 Recommendations. Congrats on your speaker choice. I got a pair in late 2022 and love them. I followed ATC's recommendations for placement (equilateral triangle ) I use them with a Dynaudio 18s sub - which works very well. I use Solidsteel stands |