onhwy61
Responses from onhwy61
| How Many Of Us Are Compensating Thanks for the insightful responses. What got me thinking about the question was several recent posts regarding sonic deficiencies in what I consider fairly high-end systems. One audiophile complained that he wasn't getting a good violin sound. An... | |
| if you're reading this then you already know... Bdg, you're shopping while I'm trying to buy and/or sell. There's a real difference. | |
| if you're reading this then you already know... Why are you even clicking on the ad if you don't already know what it is? Or do some of you people just buy stuff because the ad has lots of info, links and pretty pictures? Part of the reason I've sold equipment on Audiogon is because I thought i... | |
| if you're reading this then you already know... Not a problem for me. I don't expect the ads to be sales brochures. | |
| Observations on Audiogon Posts Nrostov, whether they can hear it or not really isn't that important. What matters is whether the audio minutiae is musically important? Sometimes it is, but just as often it's not. | |
| Observations on Audiogon Posts They can hear it. They won't use the approved audiophile language to describe it, but they can hear. As a musician friend of mine once responded when I pointed out the depth of the soundstage -- "So?" But then again, without prompting the same fri... | |
| Observations on Audiogon Posts Audiophiles make too much of the differences between how components sound. To the average concert going music lover any decent $1,500 system will sound pretty good. Yet as audiophiles some of us obsess about the truly miniscule audio differences b... | |
| Did I kill my stylus? Clean you stylus as you normally would, otherwise this shouldn't be a problem. | |
| Moving the beloved gear Before anything take detailed photos of everything. Do not pack purchase records, keep them with you through the move. I would not let a mover transport a turntable. Make sure the movers pack your albums and CDs in the order you want and have each... | |
| Why so expensive?? High end audio is a luxury good. As in any luxury market price is used to segment the market into narrower niches. Ultra-expensive is one of those niches. It's aimed at the customer who wants the most expensive and exclusive item in that market. | |
| Ethics: To what degree? Your post seems to state that the manufacturer's warranty is measured in weeks, which if true, is quite unusual. The only product I can think of with such a short warranty are tubes. Exactly how long was the manufacturer's warranty? | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Samuel33, I define an active speaker system as one that uses active line level crossover circuitry to feed power amplifiers which are then directly connected to the drivers. | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Hooking up an amp to a speaker doesn't make the speaker active. That's a fairly absurd statement. Vibration is also not that big an issue. If it were, powered subwoofers wouldn't work. Also, the amp doesn't have to be housed in the speaker, it cou... | |
| Born to Run: Why the Poor Sound Quality? It sounds exactly the way Springsteen, the producer (Landau) and the engineer (Iovine) wanted it to sound. It's not intended to be played back over audiophile type systems. They were going for a Phil Spectre type wall of sound without too much ste... | |
| Monitor SPL vs. Full-Range SPL Are you confusing loudness with measured SPL? 83dB is 83dB regardless of the frequency. |