pragmatist
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| Do It Yourself Speakers If you have the itch,scratch it but build an assemble-it-yourself kit first before you try building a pair unless you have ability in physics,acoustics,cabinetry,and more. | |
| Classical fans, I need advice Baroque Era--Brandenburg Concertos,JS Bach--Goldberg Variations,JS BachClassic Era--Opus 76 String Quartets,Hayden--Piano Concertos #21 and #23,Mozart--Symphonies #5 and #6,BeethovenRomantic--Trout Quintet,Schubert--Preludes,Chopin--New World Symp... | |
| Speakers: What's MOST important to you?... Let me share with you something I read in a magazine back when it was Stereo Review when Julian Hersch was still there. This is a paraphrase.--Ask to hear the three best speakers in your price range connected to a front end similar to yours. Use a... | |
| Whats wrong with short cables? http://www.vrilworks.com/MORRISON/rule_3.htm | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? Interesting question!Playing something I've heard a hundred times,does the reproduction system get in the music's way or not. For me,ironically,the perfect system would be invisible. | |
| Surprised by quality? My favorite of the old analog masters dubbed to digital media are any jazz masters engineered by Rudy Van Gelder or Ted Macero and the Szell era Cleveland Orchestra recordings. | |
| Best Cheap acoustic wall treatments? Ok,I stole this idea from AVAhifi. Go to the redecorating place and ask to see their sample book for accoustic fabric wallpaper. It goes up just like paper wallpaper and is available in different colors and patterns. Becuase there is not much call... | |
| Any good amp/pre-amp kits out there? A friend runs a "whole deal" Bottlehead Foreplay preamp, into an NAD amp,into a pair of Madisound Cygnets.In that system,the Foreplay does a fine job and is fairly priced. | |
| A serious blow to Canadian audiophiles, must read Distortion,We obviously disagree on the energy bill;it will interest me to see what finally comes out of conference.I stand by my statement about welfare. Obviously corporations have the rights to profitabilities but subsidies,by whatever namesdis... | |
| A serious blow to Canadian audiophiles, must read cv,Sadly,the United States is still subsidizing farmers. The worst instance is tobacco. Before the US election two and a half years ago,welfare payments to farmers were increased by 87 billion dollars.This is a gross oversimplification but democra... | |
| A serious blow to Canadian audiophiles, must read I do not reside in the Dominion of Canada and do not follow its politics day to day. Does Canada still subsidize audio r and d or is it only the speaker lab?PSB,Paradigm,Magnum Dynalab,Simm, Morrison and others I've obviously missed put out fine p... | |
| Home recording studio questions Slappy,I'm not trying to rain on your friend's parade but if money is an issue,he'd be better off renting studio time. You can rent a lot of studio time for 200 dollars an hour(including the technicians and the end product master) for what it woul... | |
| A serious blow to Canadian audiophiles, must read I believe the rights of people should be abridged only when their rights harm others and that persons are responsible for their actions.Legalize recreational drugs(including alcohol) to remove a revenue steam from criminals but make operating moto... | |
| Jazz drum music recommendations? To the drummers listed above,I'll add Billy Cobham,Jack DeJanette, Tony Williams,and Mel Lewis. | |
| Transport - Dac , matching question. I apologize for being unclear. Go to the given web page and link through to "Non oversampling......." in the first paragraph of text. The author calls them a time axis and an amplitude axis.I also found the (linked) tnt article interesting. |