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| Will I be a jaw dropping Wow for an upgraded CDP? A good CD player would be a definite improvement over what you currently use. Money being a concern for you, I would recommend buying used. Maybe a Rotel could be gotten for the amount of money you quote. In the less expensive models, it appears t... | |
| Technically, what causes "laid-back" or "up-front" In human males, my guess would be age. In speakers, I would say the basic design, basically. Placement is a very good second guess. So one can try altering the placement and room acoustics, but it may not change the fundamental characteristics of ... | |
| Where 2 buy 3x distilled water and 100 alchohol? I would guess that a chemical lab supply house would have them. Try the Yellow Pages or get in touch with someone at a local college to see who supplies them. I know that for my model railroad painting needs I required distilled water and found it... | |
| To bridge or not to bridge.... What do you mean "It doesn't have to be Bryston". Keep Canada green, get Bryston. 7B STs is the way to go. Why, anything else (unless it's Simaudio. etc.)simply isn't Canadian.No I have no relation with Bryston, other than being a satisfied custom... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Hm, sounds like some of the stuff I wrote at various times. My credo: set a budget, buy the best sounding equipment you can within that budget and then sit down to some tunes. May I add another point: hope you win the lotto or come into an inherit... | |
| Jazz Recommendations I'll explain "snobby, highbrow jazz" to you, if you explain "snobby highbrow audio" to me. | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? Hold on to those CDs man. Another twenty years or so and they will be all the rage. People will collect them and marvel at the sound quality such an old technology can bring. They will marvel at the life-like quality of the recordings. They will g... | |
| Anyone Else Like Jimmy Smith? Yes, yes, yes ... | |
| Amp play a low volumes? I think that Robinson and Dadson (1956) are responsible for refining the work of Fletcher-Munson (1933). Can we trust these scientists? Lord knows Nyquist is not trusted. | |
| How to identify driver problems A major problem is when the driver is drunk. Severe visual impairment is also potentially lethal. We are not allowed to use the sex of the driver as a determinant. Very short drivers also pose a threat: the eyes should at least clear the steering ... | |
| Tuner Classic case of radio frequency interference. Moving the components around a little and changing the path of the cables may cure the problem. Check the archived posts. This type of question has been answered before. | |
| Basic Repertoire or flogging a dead horse Newbee, I still think that my idea of a basic repertoire gathered from suggestions emanating from "audiophiles" is more topical and less of a waste of time and bandwidth than, let's say, "What is the best beer". I believed that providing a list of... | |
| Basic Repertoire or flogging a dead horse My original post under "Basic Repertoire" mentioned that, for these pages, the emphasis should be placed on sound quality, but not at the cost of a sloppy performance. If more than one recording should be ex aequo, the one with the best sound qual... | |
| Thiel 3.6 vs. Dunlavy SC-IV/A The size of the room seems to me to be a limiting factor. I briefly auditioned Dunlavy IV-A speakers at a dealer and they did sound very good indeed. The only comparison point I have to Thiels, however, are to my 3.5s, which I have had many years ... | |
| Basic Repertoire I know this sounds like the fellow going to the doctor and saying he is describing his friend's symptoms, but I think the use of such a repertoire would be more for those wishing to develop an interest in music they have not been into before, sinc... |