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| neutrality vs. realism The only direction towards reality that could yield appreciable results is multi-channel sound. With HT having set the table for audio multi-channel, the results insofar as multi-channel audio go, are seriously compromised. All those who believe i... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Your mind is pretty well made up that "ultra high-end" amplifiers sound so much better, why bother ask for opinions? Again your post here seems to be pretty much a closed loop. Contrast your post with that of the fellow who bought an Onkyo receive... | |
| Aquariums and Audio Equipment The sound may be too liquid for your liking... I just remember how bad I felt when my aquarium leaked all over my collection of Road & Track magazines dating back forty years. Why the hell did I put the aquarium in that cabinet that was such a... | |
| Do isolation devices really help? What kind of wheels? Should I get radial tires for them? Isn't it anathema to have casters under racks? Aren't spikes or cones de rigueur? | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green Geez, even Muddy himslef would have admitted that he wasn't the greatest guitarist around. Credit should be given to Jimmy Rogers, Pat Hare, Buddy Guy for their guitar work with Muddy Waters. Now if you want to talk about the greatest voice in the... | |
| high-end vs. ultra high-end amplifiers Nice to know you are not falling prey to market segmenting, to science, to bang-for-the-buck, to dinking-by-the-label, to the great pastime of record book thinking, to one-upmanship, to attempting to isolate one component in a chain and declaring ... | |
| Going SACD or analog? Another satisfied customer. Enjoy both, enjoy the tunes. Good day. | |
| Going SACD or analog? Alberporter, I have no desire to have this as a saga of digital vs. analogue, tt vs. CD, and on and on. The question posed by the gentleman was put as if he were at a crossroads. My answer to him was not to look at it this way and to keep CD playb... | |
| Going SACD or analog? Bomarc makes a lot of sense. Duanegoosen mentions what vinylphiles gloss over: every time an lp is played it becomes noisier. Heck, they will say gleefully that they like this noise since it lives in another sonic plane! In pre-cd days, brand new ... | |
| Equipment Break-in: Fact or Fiction SOS, I share your sense of shock, only, in my case, it's based on the fact that guys like you can't accept the power of suggestion on the human mind and the simple fact that whatever we get used to becomes our personal benchmark. Since you sell th... | |
| Perfect sound forever ? Not even when new... The ticks and pops are a new feature aimed at luring back people who "have gone winyl" as they say in the industry, I am told. The next step is a reduction in frequency response and a reduction of the s and increase of the n of the dreaded s/n rat... | |
| amplifier's "slam-factor" The trouble with buzzwords like "slam factor" is that they invariably tend to mean somewhat different things to different people. Oh the joy of subjective audio where you have large watts and small watts and where the more murky the explanation th... | |
| A Little Hypocrisy? Very simple: hardware, the more money spent, the better the sound. Software: heuh, geez, I just spent all my money on the hardware, euh, darn, I guess I'll take out my old vinyl... | |
| Do isolation devices really help? Yes, they certainly benefit the manufacturers. Do you, personally, think that shoving anything under solid state components produces any kind of change in the sound? Obviously, nothing can stop people from believing anything they want. Audiophilia... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Obviouly should have read "DON'T throw out the baby yatta, yatta ... Oops! |