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| Special artists never mentioned before on Agon Jesse Edwin Davis was a special talent. Best known for his work with Taj Mahal, but also worked with Dylan, various ex-Beatles solo projects, Leon Russell, Gene Clark, The Faces and Jackson Browne. Mick Jagger was going to have him replace Keith R... | |
| Subwoofer's Front Firing vs. Down Firing I take back my earlier post. Clearly people with knowledge can make firm assertions. | |
| Subwoofer's Front Firing vs. Down Firing I'm surprised that people can draw such firm conclusions. | |
| What is the best transport? Just because someone is passionate doesn't mean they are right. But what do I know, I'm someone who digitizes his vinyl. | |
| Special artists never mentioned before on Agon Dave Sanborn is a polarizing figure. One thing I remember was him hosting a music show in the 1980s called "Night Music". Check out the house band and the artist who appeared on the show. There was an interview with John Lurie who talked about his... | |
| Interesting bilind testing of Stradivarius Violin Photon46, thanks for providing the link to the article about the musician's perspective. She gives a good account of how many variables are involved and how it's not an either/or type question. | |
| Interesting bilind testing of Stradivarius Violin There could be any number of reasons why a working musician would prefer not to have an irreplaceable and priceless instrument as their everyday instrument. As a practical matter they are a pain in the ass to deal with in regards to travel and sec... | |
| Pass Integrated to Pass separates Skyflyer, I feel for you. You're lost in the Bo-zone. It's an part of the sky were high quality power amps only perform at their best with specific high cost cords.I still think you're on the wrong track with the power amps. I hinted at it earlier... | |
| What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed To paraphrase Marx, who are you going to believe, me or your lying ears? | |
| Help with compression and dynamic range That's not a definition of audio compression. What you're referring to is bandwidth limiting. In the example you suggested 3 octaves of bass, but less than a half octave of treble are removed. With anything approaching a full range musical passage... | |
| Service from Audio Research I suggest you show some patience. The time line seems to indicate that two weeks have past since you returned the amp and in that time period the dealer has provided you with a high quality replacement amp. You purchased a complex product from an ... | |
| Apple to Acquire Beats Audio Another way of looking at it is Apple is acquiring Jimmie Iovine. | |
| Pass Integrated to Pass separates If I were you I wouldn't go to the Pass separates. The Theos like power, so the XA 60.5 probably won't work optimally. If you go larger Pass amps the costs quickly skyrockets and you'll then also have to question whether the XP10 is the right prea... | |
| Pass Integrated to Pass separates Do you have any loudspeakers? If you do, describe the room you play them in. Also, how would you describe the Pass sound? | |
| Help with compression and dynamic range Compressors and limiters (very fast acting compressors) are required so that music can be comfortably transposed or carried by the medium. They reduce the musical peaks and raise the low level signals. For instance, on vinyl records if the music i... |