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| Great Music to Intro Non-Audiophiles to the Hobby I'd also like to second Cassandra Wilson's "New Moon Daughter" It's a fantastic, spooky-good recording... great music and Cassandra's powerful vocal performance! | |
| Great Music to Intro Non-Audiophiles to the Hobby Here is a handful of my favorite CD's that I use for pleasure and for doing reviews:Ingrid Michaelson: EverybodyHugh Laurie: Let Them Talk (If, like me you don't mind Laurie's vocals it's some great well-recorded music)Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11Jac... | |
| Problem with lower frequency bass. Please advise. If they are on the short wall, try them on the long wall, or vice-versa. Believe me, the bass will change and then you'll know which configuration you like better... | |
| Small Room Help I use a Lyngdorf DPA-1 digital preamp with RoomPerfect room correction in my room and it works wonderfully to tame my room acoustics. Plus it offers both digital and analog inputs so it's quite flexible. Hook it up to the amp and speakers of your ... | |
| Disks on Michell Hydro Ref seem magnitized I think the "gold pucks" may be plated brass, which is non-magnetic so if that's true it would be very unlikely that they would induce hum/noise. On the other hand, many Grado cartridges are known to be susceptible to picking up noise.There are ma... | |
| is it qood idea to use an Equalizer with amp Elizabeth, in retrospect I do agree with you on one point... the fewer A-D and D-A conversions you have in the signal path the more transparent the sound will be.Frank | |
| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective Kijanki, I think you just want to argue with me for the sake of arguing so this will be my last reply to this thread. The simple truth is that although many speakers are reported to have highs flat to 20kHz, in actual use in an actual listening ro... | |
| is it qood idea to use an Equalizer with amp I disagree with you Elizabeth... have you actually tried all the various kinds of equalizers you've mentioned in a "high-end" system?Have you owned a unit with advanced digital room correction like the Lyngdorf or DEQ units? Have you used the Behr... | |
| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective "Herding Cats," yes Nonoise, that's an excellent analogy and I dare say, "poetic" as it applies to audiophilia. | |
| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective Kijanki, I guarantee that if you try to EQ your system so that it's flat out to 20kHz at your listening position it will sound VERY BRIGHT and you won't like it...Don't believe me? Simply try it and see... | |
| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective Kijanki,Yes, well, by the time the "Live Sound" in the concert hall reaches the listeners in the audience the high frequencies are definitely rolled off. And they are rolled off more in some concert halls than others... so which concert hall (or a... | |
| stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective Stereophile has technical measurements to go along with their subjective reviews... they've had it for years. And it's interesting that the reviewer's subjective views don't always align well with the objective measurements.Let's face it, there ar... | |
| MW Oppo 83 vs. Macbook pro Yeah, well, what it comes down to is that many computers/laptops can match or exceed very good quality stand-alone transports (especially if your files are stored and played from a solid-state memory card or flash drive). You're still using the Nu... | |
| This may sound a bit silly but why are so many Audiophilia is a fickle beast lapdog. | |
| is it qood idea to use an Equalizer with amp It depends on how bad your room acoustics are. From the sound of things you have little or no experience using an equalizer and you kind of have to know what you're doing in order to get good results.But I have used both a relatively inexpensive d... |