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| 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 | |
| Anthem vs Arcam I have an Arcam AVR 11 I use with their PA 720 power amp, bi-amping ATC SCM19 speakers. I usually use the front 2 speakers only for music but with the additional channels I power a 9.1 HT system for TV and movies. I like the sound - clean, accura... | |
| Integrated amplifier for ATC SCM 19v2 The ATC19s are great speakers - I love mine. I biamp them using an Arcam power amp. The do need the power though. The recommend range is 75 to 300w. I would try to get to 150 at least . fwiw I pair them with the Dynaaudio 18s sub. That is power... | |
| Did you ever buy too much bass? In my experience ported subs are efficient but the sound is not as accurate as with a sealed box sub. You also want hear the bass through the air than by shaking the floor. I really like my Dynaudio 18s which is sealed with dual opposed drivers 9... | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Ruth Moody (sang with Mark Knopller on "Tracker") plus: | |
| Roger Waters Live Last Night in Glendale,AZ I can deal with a political position that differs form my own . In my life have held most of them - absent hard right or left - at one time or another. But Mr Waters' recent backing of Putin re: Ukraine is so far outside the Overton Window for me... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? I friend of mine (who also helped me set up my home system) set up the sound system for Hamilton - both for the touring shows and for Broadway. He explained some of the incredible lengths they went to make the amplified sound as realistic as pos... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? I remember reading an interview with an upmarket cord manufacturer. Asked whether high priced wiring really sounded better - he said "Yes, in the same way your car drives better after it has been washed and cleaned" | |
| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito All recordings are quantized. With ‘analog’ tape the signal is generated from a stream of magnetic particles which are which are either magnetized, or not ( i.e. 10 or 0). As the tape passes over the head gap these pulses are integrated to produce... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? My fathers Quad 57's which got me into audio in the first place Proac EBS studios - purchased in 1982 - which had ATC midrange drivers. Just sold them last year to get current ATC gear. |