onhwy61
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| Anyone have 'stereo blend' control experience? Don't know much about the older equipment, but stereo width controls are common in modern digital processors. Take a look at t.c. electronic Finalizer or the Drawmer 2496. Hi-end digital reverbs (Lexicon & t.c. electronics) also have this feat... | |
| Aurios MIB Pro's - Set-up tips. I suggest that rather than using the Aurios to support individual components, use them to support your entire equipment rack. You can either use the threaded holes atop the Aurios, or better yet place a board (wood, mdf, carbon fiber, etc.) betwee... | |
| Corporate Interests out to KILL Analog FM A little off topic, but related. Recent rulings have also seriously limited internet based radio stations. Web broadcaster are now required to pay royalties on the music they stream (retroactive to 4 years ago!). The royalty rate is higher than th... | |
| Converted to jazz, rock...? Interesting questions. It's my belief that quality musicians can play any type of music reasonably well, but that the best musicians in any type of music ony sound their best when they play their specialty. However, the difference between playing ... | |
| Electronics Dont Matter----Part II Expectations play a large part in anybody's level of satisfaction. Rightly, or wrongly, your sound preference is for an "in your face" sound. I suspect that a large measure of the disagreements between audiophiles over equipment is not so much abo... | |
| An electrocompaniet tale The REL claims to be a sub-bass system intended to supplement the bass extension of the existing speaker. It works best with speakers that already have reasonably deep bass capabilities. You don't mention what music you were listening to. I specul... | |
| Who is the best maracas player of all times? I didn't know that anyone other than Mr. Green even played maracas. | |
| Sony ES highend amp and preamp Both are fairly good products capable of fine sound. The preamp is a slightly better performer than the amp. The phono stage is very good. Neither is particularly warm sounding, but instead they aim for a clean and detailed sound. I can see where ... | |
| Coincident's "Victory" spk:beautiful, but... sound?? Any speaker design will entail some compromises. Deep bass is expensive (multiple drivers, large heavily braced cabinets, etc.), so I am not surprised that at the $5k price level a manufacturer might not even try to attain sub-40Hz performance. Pr... | |
| Tweaks & How My System Disappeared Congrats on your efforts and success!"It took a full three weeks of five hours per day to solve the puzzle..."Let's say you value your time at $100/hr., then your 105 hours of "work" cost you $10,500. No one ever said it would be easy, or cheap. | |
| Bonnie Raitt / Lyle Lovett Tour I heartily agree. Caught them at Ravinna (suburban Chicago). Lovett is off the crutches, but still had a cast. He had to sit in chair to perform. His set was kinda' short, but very effective. Bonnie's voice was showing signs of strain and the band... | |
| What is "critical listening"? Great question, but are you trying to start trouble? Audiogonland is a much happier place when nobody raises any troublesome questions.I'm not someone who critically listens to a component (or a system). It tends to distract from my enjoyment of m... | |
| Match the phono-pre to cart., or arm? The cartridge must be compatible with the tonearm in regards to compliance and resonant points, but the cartridge must also be correctly loaded by the phono preamp. Surprisingly, there is no compelling reason to have the same manufacturer for the ... | |
| Where does your user name come from? It was back in '36, or was it '37, I was down in the Delta when I met up with a guitar carrying man who introduced himself as Lonnie J. He said that if I had some money he knew where we could get some homebrew and maybe some women. I was a little ... | |
| Someone just dropped cash into your lap I'm not sure where this fits, but if I had unlimited money I'd construct a dedicated room. I'm at the point where the biggest limitation in sound reproduction is the acoustic environment. |