onhwy61
Responses from onhwy61
| Tact RCS 2.0 ADC/DAC The A/D/A for the Tact 2.0 is nothing special. It's not competitive with the quality of systems that really benefit from the RCS process. I use an MSB Platinum DAC with the 2.0. The A/D/A in the Tact 2.2 is reputed to be a major advance for their ... | |
| The Mysteries of Random Play Out of the hard disk music collection there's maybe 120 Stevie Wonder tracks. Four straight songs by Stevie Wonder would be one thing, but to insert the Nenah Cherry track which quotes a Stevie Wonder song, now that hints at a higher intelligence ... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Cdc, an argument like that could be used to justify engineers using EQ, harmonic enhancers and other creative outboard devices. | |
| Tubes & Digital - Is There A Link? GS5, what pro oriented equipment uses an OTL design? | |
| neutrality vs. realism I honestly don't know why the mic placement issue works the way it does, I only know it usually doesn't sound right if you try it otherwise. BTW, what preamp are you using with the Earthworks? Have you heard their speaker? | |
| Am I nuts or what? Ntscdan, sorry for my lack of clarity earlier. What I intended to say was that you can't draw any meaningful conclusions about the overall quality of digital vs. vinyl by comparing any given CD to its vinyl counterpart. Obviously, you could make a... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Recording music is a highly skilled craft. A skilled recording engineer will take into account the performer, the instruments, the hall, the recording equipment and make assumptions about the playback equipment in order to make what she considers ... | |
| Am I nuts or what? Comparisons between store purchased vinyl and CD versions of the same album are usually meaningless because there's no way to know if the recording chain for each version was kept constant. Sometimes an artist will have a different mix for each fo... | |
| neutrality vs. realism I totally agree that there is no live reference point for nearly all pop/rock recordings. However, I would take it even further for the case with even audiophile/purist recordings is not so clear cut. An experienced recording engineer can effectiv... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Gregm, I'm not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying a poorly recorded violin still sounds like a violin? Or it doesn't sound like a violin? To clarify my early post, "to make your music sound good", by that I mean should your system alte... | |
| neutrality vs. realism I read the original post as a restatement of the old question: "Do you want your system to make your music sound good (musical), or do you want your system to accurately portray what's in the grooves (neutrality). Tok2000 makes an excellent point ... | |
| Earbuds & Motion Sickness? Great choice in music. Many disagree, but I think Sugar is Bob Mould's best. BTW, I don't know why, but the wrist bands work for my Mom and her friends to clear up their motion sickness. | |
| Difference between tact rcs2.0 and 2.2x The RCS 2.0 is an excellent product, but I would not recommend it use as a preamp. The supplied A/D and D/A converters are of average quality and as such are not worthy of the type of systems the 2.0 would benefit. Use it as a room correction devi... | |
| Quad ESL 63's-Can they play rock music? Of course the Quads will play rock, but the fact is they are not optimized for loud playback (> 85dB). They will give solid and very tuneful bass response down to slightly below 50Hz. The extreme high end is a little rolled off, but the mid-ran... | |
| Are your used items selling? Lugnut, can we agree to disagree. Like audiophilia, politics would be quite boring if everybody agreed on everything.4yanx, sorry if you were offended, but a discussion of whether items were selling touched on the state of the economy which in tur... |