onhwy61
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| Why are audiophiles perceived as being wackos? Great posts by Rnm4 and Ehart. | |
| Why am I experiencing listener's fatigue? I think you need to seek medical attention. Listening fatigue is usaully a mental state, but you seem to actually be experiencing physical symptoms. Also, you should get a sound pressure meter and check how loud you are actually a level you are ac... | |
| I Can't Stop Playing This Song Kana813, every performance on the song is wonderful, I specifically mentioned Carlock because prior to this album I had never heard of him. That's my loss. Chris Potter needs no introduction, he's an artist, a pioneer, and we got to have some musi... | |
| Why are audiophiles perceived as being wackos? I always thought the secret audiophile handshake was a little off putting. | |
| Why am I experiencing listener's fatigue? Vertigo, please explain what you mean by "listener's fatigue". What exactly are the symptoms? How far away is the listening position from the speakers? Are the speakers toed-in? Are you on the vertical access of the tweeter? Do you experience fati... | |
| Better sound quality than the I-pod? You'd have to be a real contrarian not to get an iPod. It has the slickest and easiest to use interface (both software and hardware) and the most accessories. It's sound quality is very good for this type of product and can be improved to excellen... | |
| What's the BUZZ between songs with iTunes and DAC If you remove the Monarchy and run the Airport Express directly into the Opus doe the buzz and crackle persist? It sounds like your D/A is losing signal lock. | |
| I Can't Stop Playing This Song As a point of reference, here's a link to the lyrics and another link to a tabbed guitar version.To Rx8man's point, Steely Dan got that cool psychotic thing, the one you know so well. | |
| Can I place a large amp on its side? Ask the manufacturer. They will have more info on this question than anybody here. | |
| Tube Biasing: do I have to? Not correctly biasing your tubes is equivalent to buying an expensive 12 cylinder Italian sports machine and not having the engine tuned. It costs you nothing but a little time to bias an amp. I believe it cost $10,000+ to tune a Ferrari. One proc... | |
| from 87db to 90 db ? If you normally listen 3 meters away from your speakers, then shortening the distance to 2 meters will increase the SPL by 3.5 dB. It's not what you're asking for, but it does the same thing. | |
| Integrated with Excellent Phono Stage The older Musical Fidelity integrated (the original A1 and A100, sold in the U.S. under the British Fidelity name) were excellent sounding amps and had great sounding phono stages. I believe Tim DaParavinci was the designer. The Advent receiver al... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? My recommendation is to get an Apple and use it solely as a music server. I don't see the connection between your disc storage space requirements and the CPU. Playing back stereo tracks is a trivial tasks for even a 100Mhz computer. | |
| What Do You Get When You Spend Megabucks? Lakefrontroad, thanks for the insights into your system. I presume you're talking about your main system, although the smaller system also looks like it's capable of attaining your sonic goals. It's frustrating that the recordings are most often t... | |
| Music from hard drive better than CD? Pardales, any Apple computer and an external hard drive can do what you're looking for. The G5 models have built-in digital (optical) I/O, but require an external monitor. The laptops and iMacs would require an external digital connector such as t... |