rnm4
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| Most achingly-beautiful music Lately, Patricia Barber's "Persephone" from Mythologies has been slaying me -- there's ache for you.I've noticed that folks hereabouts are mixed on Barber, and on this album in particular. I think it's a flat out masterpiece. Just another one of t... | |
| Rega Elys II cartridge: Is it worth the money?? AudioFeil:How so? Rega products typically gets excellent reviews in the Hi-Fi mags, receive lots of awards, makes the single most popular tonearm put into use by other TT companies, have legions of devoted fans who hang out at places like Audiogon... | |
| Rock Siblings..... And Derek's a pretty awesome guitar player. | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? "Whiskey Before Breakfast", Norman Blake, Rounder Records | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hi,I have a replinthed L75. Love it. But I am getting a kind of rhythmic scraping noise which is audible, though pretty quiet, with motor on but no record playing,and can definitely and distinctively be heard through the speakers when the needle o... | |
| Recommend me more like John Adams.. If you can stomach opera, I think Adams' own "Nixon n China"is a masterpiece.For something less minimalist, and not exactly serene, try Olivier Messeian's organ and piano compositions -- especially the 20 Regards de l'Enfant Jesus. | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain Dynamics AND timing. Big difference from Dynamics alone. | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain I just very casually scanned the article from Martin Collins, and at least on that scant basis it seems clear to me that he does not vindicate at all Dcstep's claim that PRaT is a misnomer for dynamics, and that all decent gear has it. Quite the c... | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain Well, you keep asserting that. I don't see a host of folkks rushing to agree. You think the shape of the wave will not effect timing? The wave is IN TIME, no? Not that that proves anything, but the idea that blurred attacks and decays -- and diffe... | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain Well, transient response too; but I don't think you can fully distinguish transient response from dynamics. Anyway, nobody ever said PRaT was reducible to any one separable factor. It's more complex than that. So the fact that it clearly has to do... | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain "Please explain how an amp alters either Pace, Rhythm or Time."Thought I did that, to an extent. Another shot: having microdynamics that do not slur attack and decay.But I'm no electrical engineer, so won't pretend to play that game.Anyway, some a... | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain If your drivers aren't well controlled by the amp, they will sound blurry at the edges of the note (well, through the whole note) and that will give you a PRaT issue. Woolly bass is fuzzy arounf the edges, and is certainly not PRaTty bass. Just wh... | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain Dcstep. I disagree that every TT that's not "grossly" out of whack gets pace right. I don't think belt drives in general do. My Lenco does, though. Also, poor speakers or badly matched speakers and amp can be sluggish. | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain Phaser's explanation of slam is better than mine. It refers specifically to bass transients. | |
| Two terms I don't understand - please explain Slam = dynamic impact, i.e., how well loud, fast extreme transients are rendered.Prat (or PRaT) = Pace, Rhythm and Timing -- a component with PRaT gets your toes tapping, let's you hear an feel the drive and pulse of a tune (maybe even puts it the... |