onhwy61
Responses from onhwy61
| Glaring Omissions You're not obligated to have listened to, like or have purchased any specific music. It's not a contest or about bragging rights. All the labels about what type of music is it are for convenience and are ultimately meaningless. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, thank you for withdrawing your comment. Knowing what to say, when to say it and when not to say something is a sign of a cultured person. Although truth be told Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus,... | |
| Jazz for aficionados which has been trained to be obsessed with the issue of raceWho within our society trained us to be obsessed with the issue of race? | |
| Charge for TT setup? It's negotiable. It's a business transaction not armed combat, so don't take it personally. I assume you're talking about in-home steup. If this is the turntable you really want, don't be so quick to walk away in a huff. You're talking about $100,... | |
| Afraid to buy new speakers If your room acoustics are so horrible and you are also restricted in speaker placement, then why spend big bucks on a good speaker? It won't sound good and you'll be unhappy. In another thread you mention that you have a pair of old Celestions lo... | |
| Just a bit to bright A slight brightness can be the result of your speaker positioning, overly reflective room surfaces, powerline distortions/grounding issues, source material, non-optimal cabling, etc. Since your loudspeakers are DIY you could pad down the treble vi... | |
| Why not horns? Some of the criticism of Peter Aczel in this thread is overblown. In a changing environment for someone to alter their position can be considered a sign of an inquiring/flexible mind. "All amplifiers sound the same" is not an accurate statement of... | |
| The State of Jazz Look up "the great American songbook". The standards arose from a specific set of circumstances that for the most part no longer exists.I also agree with Pgawan's comments about audience preference. | |
| why do hi-end fuses keep blowing, while std don't? You need to get rid of the McIntosh and get an amp from a manufacturer who understands and supports aftermarket fuses. | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? Mathmatics is at the apex of human understanding. It offers insight to our place in the universe. | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? Mathmatics is at the apex of human understanding. It offers insight to our place in the universe. | |
| Sony - What were you thinking? Dweller, you clearly do not understand what the HAP-Z1ES is intended to do. It's a dedicated networked hard drive digital player. In order for it to operate you need a separate computer for sourcing audio files and the Sony supplied software for t... | |
| PS Audio Phono + Sony HAP-Z1ES The Sony is not what you need. If you want to use the NuWave you'll need a computer and recording/editing software, PS makes specific recommendation, or you could use a dedicated recorder from Korg or Tascam. | |
| I-Tunes-type software When using iTunes you can "join tracks" when you rip which will keep longer multi-tracks performances together. I use iTunes and Pure Music and like the results. | |
| Ripping software for 2014 Why use the WAV format? Does it maintain metadata? |