phillyb
Responses from phillyb
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Thanks to the politics that audio is becoming and the magazine pushing the current trend the fact is formats don't make a great recording, that happens in the studio and the final release production of that performance on any format. If poorly re... | |
| Ethics are sliding by members! The real hobbyist are still great people to deal with, they are the minority now days. Dealers and those buyers who buy as cheap as possible then turnaround and sell for a profit, this running there own little business. I've sold to many great buy... | |
| What are fuses used for? Why the put downs? If he heard nothing so what. It is his money and his experience. If you heard a huge improvement then good for you. Leave it there. | |
| Old vs. new Digital sounds as good as the mastering. I grew up with vinyl and I am glad it’s hip again. I plan to stay with my vast CD collection because they sound as good as anything I owned on vinyl. Yes there is a more rounding sound where digital is more... | |
| Furman Reference IT 15i power conditioner All who own Furman's and the twins Audioquest. Using the top outlets of each bank provides the best sound and lowest noise, using the bottom out of the bank will thin out the sound somewhat and is less dynamic but like always try them both for you... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? I've owned many good speakers but the one that hit all the important areas out my Quads. Their slight limitations don't outweigh all that they do better than any speaker I've owned. They make music sound real, coherent, with such color and tone of... | |
| Golden age of vinyl recordings? 50's and early 60's. After 68 the multi tracks, 16 tracks and high compression started. All killed realism and color and tone. Producer's became as important as the artists, so you started hearing a "sound" Early 50's mono killed any mono Beatles ... | |
| blue jeans cable? Good products. Not audiophile dressing, but they function as a cable should. Cost vs. performance is very good. Their HDMI cables is as good as it gets. | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money Cables are and will always be a crap shoot. You just never know how they will interact/work in your system and money and cost as zip to do with how they will react with your system and how any power cord will react to the power supply in the gear ... | |
| 20 Amp Power Cables into a 15A Power Conditioner I used Voodoo adaptor with zero sonic issues. | |
| SREAMING??? We are addicted. ☺ | |
| SREAMING??? They more music out there in old vinyl that is beyond any amount of new vinyl. I have a friend who has thousands of vinyl, yet can find 100 more at a good used record store. For myself I won't buy just to buy, I have really like it, play it not ju... | |
| SREAMING??? This CD bashing trend started by the same magazines that praised the recordings is now so dishonest. Read reviews and they wax on with the same praise they do for vinyl and streaming now days. Sound of vinyl improved from the 1930’s to the late 40... | |
| BUYERS, What Issues have you had with Sellers and Listings that Prevent you from Buying? So many dealers on Audiogon now. Not like 10 years or so when it was a hobby driven site. My view good feedback protects the seller, buyers and how many years with the site. I known folks ripped off and with no help from the site. No feedback and... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? CD recordings matured like any medium. Take records recorded in the 30's and compare them to recordings in the late 40's and then the 50's. CD technology improved as did analog recordings. This CD bashing is way off and done for marketing to boome... |