phaelon
Responses from phaelon
| Best Integrated, period. "The VAC integrated allowed me to get rid of three HRS isolation bases, three expensive power cords, and two pairs of reference interconnects - an investment about equal to the separate components. Aint it wonderful? | |
| The Piano - Herbie Hancock Its been one of my favorites since first listen; and Ive never understood why it isnt held in higher regard. Im glad you fellas are talking about it. | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "When I look at the shelves of CDs it allows me to browse in a different way than any computer graphics can give me. I'm the sort of listener that seldom knows what I want to hear until I browse.Thats very understandable Irv. Why not just leave ... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "These are great questions. More audiophiles should ask these.Some of us are so overwhelmed by just the jargon that we dont feel we can put our questions into words. My whole life, I thought I was pretty smart and could learn anything... until c... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "I am still hoping though.Me too Marqmike. After all, do we really have to recreate the entire output of a symphony orchestra in all its grandeur and subtlety? Or just, what I suspect, is the more achievable objective of reproducing what the huma... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "They sell all the nice audio toys and retreat in defeat to a simple integrated amp system Hey! I did not retreat in defeat to my simple integrated amp system. :) | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "I stand by my statement that if someone cannot distinguish between live and recorded music, then they have a hearing problem of some kind. Maybe not a hearing problem, but a listening problem. All of our senses are subject to the selectivity of ... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Lacee, I agree with you completely. Great post. | |
| Are CD players dead Tonykay, LOL! | |
| worse entertainer or performer of all time?? "Sorry, but Kenny G's "Classics in the key of G" is a pretty good record and definitively audiophile quality. My fellow Audiogon brothers, we really need to institute some kind of tribunal, disciplinary board or whatever to deal with wayward memb... | |
| Are CD players dead Hi Mrtennis, Just to be clear, Im not claiming any type of clairvoyance. Im just trying to resist getting as upset as Petty. Regarding Hi-Rez, I just cant imagine them screwing it up so badly that its totally abandoned. To me, that would be li... | |
| Are CD players dead Slow down and get a grip Petty. I promise you that we will not be stuck with MP3 as musics highest form of a playback medium. Force yourself to remember who we are - we will keep tinkering with digital reproduction, and whatever comes after that,... | |
| Are CD players dead "will there ever be a time when it will be impossible to buy an in-production cd player that only plays redbook ???Of course. The proper question is when. And the answer is that its too early to tell. | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "And then we have the really elusive, non-tonal aspects of music that define accuracy (or not); the rhythmic and dynamic subtleties that are heard in live, unprocessed music that are almost destroyed by most equipment." "Time and rhythm is what gi... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? "Medusa looks better when her photo is not accurate. Curious... shouldnt you be stone? :) |