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| XRCD Technology Listening to one now, "Kelly Blue" by Winton Kelly. All CDs should sound this way, but they don't. JVC does a swell job. As far as getting rid of noise at the price of getting rid of life in the recording, noise is noise; plenty of life in this re... | |
| Skipping CD's Sean, that hurts: reduced mental capacity as one ages? Well you did say "way up in years" so I will simply consider that I have not yet reached this stage. Aside from that, I will have to chalk up another great answer to your credit. Regards. | |
| Do we break in our componets or do our componets ? The human mind is wonderful at adapting. It is one of those realties that the subjective audiophile is always running against. It is one of those realities that subjective audiophiles refuse to accept and believe that they, through training, super... | |
| Looking for a Speaker in the $15,000 Range Any speaker in that price range that does not deliver good response at or close to 20 Hz should be ashamed of itself! | |
| Looking for a Speaker in the $15,000 Range Of all the speakers you mention, I have only heard the Vandy Fives. If I was willing to part with the kind of money you are quoting, I would get a pair in a heartbeat. In Canada a pair of Fives is around $18K. That probably means that the Five As ... | |
| Besides Spectral, what else do I try........ Mike, spoken like a true salesperson! I hope I am a very small minority (would not be the first time) to think that they (at least from photos) are some of the worst examlples of industrial design ever seen. There is such a thing as taste. There i... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Gunnar: is this an application of the philosophy that the only way to deal with temptation is to give in to it? As a Catholic, I strongly object to this concept. | |
| Besides Spectral, what else do I try........ Edge=ugly wedding cake amp. Some of the poorest industrial design I have ever seen. With looks like that, a price tag no sane person would countenance, one would seriously hope that it sounds good. In fact, one would seriously hope that it transce... | |
| Maggies on my mind. It's the room. It's the set-up within that room. What you mention concerning the 1.5s are the Maggies long suit. I drew the line at the less than realistic bass when I auditioned 3.6s a while back, although that openness does beckon. I was even th... | |
| Summertime: little listening time Vacation does seem to improve the system. Maybe it's just the satisfaction of being back in familiar surroundings with the music we really like? Maybe the best upgrade does not even involve changing anything in the system: blow that money on a vac... | |
| outdoor audition How would you deal with neighbours? I have had the one living immediately next to my house and the one living immediately behind ring the doorbell asking that I turn down the system while listening to blues in my living room at what I consider rea... | |
| Songs of the sea and shanties Thanks. Looking for real traditional stuff. Got a CD called "Sea Songs & Shanties" on Saydisc from Amazon. Good stuff. Stan Rogers was a great singer. Died way too young on an Air Cnada flight to the States that had a fire on board. Funny thin... | |
| Poping noise starting up Mcintosh MA 6900 What does the Pope have to do with McIntosh noise? | |
| Is there a future for Redbook players? SACD and/or DVD-A will gain wide acceptance, take over the market in the span of, let's say twenty years, and then some movement will be started by some deadbeat audio "journalist" claiming that Redbook was vastly superior and that the newer techn... | |
| Classical music guide for LP Although pretty basic, years ago Stereo Review would, from time to time, publish "The Basic Repertoire of Orchestral Music". I probably have a copy lying around somewhere. If you write providing me with your address, I will try to find it and make... |