onhwy61
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| Have cables become somewhat of a snake-oil topic. Brownsfan, in a sense I understand completely what you're saying, but at the same time you're not making much sense. You put together a very high quality system that according to you sounds fine, but after switching power cords in and out the syst... | |
| Polk Audio RT2000p or LSi 25's--- WHO CARES ??? This site went to hell in a hand basket when they lowered it from 5 to 4. Where's the outrage? | |
| Could they sell a high-end amp without the fancy I think there's the false assumption that using lesser quality metal work will result in a dramatic lowering of the sale price. If a manufacturer went this root, would a $10k amp suddenly cost only $6k? I think not!A high powered class A or A/B am... | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K In your room the Duettes might be a better choice. | |
| Why can you buy a car at dealer Invoice but audio If you wanted an SUV w/ AWD that seats seven you'd have a choice between at least a dozen models from six or more manufacturers that all have dealerships within 50 miles of you. How many places can you buy a 300b mono amp within a 50 mile radius o... | |
| Can we increase dynamics? There are any number of hardware or software expanders available. The software ones are typically far more flexible. However, an expander can never truly undue the compression/limiting applied to modern recordings. You will be able to gain a few d... | |
| Have cables become somewhat of a snake-oil topic. If you can't hear the echo of the fly fart bouncing off the rear wall, then you're system just isn't resolving enough. Even a mid-fi system should be able to tell you the sex of the fly!Mogami is ubiquitous, but I've read that some engineers will ... | |
| Have cables become somewhat of a snake-oil topic. Good question and great post, but my observation is that most audiophiles try to know as little as possible about the recording process just because it raises questions such as this. | |
| The Engineer's Shoes.. Charles1dad, I think we agree more than we disagree, since I do understand your description of the 300b based amp, however, I've come to the conclusion that the audiophile language ultimately obscures more than it enlightens. I think a truer state... | |
| The Engineer's Shoes.. Words are not without meaning for they do convey some information, but based upon numerous other threads it's unlikely that we could ever reach a consensus of what liquid or organic sound means. It may be useful to describe what we hear, but is it... | |
| The Engineer's Shoes.. The audiophile universe has developed a pseudo-technical language. It's part copyright hype and part nonsense. All the talk of continuousness, harmonic envelopment, PRAT, etc. are used purely for entertainment purposes. If you think you know what ... | |
| Polk Audio RT2000p or LSi 25's--- WHO CARES ??? It's possible that no members have direct experience with the loudspeakers you mention, therefore no replies. Then again, it could be a conspiracy. | |
| Aging and Treble and Income? The situation in high end audio is similar to exotic cars. Unless your daddy was rich, for most people by the time they're able to afford one of those expensive German or Italian supercars they no longer have the youthful vigor to drive them anywh... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, thanks for the info on John Purcell. I knew him from the Mt. Vernon public school system. He was a few grades ahead of me so it's not as if we socialized, but he was someone who other students looked up to as a style maker. When I was in ... | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K If you sit closer to the rear wall you can lessen the cancellation effect. I don't know if they still advocate it, but at one point Audio Physics used to recommend a speaker setup along the long wall with the speakers very far apart, sharp toe-in ... |