onhwy61
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| Pubul57- audiophile, philosopher, and friend A class act who always contributed positively to our online community. He will be missed.My condolences to his family and friends.Will the circle be unbroken... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... Poorly recorded and mastered music doesn't sound good at any sample/bit rate. Is that really surprising?The referenced article is nonsense. Essentially he's saying the math is perfect and therefore nothing else is needed for better sound quality. ... | |
| Integrated Tube Amp for Spendor SP7/1 $1000 You could find a Fisher receiver that has been updated for well within your budget. Very good sound and an excellent value. | |
| Presentation is Too Forward, where to start? I believe the 50" refers to the distance from the speaker with the measurement taken at the height of the tweeter. From the measurements it would appear that playing with toe-in should reduce the treble balance. | |
| Info on jbl paragon People who buy this type of equipment generally only pay top dollar to people who know something about the equipment. Anybody can stumble across something valuable at an estate sale and think they can get the over priced asking price that they see... | |
| Dropout when ripping CDs to wav or applelossless Nothing is wrong with using a Mini as your platform. I use iTunes to rip and out of 14,000 songs only 6 have dropouts. That's such a low failure rate that I haven't even tried going to more robust ripping programs. If you're getting a high rate of... | |
| Did I blow my tube amp? Purposely withholding the name and model of the amp will not get you any meaningful info. | |
| Speakers with no rear wall, better or worse sound? There's no right or wrong, hard and fast answer. Try the speakers in the different positions and see which you prefer. | |
| what is an ideal tube amp The sound is wonderful imaging is perfect in all three dimensions with fantastic clarity and non fatiguingBased upon this statement and your comments/experiences with tube amps, I suggest you stay with what you already have. You can spend a signif... | |
| Pure Music Functionality Question Haven't tried it again yet. Will do so within the next month or two.Thanks for all the comments. They are very helpful. | |
| Help Me Name a New Band Get Up/Down | |
| WARNING Counterfiet cables It is now clear to me that he knowingly sold you a fake cable. Were you under the impression that he was an authorized dealer? | |
| Anyone HEARD the qol 'signal completion' device? It is not a distortion device, it is a signal processor. This is a signal processor that's a distortion device. | |
| WARNING Counterfiet cables Selling fake cables and knowingly selling fake cable are two different things. What evidence do you have that they knowingly sold you something that is not what it is supposed to be?I've never dealt with them, but this retailer has a reputation. W... | |
| What's Wrong With ROMEX?? Sounds reasonable to me. At the same time, if you're constructing from ground up the cost of "better" than Romex is negligible.Some things are just cool to do regardless of whether they make any real sense or not. |