sargonicuse
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| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? The honored and prolific veteran audio engineer and polymath Ethan Winer has written plainly and cogently on this subject here: Why We Believe His entire site is worth exploring for a wealth of learning. | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? Ugh! The last sentence above should read: When testing or changing any gear or room acoustics.... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides a free sound level meter app for both Apple and Android phones. This app is calibrated for levels set by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health: NIOSH Sound Level Meter App | Noise a... | |
| What is the true impact of power supply differences - Japan, US, Australia? @jea48 +1! | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound @richardbrand +1! Presto's website and catalogue of recordings are fantastic. The best I have found so far and unmatched for sheer volume and depth across digital, vinyl, books, DVDs, Blu-rays, and more offerings. I have purchased a number of ... | |
| Piano is just 300 years old? There's more. @richardbrand +1! | |
| Piano is just 300 years old? There's more. I love classical and jazz piano and factory tours! Here is a sample of piano factory tour documentaries available on YouTube (in alphabetical order but couldn't controll font sizes). All are fascinating and promise to bring new appreciation: Bald... | |
| Bryston? @bslon "You don’t hear much about Bryston around here because the gear performs and doesn’t have problems." Exactly! | |
| Bryston? As a Bryston fan and long-time owner I can share the following for some background and context: What happened to Bryston? SoundStage! Hi-Fi | SoundStageHiFi.com - Bryston: How a Devastating Death Led to a New Lease on Life 2021 public announcem... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Apologies for this late contribution. I am just catching up on reading the NYT Book Review list of the Best Books of 2024. Among them is this: "Every Valley": The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's "Messiah" by Charles King. ... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Thank you, @bruce19. I do hope that others take a chance to read this. One more outstanding presentation is the 2014 film docu-drama "Handel's Messiah" with Jane Seymour narrating. Available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9JuSAqLBjAM?si=GF9vsxF... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" By coincidence, the December 25th edition of the New York Times had a wonderful article on Charles Jennens who provided the text for Handel's Messiah. The article titled "Two Men Wrote The Messiah. You Know One Of Them." is linked here: https://w... | |
| Replacing Bryston 4BST for Aerial 10Ts A couple of years ago I provided a detailed post here regarding this same subject which I can now no longer find. I own a Bryston 4BST that at that time was a few years past the 20-year warranty. Bryston had an upgrade program in place for any ... | |
| Help on ancient Audionics CC-2s @rwwear Thank you very much for posting this! I, too, owned an Audionics CC-2 and the BT-2 preamplifier that I enjoyed for more than twenty years before the CC-2 died one day in a spark and puff of smoke when I turned it on. Even though I lived in... | |
| Best Audiophile/Music T-Shirts The "Bob Marley" t-shirt image is actually one of the most iconic photos of guitar god Jimi Hendrix! Bob Marley, the master Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, is always pictured with his famous dreadlocks!! bob marley - Bob Marley Photo (... |