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| The most important factor in soundstage imaging However, the single most important factor in audio stereo imaging, is increasing direct radiation and decreasing reflected radiation,Those of us with omnis (I own MBLs) may be surprised to hear that, as the addition of the omni pattern makes these... | |
| Tinnitus Oh brother, a cable manufacturer hawking their cables in a thread about someone's Tinnitus.Working all the angles. Wonders never cease. | |
| Vinyl***What If*** rauliruegasYeesh, you are mashing up so many ideas and drawing strange inferences it’s hard to know where to start.Analog just can’t be nearer to that " truer to the recording " target as digital can. As digital and every other " stuff " analog ha... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** orpheus10Ok, so the cheap turntables you heard produced what you perceived to be flat pasty sound. That's your anecdote and totally valid for you if that's what you perceived.That's far from what I got from my original turntable. And that is no... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** It’s not my target but the target for any one likes to listen through any kind of home audio system. LOL.I think we have a few "empathy" problems within this crowd. That is, a problem understanding that one’s own goals are not the default goals of... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** Prof, it ain't that subjective; something that's rated Class A by Stereophile and TAS will sound better than something rated Class C. Wrong. Some people will prefer - "sounds better to me" - certain Class C speakers over A rated speakers. That... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** What's the point if you're not going to get better than CD? Especially with all the problems that go with vinyl. If you are honestly asking that question, you will never comprehend the answer unless you open yourself to understanding how other pe... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** I do not know one single solitary person who was into analog who went back. Well now you do. I grew up with records (I'm 55) and have got back in to vinyl big time. Loving it.If you paid much attention to the vinyl scene, you'd see plenty of pe... | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner There's a lot of chatter on forums about using cleaners/surfactants with US cleaners - what type, or whether to even use them at all.It seems generally acknowledged that surfactants work well in aiding the US cleaning process, but some are uncomfo... | |
| Thiel Owners ahofer,I became infatuated with the Harbeth speakers last year and ended up buying a pair of Super HL5plus to see if they could replace my larger Thiel 3.7s (I wanted a somewhat smaller speaker).Ultimately I simply found my Thiels gave me most of ... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks Tom! | |
| Vinyl***What If*** orpheus10"Analog" is better IF, and only IF, you can afford to buy "High-End-Analog". That's quite a short-sighted viewpoint. It confuses your own likes and criteria with those of others. People can find analog - in this case vinyl/turntables - ... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** rauliruegrassmy target is to stay NEARER TO THE RECORDING no MATTERS WHAT. Tubes never put me nearer to the recording just can't do it. Tube alternative is full of limitations agains a good solid state design.That's perfectly fine of course FOR YO... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** "Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS"There’s nothing wrong with a little distortion. Some forms of distortion are pleasant (which is why it’s also often used in music itself). Tube amps can give some pleasant distortion that some people re... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** I have a system in which I listen to both digital sources and vinyl.Both sound glorious.But I'm really enjoying the various aspects of vinyl these days.I totally understand someone looking at vinyl and thinking "why bother? My digital sources are ... |