paulfolbrecht
Responses from paulfolbrecht
| Hyperion HPS-938 speakers My guess is that your 938s shamed the B&Ws. | |
| Raysonic CD228 Face it, Tweak, your 168 is obsolete.;) | |
| Any thoughts in ICE amps? Dob,You're dating yourself - Toonsie was more like circa '91. :) | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please These are not active speakers - they are speakers that use an active crossover.To me, active speakers - putting the crossover and amps INSIDE the speaker to ensure that it gets the worst affects of vibration possible - is and was a compromise base... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please Rchau,For the record, I was not insinuating that you made it up. I just found your dealer's reaction quite surprising given that, at the very least, these are simply very good speakers. I would say that the reactions I have seen/heard (dozens) hav... | |
| Any thoughts in ICE amps? Chad,An amp/speaker system is in fact a single, closed system since there is bi-directional interaction, and speakers are voiced with particular amplifiers or amplifier topologies. Thus, speakers voiced with, say, SET, or even many SS amps are not... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please I'd like to know who Rchau's "dealer friend" is since E-P speakers now have only ONE North American retailer and he absolutely LOVES the speaker. | |
| Any thoughts in ICE amps? I have a new multi-channel Wyred4Sound ICE amp and it is, frankly, astoundingly good. And, in fact, I'm going to take this opportunity to apologize to Mr. Bob Reynolds for previous comments. I indicated he was crazy if he could not tell the differ... | |
| YG Acoustics add in Stereophile I am personally in that section of the buying community that would never purchase from this company on principle based solely on the silliness of their chosen slogan.Oh, and they only sound great, not incredible. | |
| Learned something about vinyl vs. digital recently Everybody needs more records.Digital can sound nice enough but no recording seems to have the same body quality. And many of them seem to have problems with tonalities. I notice this with horns mostly. Bass instruments sound great on my best digit... | |
| Pros and Cons of built-in amps? Anybody who does not hear diffrences between a SET amp (any one) and any class A or AB solid-state amp is either:1) Listening to a very unresolving system.2) Using the SET on inappropriate speakers (in which case it should still sound different, b... | |
| Pros and Cons of built-in amps? Usarrn,The thing is those vibration sources can be and typically are taken care of. That's why we spend money on good racks and isolation platforms.You certainly are not going to "detect" obvious things like doppler distortion or obvious effects o... | |
| Pros and Cons of built-in amps? You know, you can get all the benefits and none of the downsides of active speakers in other ways - either an active crossover or no crossover.The big problem with active speakers is that any one that has decent bass response is going to be shakin... | |
| 1 Gb RAM enough with Mac Mini? Machine will be dedicated with iTunes only, but once again I will order 2 Gb because there's no good reason not to.I think it's worth the $700 to not have to stretch a USB cable to the couch anyway. | |
| 1 Gb RAM enough with Mac Mini? I get dropouts on (wired) playback, which is due to ripping errors, because they occur in the exact same spots every time.$100 for another Gig is really a no-brainer. I'll get it with 2 Gb if I order another one, which I may well do. Having the co... |