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| What does Holographic mean to you? To me 'holographic' means 3-dimensional. A 'normal'stereo image sets musicians between the speakers frome left to right. Imho a 'holographic' sound means there is also depth and height, like the real world, but there just not fysically in your room. | |
| Referrence music.... Yes, a few, which I use since I've seen the artist live and since I like the music, so it's likely to get played a lot. For instance there is 'The ghost of Tom Joad', Bruce Springsteen, which has a super-realistic hi-hat crashing in. For low-end p... | |
| Physically awkward components... Something else: Naim equipment. Doesn't ring a bell? They do things their own way, which is amdirable, but this DIN-connections..... | |
| How international is your system? Amp: Taiwan, English design (or so they say.....)Phono-pre: see aboveTurntable: SwitzerlandArm: USACartridge: Denmark (guess what?)Speakers: UKCD: JapanTuner: JapanCassette: JapanAnd then there are some various bits and pieces from all over the wo... | |
| Tom Waitts Where do I begin? Wouldn't dare to disagree with you, Marco, since I'm not really a fan. I only have Swordfishtrombone, which I enjoy thoroughly. Maybe that's a good start? | |
| Do You Remember Your First Music Purchase? That was a 45rpm, 'Woman' by John Lennon. I saved for it for weeks and payed it with cents and dimes (I was 11 or something), and behind me was a growing line of impatient customers who couldn't wait 'till I counted 'all' my money. The music made ... | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? For rock I like Stuart Hamm, onfortunately his songwriting abilities are a bit less. And then there is Rob Wasserman. Check out 'Trio's', which is stunning imho. | |
| What was your greatest epiphany? The day I find out that you can actually go up to a girl and talk to her without being slapped right away. That happened a little bit later, but stil, a small step for mankind, but a great step for me! | |
| Roksan Kandy CD vs. NAD C541i Sound is a personal matter, but I prefer the Roksan. The NAD is very good for the budget, but so is the Kandy, and it costs more. Whether or not you mind paying more.... well, that's up to you. I find the Kandy, although I didn't buy it (nor the N... | |
| Who was this "band" ??? Wasn't the band Bad Taste? | |
| Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo Here are my three favorite solo's:Jimi Hendrix Live in Winterland - Red HouseSteve Vai (actually Whitesnake) - Wings of the stormJoe Satriani, from Not of this earth - MemoriesActually, Jimi Hendrix was the reason I started playing guitar, and Ste... | |
| A/V receiver for decoding and center/rear That's a very interesting link. Thanx, Arni, I feel I need to do some research around here... | |
| A/V receiver for decoding and center/rear Thanx for the advice Whitesandbluewater (nice nick btw), but I already own a dedicated Pro-logic decoder/amp, so I want to upgrade tot DD/DTS/AC3, and I do watch a fair amount of movies, so my priorities are a bit split. Thanx! | |
| At what level does analog beat digital? Ok, here goes. First: what is the definition of 'better'? If the definition is 'most natural'(let the riots begin.... :)) analog will - never - beat digital, since analog adds more distortion, offers less dynamics and a more limited frequency resp... | |
| Analog recording from DVD recorder? There are combined harddisc/dvd-recorders out there. That means first you record everything on the built-in harddisc, then you can edit it if you want (commercials etc.) and then burn it onto a dvd. I know Yamaha makes one that has had some pretty... |